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~Jane (author of The Only One Club) was the only fourth grader who accidentally kicked off her shoe into the sewer on the way to school one morning.
~Jeff (illustrator of The Only One Club) was the only one who slept with a baseball glove tucked under his pillow every night in first grade.
~Sydney (age 5, from Colorado) is the only one in her entire Kindergarten of 100 kids, who has lost both of her front teeth. Yippee!
~Eryn (age 4 1/2, from Florida) is the Only One in her school who has a tube coming from her tummy. She has a kidney problem and gets dialysis every
night. Her mommy uses the tube to hook her up to the machine.~Emily is the Only One in her family named Emily.
~Jake is the only one in his class who has a dachshund who can play dead when he gets in trouble.
~Philippe is the Only One in his class who has floppy hair . . . since 1st grade.
~Becky is the Only One in her class who has braces.
~Pritka is the Only One in her grade that is Indian.
~Anya is the Only One in her class who is Jewish and was born in Alabama.
~Sarit is the Only One in her class who has glasses and braids.
~Ethan is the Only One in his class who can name all of the presidents in order from one to forty three!
~Sarah S. (age 7, from Maine) is the only one in her family who has a birthmark.
~Jonah is the Only One who has a beagle puppy named Chloe.
~Sydney is the Only One who has a pea hen.
~Gwen is the Only One in her family whose name is in The Only One Club.
~Lauren is the Only One who plays the cello.
~Dana is the Only One who has a silver Beetle.
~Courtney is the Only One who plays in four bands.
~Jay is the Only One who is the same age as his brother for one month every year.
~Zack is the Only One who wants to be a helicopter pilot when he grows up.
~Kenny is the Only One who made his own jazz guitar.
~Matthew is the Only blacksmith in his class.
~Eugene is the Only One who bought a backhoe to play with.
~Erin is the Only One who has a horse named Mr. Puff.
~Erin Rose is the Only One who has gone on a train trip across northern USA.
~Bronson is the Only One whose mom gives tattoos.
~Isabel is the Only One who plays the cello.
~Alexander is the Only One who has a cap with the signatures of all the actors in the play, "Oedipus Complex", Oregon Shakespeare Festival and who
was in the play.
~Marisa is the Only One in her class that lives in two states and is the only one that has two pierced earrings on one ear.
~Raven is the Only One who owns two horses, Luna Azul, a Spanish name, and Santiago, which is not a Spanish name.
~Sara is the Only One who won a trophy from her swim coach for concentrating on swimming.
~Nicholas is the Only One in his class who can speak fluent French.
~Emily is the Only One in 'Younger Authors' that lived in 3 different States: California, Arizona and Oregon.
~Quinn is the Only One who comes from China and whose birthday is April 7.
~Chloe is the Only One in her preschool who goes to gymnastics!
~Nate is the only one who has velcro pants.
~Kayla is the only one because she is the oldest child in her family.
~Elizabeth is the only one with a ladybug lunchbox.
~Zachary is the only one with a really big dog.
~Zach is the only one with a playmobile.
~Cora is the only one with butterfly pants on.
~Alexis is the only one whose birthday is on Valentine's Day.
~Ty is the only one who lost two teeth.
~Ashley is the only one who doesn't have a sticker.
~Sophia is the only one with a princess shirt on.
~Justin is the only one whose mom works for Mrs. Naliboff's husband.
~Erin is the only one named Erin in the school.
~Tommy is the only Tommy in the school.
~Jayme is the only one whose last name is Roberge.
~Fayth is the only one in school whose name starts with an F.
~Nicholas is the only one whose middle name is Landon.
~Camille is the only one named Camille in the school.
~Lily is the only one with red hair in her class.
~Jason is the only one who wears size 8 men's boots in the class.
~Sydney is the only one with curly hair in her class.
~Zachary is the only one with such long, long eyelashes in the school.
~Sarah is the only girl of triplets in the school.
~Bailey is the only one who has an aunt who works in the school.
~Ethan is the only one whose birthday was the day of the author visit in his school, Feb. 1, 2005.
~Mindy is the only one whose initials are all the same: MMM.
~Troy is the only one with the oy key in their first name.
~Jewel is the only one whose name is a stone.
~Zach is the only one who's going to Hawaii next week.
~Marina is the only one in first grade who had a cast on her foot.
~Ali is the only one in first grade whose name starts with A.
~Mrs. Smith is the only Mrs. Smith in the school.
~Miss Bernier is the only college student teaching in the first grade.
~Mrs. Gilbert is the only one who has two children in the school.
~Mrs. Hasenfus is the only principal in the school.
~Melody is the only one in second grade who has her eye teeth.
~Ashley is the only one in second grade who had her appendix taken out.
~Mikaela is the only one in second grade who has a Siberian Husky.
~Taylor is the only one in second grade who cleaned up her own mess.
~Carmen is the only one in second grade who was adopted from another country, Columbia.
~Kevin is the only one in second grade who is taller than everyone else.
~Jade is the only one in second grade who has deer at her house.
~Natasha is the only one in second grade who wears pretty hairpieces everyday.
~Sarah is the only one in second grade who is wearing a soccer shirt today.
~Marissa is the only one in second grade who has a cat named Cheetah.
~Reagan is the only one in second grade who has red hair and matching freckles.
~James is the only one in second grade who plays on a hockey team.
~Peter is the only one in second grade who has seven cats.
~Nick is the only boy in second grade who likes to sing.
~Kirsten is the only one in second grade who has 12 horses.
~Michael is the only one in second grade who has a hamster named after a hamster on TV.
~Eliza is the only one in second grade whose room is decorated with angels.
~Jessica is the only one in second grade who is from Long Island, NY.
~Elise is the only one in third grade with red hair and freckles and is the tallest, too.
~Hunter is the only one in third grade who is from South Dakota.
~Hollie is the only one in third grade who spells her name that way.
~Grace is the only one in third grade who has the same birthday as Dr. Suess.
~Lydia R. is the only one in third grade whose family owns Castle Island Camps.
~Lydia M. is the only one in third grade who everyone says is the best artist.
~Nick is the only one in third grade who can make a real dinosaur sound.
~Richard is the only one in third grade who mowed his field with a tractor.
~Kelby is the only one in third grade who everyone says is the fastest runner.
~Brad is the only one in third grade who is the secretary for student council.
~Kendra is the only one in third grade who has a horse named Scrubbing Bubbles.
~Andrew is the only one in third grade who does the wackiest wipe-out.
~Carolyn is the only one in third grade whose first name is the same as her teacher's.
~Taylor is the only one in third grade who is Polish.
~Levi is the only one in third grade whose dad helped deliver him when he was born.
~Tucker is the only one in third grade from Mt. Vernon who is on a football team.
~Merle is the only one in third grade who is the fastest tree climber.
~Caleb is the only one in third grade whose cat is named Giant.
~Rich Abramson is the only Jewish school superintendent in Maine.
~Alexis is the only one that brought a husky dog to school.
~Steven is the only one with a fold-out Gameboy.
~Ashley is the only one with a cat named Mystical Third Eye.
~Cora is the only one taking swimming lessons.
~Jay is the only one with a really blue fish.
~Ty is the only one from South Dakota.
~Zack is the only one that has tons of Playmobile things at home.
~Jesse is the only one who has 5 fish tanks full of fish at home.
~Elizabeth is the only one who brought her blanket to school.
~Zachary is the only one with a dog without a tail.
~Nathaniel is the only one with three sisters.
~Sophia is the only one with really blond hair.
~Alex is the only boy that was in the newpaper last month.
~Zoey is the only one whose mother works in the middle school.
~Kathy is the only one who feeds carrots to a deer named Winkin at camp in the summer.
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~Jeff (illustrator of The Only One Club) was the only one who slept with a baseball glove tucked under his pillow every night in first grade.
~Sydney (age 5, from Colorado) is the only one in her entire Kindergarten of 100 kids, who has lost both of her front teeth. Yippee!
~Eryn (age 4 1/2, from Florida) is the Only One in her school who has a tube coming from her tummy. She has a kidney problem and gets dialysis every
night. Her mommy uses the tube to hook her up to the machine.~Emily is the Only One in her family named Emily.
~Jake is the only one in his class who has a dachshund who can play dead when he gets in trouble.
~Philippe is the Only One in his class who has floppy hair . . . since 1st grade.
~Becky is the Only One in her class who has braces.
~Pritka is the Only One in her grade that is Indian.
~Anya is the Only One in her class who is Jewish and was born in Alabama.
~Sarit is the Only One in her class who has glasses and braids.
~Ethan is the Only One in his class who can name all of the presidents in order from one to forty three!
~Sarah S. (age 7, from Maine) is the only one in her family who has a birthmark.
~Jonah is the Only One who has a beagle puppy named Chloe.
~Sydney is the Only One who has a pea hen.
~Gwen is the Only One in her family whose name is in The Only One Club.
~Lauren is the Only One who plays the cello.
~Dana is the Only One who has a silver Beetle.
~Courtney is the Only One who plays in four bands.
~Jay is the Only One who is the same age as his brother for one month every year.
~Zack is the Only One who wants to be a helicopter pilot when he grows up.
~Kenny is the Only One who made his own jazz guitar.
~Matthew is the Only blacksmith in his class.
~Eugene is the Only One who bought a backhoe to play with.
~Erin is the Only One who has a horse named Mr. Puff.
~Erin Rose is the Only One who has gone on a train trip across northern USA.
~Bronson is the Only One whose mom gives tattoos.
~Isabel is the Only One who plays the cello.
~Alexander is the Only One who has a cap with the signatures of all the actors in the play, "Oedipus Complex", Oregon Shakespeare Festival and who
was in the play.
~Marisa is the Only One in her class that lives in two states and is the only one that has two pierced earrings on one ear.
~Raven is the Only One who owns two horses, Luna Azul, a Spanish name, and Santiago, which is not a Spanish name.
~Sara is the Only One who won a trophy from her swim coach for concentrating on swimming.
~Nicholas is the Only One in his class who can speak fluent French.
~Emily is the Only One in 'Younger Authors' that lived in 3 different States: California, Arizona and Oregon.
~Quinn is the Only One who comes from China and whose birthday is April 7.
~Chloe is the Only One in her preschool who goes to gymnastics!
~Nate is the only one who has velcro pants.
~Kayla is the only one because she is the oldest child in her family.
~Elizabeth is the only one with a ladybug lunchbox.
~Zachary is the only one with a really big dog.
~Zach is the only one with a playmobile.
~Cora is the only one with butterfly pants on.
~Alexis is the only one whose birthday is on Valentine's Day.
~Ty is the only one who lost two teeth.
~Ashley is the only one who doesn't have a sticker.
~Sophia is the only one with a princess shirt on.
~Justin is the only one whose mom works for Mrs. Naliboff's husband.
~Erin is the only one named Erin in the school.
~Tommy is the only Tommy in the school.
~Jayme is the only one whose last name is Roberge.
~Fayth is the only one in school whose name starts with an F.
~Nicholas is the only one whose middle name is Landon.
~Camille is the only one named Camille in the school.
~Lily is the only one with red hair in her class.
~Jason is the only one who wears size 8 men's boots in the class.
~Sydney is the only one with curly hair in her class.
~Zachary is the only one with such long, long eyelashes in the school.
~Sarah is the only girl of triplets in the school.
~Bailey is the only one who has an aunt who works in the school.
~Ethan is the only one whose birthday was the day of the author visit in his school, Feb. 1, 2005.
~Mindy is the only one whose initials are all the same: MMM.
~Troy is the only one with the oy key in their first name.
~Jewel is the only one whose name is a stone.
~Zach is the only one who's going to Hawaii next week.
~Marina is the only one in first grade who had a cast on her foot.
~Ali is the only one in first grade whose name starts with A.
~Mrs. Smith is the only Mrs. Smith in the school.
~Miss Bernier is the only college student teaching in the first grade.
~Mrs. Gilbert is the only one who has two children in the school.
~Mrs. Hasenfus is the only principal in the school.
~Melody is the only one in second grade who has her eye teeth.
~Ashley is the only one in second grade who had her appendix taken out.
~Mikaela is the only one in second grade who has a Siberian Husky.
~Taylor is the only one in second grade who cleaned up her own mess.
~Carmen is the only one in second grade who was adopted from another country, Columbia.
~Kevin is the only one in second grade who is taller than everyone else.
~Jade is the only one in second grade who has deer at her house.
~Natasha is the only one in second grade who wears pretty hairpieces everyday.
~Sarah is the only one in second grade who is wearing a soccer shirt today.
~Marissa is the only one in second grade who has a cat named Cheetah.
~Reagan is the only one in second grade who has red hair and matching freckles.
~James is the only one in second grade who plays on a hockey team.
~Peter is the only one in second grade who has seven cats.
~Nick is the only boy in second grade who likes to sing.
~Kirsten is the only one in second grade who has 12 horses.
~Michael is the only one in second grade who has a hamster named after a hamster on TV.
~Eliza is the only one in second grade whose room is decorated with angels.
~Jessica is the only one in second grade who is from Long Island, NY.
~Elise is the only one in third grade with red hair and freckles and is the tallest, too.
~Hunter is the only one in third grade who is from South Dakota.
~Hollie is the only one in third grade who spells her name that way.
~Grace is the only one in third grade who has the same birthday as Dr. Suess.
~Lydia R. is the only one in third grade whose family owns Castle Island Camps.
~Lydia M. is the only one in third grade who everyone says is the best artist.
~Nick is the only one in third grade who can make a real dinosaur sound.
~Richard is the only one in third grade who mowed his field with a tractor.
~Kelby is the only one in third grade who everyone says is the fastest runner.
~Brad is the only one in third grade who is the secretary for student council.
~Kendra is the only one in third grade who has a horse named Scrubbing Bubbles.
~Andrew is the only one in third grade who does the wackiest wipe-out.
~Carolyn is the only one in third grade whose first name is the same as her teacher's.
~Taylor is the only one in third grade who is Polish.
~Levi is the only one in third grade whose dad helped deliver him when he was born.
~Tucker is the only one in third grade from Mt. Vernon who is on a football team.
~Merle is the only one in third grade who is the fastest tree climber.
~Caleb is the only one in third grade whose cat is named Giant.
~Rich Abramson is the only Jewish school superintendent in Maine.
~Alexis is the only one that brought a husky dog to school.
~Steven is the only one with a fold-out Gameboy.
~Ashley is the only one with a cat named Mystical Third Eye.
~Cora is the only one taking swimming lessons.
~Jay is the only one with a really blue fish.
~Ty is the only one from South Dakota.
~Zack is the only one that has tons of Playmobile things at home.
~Jesse is the only one who has 5 fish tanks full of fish at home.
~Elizabeth is the only one who brought her blanket to school.
~Zachary is the only one with a dog without a tail.
~Nathaniel is the only one with three sisters.
~Sophia is the only one with really blond hair.
~Alex is the only boy that was in the newpaper last month.
~Zoey is the only one whose mother works in the middle school.
~Kathy is the only one who feeds carrots to a deer named Winkin at camp in the summer.
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