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Without opening the gate, and keeping one hand near the elevator buttons, Seth shone the flashlight around the room. The last thing he wanted was to get cornered by zombies inside of an elevator.
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Seth returned with the ax to the private door. So much for stealth. If the garage door and elevator had not alerted the zombies, this should do the job. The ax was fairly heavy, but, choking up a little, he gave it a solid swing, and the bit crunched into the wood about a foot away from the doorknob. He wrenched it free and attacked the door again. A few more strokes and he had chopped a hole in the door large enough to reach his hand throu..
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Kendra rubbed her eyes. She had slept in her clothes. "Come in, then." The door opened and Cody entered with a tray. "Scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, yogurt, and juice," he announced, setting the tray on the desk. "You barge down the stairs, infuriate Torina, and end up with a first-rate breakfast. Maybe I should start acting a little less compliant!" "Don't get too jealous. This may be my last meal." Cody shrugged. "They're expectin..
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fingering spots where they had been torn or punctured by boarhound teeth.
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Kendra stared out the side window of the SUV, watching foliage blur past. When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her. Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today. Today they were driving a..
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Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well. No way around it. Choices are thrust upon us, and we don't always get things right. Even postponing or avoiding a decision can become a choice that carries heavy consequences. Mistakes can be painful--sometimes they cause irrevocable harm--but welcome to Earth. Poor choices are part of growing up, and part of life. You will make bad choices, and you will be affected by the poor choices of ..
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For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt,
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Want to know the quikest way to deafen people? Tell them the truth. - Prescia
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I have plans to start a sequel series to Fablehaven around 2016. Beyonders
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I find it a challenge to respect capable people who care only for their own interests.
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kindness
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wisdom
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Rollan didn't like when his horse had to walk near a drop-off, as they were now. He was allergic to the whole falling thing.
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Kendra, nice to meet you, may you find less happiness than you deserve. Dale, you are as mute as your brother, and nearly as pale. Seth, please have another mishap soon. Stan, you lack the wit of an orangutan, bless your soul. Do not be strangers.
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Then I'm going?" Kendra asked. The adults in the room exchanged tacit glances before nodding. "Then we only have one problem left to discuss," Seth said. Everyone turned to him. "How do I get invited?"
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But I do know that there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on.
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Dreams can range from the meaningless to the prophetic,
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Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today. Today they were driving along an endless two-lane highway through the forested hills of Connecticut. "Why"
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Seth reached forward for the crackers. Dad, driving, asked for some Almond Roca. Last Christmas he had decided that Almond Roca was his favorite candy and that he should have some on hand all year long. Nearly six months later he was still honoring his resolution. "Do"
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Kendra returned her attention to the frantic parade of trees. Her parents were leaving on a seventeen-day Scandinavian cruise with all the aunts and uncles on her mother's side. They were all going for free. Not because they'd won a contest. They were going on a cruise because Kendra's grandparents had asphyxiated. Grandma
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The only thing more alarming that what is in that cave will be your punishment if we somehow survive.
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All boys belong in insane asylums," Kendra said."
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One of the team members perished, and a second was badly injured." "Sounds like an ideal situation for involving a fourteen-year-old girl,"
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When
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was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.
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If you burst a chokepod, and the gas doesn't get me, your grandfather will. Come on.
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hurry and disguise your faces, then we need to get out of town.
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What should we call the other statue?" Tanu asked. "Nancy," Seth said quickly."
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brighter shades of blue and red than he had ever seen. The
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The last thing we need is a giant magical cow running around loose. It could be total mayhem.
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Remember how worried you were when we dropped you off?" Mom said as she buckled her seatbelt. "I bet it wasn't half as scary as you imagined." Kendra and Seth shared a very special look."
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Tammy's fallen tomahawk.
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Are you all right?" Kendra asked. Warren grinned. "I'm surprised to be alive. That would have been a very big belly flop into a very dry pool. Here they come!" The" --
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Every time the satyrs had spotted a fast food joint that they recognized from a commercial, they had hollered for a meal break. Vanessa had not always conceded, but whenever an opportunity was presented, Newel and Doren had inexhaustibly consumed milkshakes, burgers, sandwiches, tacos, nachos, pretzels, nuts, beef jerky, trail mix, soda, doughnuts, candy bars, cookies, crackers, and aerosol cheese. Of the fifty most impressive belches Seth ..
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The memory of the funeral made Kendra shiver. There was a wake beforehand, where Grandma and Grandpa Larsen were showcased in matching caskets. Kendra did not like seeing Grandpa Larsen wearing makeup. What lunatic had decided that when people died you should hire a taxidermist to fix them up for one final look? She would much rather remember them alive than on grotesque display in their Sunday best. The Larsens were the grandparents who ha..
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They all migrated to the front door. Dad and Dale carried the larger bags. Seth held a smaller duffel bag and a cereal box. The cereal box was his emergency kit. It was full of odds and ends he thought would come in handy for an adventure--rubber bands, a compass, granola bars, coins, a squirt gun, a magnifying glass, plastic handcuffs, string, a whistle. "This"
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Instead of responding, he started looking more intently for the other corner pieces. Kendra could tell the comment had gotten to him. She decided not to tease him any further. The fact that he seemed scared of the lady he had met in the woods legitimized his story a lot. Seth had never scared easily. This was the kid who had jumped off the roof under the misguided assumption that a garbage bag would work like a parachute. The kid who had pu..
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Lena held up a hand to silence him. "Say no more, human," she demanded sternly. "After much travail, I have reclaimed my true life. Do not attempt to befuddle me. I need time alone to realign my thoughts." With a wink, she disappeared beneath the water. Kendra"
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naiads who liked to drown people, which meant she needed a sturdy
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Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today. Today they were driving along an endless two-lane highway through the forested hills of Connecticut.
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Stupidity was when you took risks for no good reason. Courage was when you took a calculated risk in order to accomplish something important. Had
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Don't eat more than you want," Grandma said. Kendra realized she had been toying with her pancakes, procrastinating the next bite. "I'm kind of tense," Kendra confessed, eating another forkful, hoping her face looked pleasant as she chewed. "I'll have hers," Seth offered, having almost finished his stack. "When"
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never
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There came a brisk knock on the door that internally connected the two rooms. Seth hustled over. "What's the password?" "Passwords are for sissies," Warren's muffled voice responded. "Works for me," Seth said, unlocking the door and opening it. "The"
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The fate of the world in the balance. A hurricane of enemies swirling around us. It's almost enough to make a guy feel alive again.
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Victor." "You've"
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