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M. Molly Backes

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M. Molly Backes is an exciting new talent in the world of young adult novels. After graduating from Grinnell College in Iowa, she moved to New Mexico, where she taught middle school and got 150 of her students to write novels for National Novel Writing Month. She now lives in Chicago, where she works at StoryStudio, Chicago's center for writing and the related arts. ...more

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M. Molly Backes's Blog

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Natural Disasters

I wrote this poem last fall. It's been ringing in my ears all day.

Natural Disasters

In
how to handle tornadoes, we have been well trained: we kneel

against
lockers, foreheads touching cool metal, thin arms

awkwardly
crossed above our heads and exposed necks,

teachers
strolling inspection, scolding our stifled giggles. It’s just

a drill. Repeat anything enough and it becomes Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.67 · 2,273 ratings · 364 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Princesses of Iowa 3.67 avg rating — 2,273 ratings — published 2012 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Princesses of Iowa, The by M. Molly Backes, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by M. Molly Backes (?)

“How the hell do you sum up your sister in three minutes? She's your twin and your polar opposite. She's your constant companion and your competition. She's your best friend and the biggest bitch in the world. She's everything you wish you could be and everything you wish you weren't.”
― M. Molly Backes, The Princesses of Iowa

tags: friendship, love, sisterhood, sisters

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“I've never felt a connection like this with anyone else... I don't even know how to explain it. I feel like I already knew you before I met you, and the first time I saw you, the first time I talked to you, was incidental, because the connection was already there --.”
― M. Molly Backes, The Princesses of Iowa

tags: connection

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“None of us is delicate enough to touch anyone else without hurting them a little bit.”
― M. Molly Backes, The Princesses of Iowa

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