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Even though some Americans like to say, "It's all good," the Chinese know better ...
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: 15
4 Stars
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...I did something that’s been hanging around in my mind over the years, tucked down inside of me like a lucky charm that I don’t want to lose...
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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...being the bouncer is a lot like being the designated driver at a raging house party...
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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Your first worry was that it was something to do with spiders.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
4 Stars
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Your first worry was that it was something to do with spiders.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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Howling dogs, Hobbits, and bowl cut hair. What the heck is going on in the apartment downstairs?
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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'I don’t mind saying I’m afraid of the dark a little.'
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
2 Stars
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Is Barry hallucinating again?
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 15
4 Stars
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A change of life leads to disaster
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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"You grow memory like a crop, and when you want to, you harvest it."
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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Sometimes everything depends on the odds.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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A young Englishman recalls his time on a kibbutz
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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It isn’t always easy having someone to care for.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
4 Stars
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"This is how you talk about a city you love. You talk about it as if it’s the only place in the world where this story can happen."
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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"He said follow the beat. Teddy thought, this is the beat, isn’t it?"
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: 15
2 Stars