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Shelby watched the books burn. She wonders if words are pouring down on other people's houses,sad words, like beast and mourn and sorrow and mother.

Shelby watched the books burn. She wonders if words are pouring down on other people’s houses,sad words, like beast and mourn and sorrow and mother.
– Alice Hoffman

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