All These Things I've Done (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Anya "Annie" Balanchine: 16-year-old daughter of a deceased major crime boss in future New York City, sister of Leo and Natty
• Goodwin "Win" Delacroix: Friend of Anya, and future boyfriend of hers, son of District Attorney
• Scarlet: Annie's best friend, known in school as the weird drama girl
• Nataliya "Natty" Balachine: Annie's little sister
• Leonyd "Leo" Balanchine: Annie's big brother who was left mentally debilitated in a car accident when he was younger.
• Mr. Kipling: Annie's family lawyer
• Mr. Simon Green: 27-year-old associate of Mr. Kipling's (lawyer)
• Gabel Arsley: Annie's ex-boyfriend, not a nice guy...worthy of his name
• Imogen Goodfellow: Nana's nurse
• Galina: Annie, Leo, and Natty's grandmother; she is very old and very sick and kept alive by machines, but very wise
• Jakov "Jacks" Pirozhki: illegitimate cousin; very low in the hierarchy of the crime family
• Mrs. Cobrawick: Headmaster at Liberty Children's Facility

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• “Life really had taught me that smart people anticipated the worst. That way, there was time to make a plan.”

  Anya

• “Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for consequences.”

  Anya

• “It seemed excessive to commit two violent acts with pasta in the same day.”

  Anya

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• “Let’s stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don’t you think?”

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• “The loss of one’s body is one thing. The loss of one’s mind is more than can be tolerated.

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• Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.

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• “Life is messy,” Dr. Lau was fond of saying. “Deal with it. If you’re judging it, you’re not really seeing it.”

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Because It Is My Blood.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Gabrielle Zevin (Author)

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• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance
• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Mysteries, Espionage, & Detectives