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HarperVoyager The Ending Fire.

by Saara El-Arifi (Goodreads Author)

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Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1)

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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

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Maybe, just as her body was cracking open, transcending from virginity to that other state—that grown-up state, where one engages in regular intercourse and even enjoys it, like flossing teeth or buffing shoes—all that insect spit flooded ...more

The Story of a Heart

by Rachel Clarke

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Hellmouth

by Giles Kristian

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Gemma ’s Quotes

“Sometimes that’s all you can do. Just keep getting through until you don’t have to do it anymore, however much time that takes, however difficult it is.”
― Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky

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“But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your family.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

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