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The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow.
Laurie Halse Anderson
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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Laurie Beth Halse
Moon
Firecracker
Watches
Whirled
Watch
Drops
Blood
Careless
Stars
Stood
Fell
Seeds
Firecrackers
Snow
Blazed
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