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They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they'd climbed.

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Looking
Peaks
Back
Climbed
Forest
Closer
Forests
Seemed
Rose
Knew
Tops

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