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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

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I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (Hyperion Books for Children, 2006) is the first installment in the Gallagher Girls series of young adult spy novels and is followed by New York Times bestseller Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (2007). The book follows a 15-year-old girl as she straddles the spy world and the world of “normal” teenagers and learns who she is and where she belongs. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You was selected as a Texas Lone Star reading list book in 2007-2008. Ally Carter is the author of over a dozen books for children and adults that have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon, among others. Before becoming an author, Carter earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agriculture. She wrote her debut novel in her free time and now works as a full-time author. She lives in Oklahoma. This guide follows the Hyperion Books for Children 2006 edition of the book.

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