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Game Changer (Game Changers, #1)

by Rachel Reid

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The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

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The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

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― Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

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― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

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“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
― Langston Hughes

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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