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You know that feeling you get when your leg falls asleep? Well, I suddenly had that feeling in my spine. Like termites were chewing through the marrow in my backbone.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Wells
Asleep
Well
Falls
Suddenly
Like
Legs
Termites
Feeling
Marrow
Fear
Chewing
Fall
Backbone
Feelings
Spine

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