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Song of a Captive Bird* The Girls in the Picture* Emergency Contact: by Jasmin Darznik by Melanie Benjamin Office No.: ~Forugh Farrokhzad: ~Hollywood stars Frances Home No.: Iranian poet in mid-20th Marion and Mary Pickford Mobile No.: century
He* Alias Grace*
by John Connolly by Margaret Atwood
~Stan Laurel: Golden ~Grace Marks: Convicted
Age Hollywood for Murder
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The Paris Wife* Paths of Glory* Student Name: by Paula McLain by Jeffrey Archer Grade/Year Level: ~Ernest Hemingway: ~George Mallory: Phone No.: Author Climbed Mt. Everest Email Address:
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