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Ages: Young Adult

02-02-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"I met Amber two days after I throttled her boyfriend, Chris Parker."

02-01-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"Rossamünd was a boy with a girl's name."

01-27-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"There had been little time to mourn."

01-26-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"Everyone knows about Benjamin Franklin's shocking discovery of electricity in 1752."

01-15-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"There are two things that I'm ashamed of."

01-14-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"So, it's a little before ten a.m. and I'm just starting to get a good buzz going."

01-13-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"I done it."

01-08-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"On the afternoon of his seventh birthday, I set Bobby Clarke on fire."

01-07-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"The day I killed my brother's girlfriend started with me handpicking leaves off our front lawn."

01-05-10 AM -- See the book on Amazon | Twitter This
Ages: Young Adult
"The letter arrived mysteriously."

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