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Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
Author
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Midwest
Wyoming
Dawn Cook
Adults
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Teens
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Al's red eyes slid past me to Pierce. Play? he said, his voice dripping with interest. Gordian Nathaniel Pierce's quirks are legendary. Why do you think I want the runt so badly? Size truly doesn't matter if you can do what he can. ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison
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Rache,” he said, trying to get into my line of sight. “What more do you need? God to send a telegram? (Jenks)
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