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Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.

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Susan Beth Pfeffer
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 17
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Rats
Swimming
Lessons
Taking
Even
Kevin
Alex
Drowning

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