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Amanda took the torn page from Maniac. To her, it was the broken wing of a bird, a pet out in the rain.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Pages
Maniac
Rain
Amanda
Bird
Maniacs
Took
Wing
Broken
Pet
Torn
Page
Wings

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