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The Strength of the Few by James Islington (Hierarchy, #2)
The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who …
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The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who …

Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns …

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Friends by chance--or is it fate?
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