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I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Philadelphia
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Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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