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“It was a beautiful lie that they had all been telling themselves—that you could have magic without monsters.”

Quote by Anne Ursu

Book:The Real Boy

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Anne Ursu is a renowned children's literature author, known for her rich imagination and profound emotional depth in her works. more

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