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John E. DeJesus

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Young Adult, Fiction

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“The most buried treasures lie in the cemetery. There lies buried the dreams that never came true, the goals that were never reached, the inventions that were never created and the books that were never written.
Don’t be a buried treasure.”
― John E. DeJesus, Taco

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