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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
Thinking
Wide
Backward
Second
Surprised
Dead
Round
Goes
Rounds
Teetering
Eyes
Falling
Jerks
Eye
Mouth
Raven
Fall
Begins
Ravens
Think
Mouths
Jerk

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