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In Tricks , by Ellen Hopkins, Seth sits in first class. They touch down sixteen hundred miles to the west. Carl likes Seth on his arm. In...

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In Jade City , by Fonda Lee, depending on how their pupils perform during the Pre-Trials, the schoolmasters will be either reasonable...

In The Night Watchman , by Louise Eldritch, the referee, Ben Fernance, who is also the county commissioner, makes announcements and...

In Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus , by Chuck Tingle, Harriet nuzzles into the muscular parasaurolophus. Snabe opens the...

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In Bookshops and Bonedust, by Travis Baldree, Viv burns hot. The first real sign of life she sees is at the end of of a strip of shops....

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In Orbital , by Samantha Harvey, astronauts orbiting the planet could think that no negligible thing could shine so bright as the Earth....

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In Medgar and Myrlie , the jury for the trial of Byron De La Beckwith on January 28, 1964 for the murder of Medgar Evers consisted on...

In House of Many Ways, by Diana Wynne Jones , Twinkle tries to tell Charmain what he wants her to do. Charmain tells Twinkle that the...

In City of Illusions , by Ursula K. LeGuin, the days for Falk seem all the same. The road ends at a ruin. Whatever the half-mile square...