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Right, Sadie said. And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Stand
Read
Death
Right
Sadie
Calmly

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