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Raven jerks and stiffens. For a second, I think she is only surprised: Her mouth goes round, her eyes wide. Then she begins teetering backward, and I know that she is dead. Falling, falling, falling . . .

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Second
Surprised
Dead
Round
Goes
Rounds
Teetering
Eyes
Falling
Jerks
Eye
Mouth
Raven
Fall
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Ravens
Think
Mouths
Jerk
Thinking
Wide
Backward

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