Like when the gangs blew up the gas station. OK, so maybe that wasn’t how the original play went, but it’s how the Baz Luhrmann adaptation started out, and it honestly hooked me. It didn’t even matter that the actors were speaking in the
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“Clothes. They’ve always been very important to me. Maybe that’s also a part of being a city kid: in New York, I think even little children are aware of style.”
― Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House
― Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House

“I’d like to learn how to needlepoint.”
― Everything Changes
― Everything Changes

“I think that kind of fashion sense comes naturally to anyone born on the island of Manhattan”
― The All-New Mallory Pike
― The All-New Mallory Pike

“Charlotte Johanssen was wearing a surgical mask when Stacey picked her up Tuesday night.”
― Claudia and the Lighthouse Ghost
― Claudia and the Lighthouse Ghost

“Mom said fourteen wasn’t old enough to ride the subway alone.”
― Counting Thyme
― Counting Thyme
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