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LIFE IS SHORT SPOILER REVIEWS BY MA
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“Why didn’t you write to him?
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Madeline: Those are not the same th
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MIRROR, MIRROR AFTER AN EPOCH, the
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the air in the house every four hou
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MADELINE’S DICTIONARY ob•ses•
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THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING
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cigarettes Kara buried in the garde
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CHAOS THEORY TEN-YEAR-OLD OLLY AND
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A TALE OF TWO MADDYS “YOUR MOTHER
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FREEDOM CARD
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“Take a break?” he asks, still
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SKIN I READ ONCE that, on average,
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RESEARCH TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER, k
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His breath is warm and then his lip
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OWTSYD THE UNIVERSE AND my subconsc
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We’re back in the air lock before
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LIFE IS A GIFT THE NEXT MORNING I w
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MADELINE’S DICTIONARY as•ymp•
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SCHEDULE CHANGE
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“I do, too, but I’d be a bad mo
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Things don’t improve the next day
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OLLY’S SCHEDULE NEIGHBORHOOD WATC
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My mom’s words come back to me. I
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him. Mom is wearing a red, straples
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MADAM, I’M ADAM SOMETIMES I REREA
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THE HIDDEN WORLD SOMETIMES THE WORL
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GOOD -BYE Dear Mom, The first thing
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OTHER WORLDS WE COME TO our senses.
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“But still, you can’t be sure
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ALOHA MEANS HELLO AND GOOD -BYE, PA
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Olly’s mood gets better, lighter
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INFECTED CARLA SCREAMS AND covers h
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lies. “It could be the pills are
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FIRST-TIME FLYER FAQ Q: What is the
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sung out by greeters and families a
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HERE NOW ACCORDING TO THE guidebook
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MADELINE’S DICTIONARY o•cean (
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me blush harder. “So,” we say s
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REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PRESENT I FEE
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THE SWIMSUIT IT’S POSSIBLE THAT I
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JUMP I SURPRISE OLLY by getting int
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CLIFF DIVING : A GUIDE
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“Nope.” “You’ll feel better
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To: Madeline F. Whittier Subject:
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I don’t understand. Just because
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“No. I want to. This is what I wa
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THE OBSERVABLE WORLD ACCORDING TO T
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that we will. We head away from the
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SPIRAL
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it’s swelling shut. I can’t get
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And starts again.
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RESURRECTED I DON’T REMEMBER much
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Love is a terrible thing and its lo
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Later, 12:05 A.M. Madeline: It’s
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LIFE IS SHORT SPOILER REVIEWS BY MA
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MAP OF DESPAIR
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SELECT ALL , DELETE
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REUNION THE NEXT DAY, Carla bustles
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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #3 HIS DAD’S S
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part of the family anymore if she s
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HERE AND NOW OLLY’S MATH SAYS you
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PROTECTION I READ THE e-mail six ti
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MADELINE’S DICTIONARY sus•pi•
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Olly’s ghost girl again. I press
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the web. She circled a section that
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OUTSIDE I RUN FROM the office. The
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FAIRY TALES ONCE UPON A time there
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BEGINNINGS AND ENDS FOUR DAYS PASS.
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AFTER THE DEATH OF I SPEND THE next
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TWO WEEKS A.D.
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FOUR WEEKS A.D. I PAINT EACH wall i
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SIX WEEKS A.D. DR. CHASE INSISTS th
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FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON A WEEK LATER C
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THE GIFT A WEEK LATER my mom knocks
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I could fix my mom and make it so s
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TAKEOFF
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LIFE IS SHORT SPOILER REVIEWS BY MA
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He slips the phone into his pocket
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THE END
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NICOLA YOON grew up in Jamaica (the