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Chapter 21

LADY THEO’S GOT NOTHING ON ME

“No, it’s much better to face these kinds of things

With a sense of poise and rationality”

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Chapter 16: If Only

"It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck

But you're stuck and you don't know how"

In The Shadow of Blackbirds 

Cat Winters

97814197053041

Abrams/ Amulet, $16.95

No one expects the Spanish Influenza, and the residents of 1918 San Diego are paralyzed by their fear of contracting the disease. Among them is 16 year old Mary, mourning the sweetheart that she's just lost in the war and grappling with her recently-discovered ability to communicate with the dead, a power that emerged in perfect synchronicity with the early days of American Spiritualism, which has got to be confusing for a wee teenager. The book is incredibly atmospheric and bananas creepy. Come for the spooky descriptions of coffin-lined streets and disease-ridden sick wards and stay for the remarkable writing. 

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Chapter 15:

The FOOL CARD: YEP, THAT’S ME

 “Use your intuition, it’s all you’ve got.”

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Chapter 14:

ON THE LIST OF THINGS I SO

DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IN DETAIL—THIS IS NUMBER ONE

“Is there a line that I could write, sad enough to make you cry?

All the lines you wrote to me were lies”

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Chapter 12: DEFINE INTERESTING

"In the end I was the mean girl

Or somebody's in-between girl"

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Chapter 9: “Dating Advice From the Fire Eater”

And if I was bored, you know I would

And if I was yours, but I’m not