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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Scholastic inc isbn 9780439895989 paperback 400 pages 5. Nov 15, 2011 this is a book for those who love beauty pageants, those who hate them, anyone whos ever felt pressured to be beautiful, and those who think lord of the flies isnt what would really happen if a bunch of people were stranded together on an island. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Bray follows her printz award%e2%80%93winner, going bovine, with an only slightly less absurd premise in this outthere satire about a.
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