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The Unknown

by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Mary: An Awakening of Terror

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

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What kind of lessons do these buddingly religious townschildren receive, anyway? Are they learning math and biology and reading Anne of Green Gables?

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“We were all alive, and we loved and hated and lived brilliant, messy existences. The air is thick with our wanting.”
― Katie Crouch, Abroad

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“No matter how silly you feel or uncool you look, no matter how small that voice inside you is, that voice telling you something isn’t right: listen to it.”
― Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.: A Memoir

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