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On the day that shocks the world, one boy just wants to find his family. A powerful addition to the gripping I Survived series.

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The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.

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Room 204—Miss Stretchberry

February 25

Today the fat black cat
up in the tree by the bus stop
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thunk
and when I yelled at it
that fat black cat said
Murr-mee-urrr
in…

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