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The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences.

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
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Waved
Burning
Dissolved
Paper
Orange
Inside
Torn
Words
Flames
Crowd
Print
Crowds

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