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Main character lives in a brick house with green shutters |
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Main character sits on a man's belly while his/her dad set the man's broken leg. |
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Main character dreams of his/her sixteenth birthday as "an afternoon tea with girls in lovely gowns, flowers everywhere," and cherry pie? |
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A French Catholic missionary spends most of the voyage preaching |
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Main character told that her mother "died from having a girl like you!" |
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Miss Hepplewhite tells the main character to consider The Young Lady's Confidante her bible? |
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Main Character is told "You'll be a lady in no time at all. All that is required is dedication and single-mindedness?" |
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The girls are told that simple outfits are best "because they allow one's true beauty to be perceived?" |
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Main character receives the most precious gift of ribbons. |
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Main character wins an embroidery contest for a small violet on a pocket handkerchief. |
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A character wants to own a boarding house where he/she can make a fortune |
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The characters take a bath using cold sea water. |
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A character dies when he/she falls from his/her bunk and hits his/her head while on a ship. |
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Two characters sail on a ship called Lady Luck. |
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The main character makes burial shrouds from his/her wedding sheets. |
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Main character wears green dresses because she is told she "looks beautiful in green?" |
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Main character eats salmon and root vegetables that he/she eats with her fingers from a bowl. |
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Main character asked to mend a pair of pants that have to be washed first. |
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Main character makes coffee without cleaning the pepper out of the grinder. |
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Main character is told to learn to cook. |
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Main character Mrs. Parker's Cherry Pie recipe using salmon berries. |
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Main character tries to rescues a canoe in a rainstorm. |
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Main character almost trades in her wedding dress for a canoe. |
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MC has to perch down to be eye-level. |
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MC rubs a wrench against a bruised eye. |
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A seamstress's feet are chopped off. |
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MC is overwhelmed by the stench of excrement and rot. |
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The accommodations are subpar. |
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There was a sign "War is better than slavery." |
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MC feels if they were seen they would be turned into a pile of ashes. |
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Brainwashing is a solution |
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It was demanded that the MC be found in a city of two and a half million. |
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Two stone qillins were important. |
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Minions did the dirty work |
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MC had acid burn on their throat. |
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A race is though of as greedy and self-serving devils |
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An important character arrives seventeen minutes late to an important meeting. |
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A character grips their hand so tight that crescent moons were left from finger nails. |
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Men had shoulders too wide and hunched to be men? |
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A green brocade blanked was a source of comfort. |
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The song "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down?" |
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There was a celebration at the end of the Fourth World War. |
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A present was wrapped in gold foil and a white ribbon. |
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A piece of clothing was embroidered with turtle doves, silver stars, and chrysanthemums. |
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A prime minister was thought to look more like a farmer than a politician. |
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A character was accused of being a spy but said they were "an evil, worthless, wretched, girl." |
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A car started by holding the brown ignition wires together. |
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Rain blurred the lights and made the world disappear. |
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There were twelve steps, a Zen garden, a towering wall, a gate, the city.. |
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Thirteen year old was allowed to drive a parent to appointments. |
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A family member rarely speaks. |
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The story is set in rural Wisconsin. |
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Animals were named after major league sports stars. |
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A person injures a knee while using a manure spreader. |
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There are two rival towns named "Red Bend" and "Hawley" |
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A character's father owns a truck dealership. |
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A parent learns to cook from watching a TV cooking channel. |
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MC has straight brown hair while three of their siblings are blond. |
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A person volunteers to quit the basketball team so they can do more chores. |
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MC receives an F in English class. |
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Character's real name "Darlene Joyce." |
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A parent is both a 6th grade teacher and an acting principal. |
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A family has a dog named after a corn fungus. |
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A character makes fun of a player for crying after a football game loss. |
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Someone's mother is described as an "Oprah Winfrey" mom. |
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A family argument causes two children not to communicate with their father for more than seven months. |
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MC has to drive a younger sibling to another town for a sports banquet. |
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A surprise kiss turns into a bloody nose for one of the characters. |
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The mother of a character is the only one to call her by her nickname. |
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Reference to the town of Swenksville |
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The father of a character starts a lawsuit against a school for an "ineligible player." |
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A place called the "heifer field" is significant |
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A friend of a MC has orange hair. |
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Someone apologizes for unkind words spoken after a closely fought football game. |
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Each family is only allowed to have two children, one boy and one girl. |
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A community does not dare to let people make choices of their own. |
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The word "love" becomes so meaningless that it's become almost obsolete. |
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A character is told they would need bravery and courage to carry out their job assignment. |
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A character has to stay behind in order to help a community adjust to a large amount of new and painful memories. |
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A character is given the memory of a rainbow to help them understand colors. |
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A character gives a young child a memory in order to calm him down for sleep. |
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A discipline wand is used on the young and the old when rules were broken |
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The MC tries to warm another character withe memories. |
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A character sees their family in a different way after they begin to understand love. |
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Citizens of a community "released" for a variety of reasons. |
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Age is considered unimportant after 12. |
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The MC is exempted from rudeness and allowed to lie as part of a new job assignment. |
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A community institutes climate control in an effort to have sameness. |
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The MC has eyes that are an unusual color. |
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The ability to see colors disappears after they are considered unnecessary. |
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A character needs the "capacity to see beyond." |
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Bicycles are the mode of transportation. |
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It is necessary for characters to take pills every day. |
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An office is relocated so often, people had trouble finding it. |
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A character's father is labeled a "nurturer." |
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A character attends a ceremony to receive a job. |
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The number 19 is significant. |
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A character's first painful memory is a sunburn. |
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A character's favorite memory of family is at Christmas. |
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"Up the hill" is a reference to a school. |
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A character gets kitchen duties then they turned 12. |
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Golf carts are used to get around. |
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The Fallout Alley Youth Zone |
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A character suffers from bulimia. |
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A character starts choking for no apparent reason. |
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The universe gets hacked. |
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A speeding ticket is erased from police computer records. |
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A patch of grass is mistaken as a mirage. |
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A discussion is held about making pasta. |
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Rule #4 "No one may enter any store without the permission from the mayor." |
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Hours and minutes were counted down. |
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A cat was sitting atop the librarian's desk. |
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Xanax was stolen from a mother. |
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There is a set of fraternal twins. |
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People are classified as one bar, two bars, etc. |
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Canned pudding is dreamt about. |
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An arm is cut off with a saw. |
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November 10th, 10:18 AM is important. |
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You are warned to "take care of yourself, the world, and everybody in it." |
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A character gives away land and builds new settlements for veterans |
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A character tries to adjust the calendar so it doesn't snow in the summer. |
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A character bugs the King and Queen of Spain for eight years to pay for his trip. |
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A character's remains are moved three times. |
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Lime juice is added to daily rations by the British Royal Navy. |
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A character goes from "beautiful young king" to "Humpty Dumpty." |
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A character's horse collapses from his weight. |
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A character and his court eat 450 chickens in one day. |
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A character's fingers swell so much that her ring could not be seen anymore. |
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A character takes his wife and son to England on a promo tour to earn more money. |
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A character at the age of 45 uses a telescope for the first time and sees the moons of Jupiter. |
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The priest refuses to come to the character's death bed because he hadn't written much church music. |
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A character is held prisoner on two different islands. |
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A character's valet cuts up the "bloody autopsy sheet" for souvenirs. |
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A ring of white roses is put on the character's head to hide where his head had been cut open. |
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People cut pieces of the dead person's hair to keep. |
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A character walks 10-20 miles before he is ready to start writing. |
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Cupping was used to remove bad blood from a person's body. |
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A character was buried near Sir Isaac Newton. |
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A character's life theory to "work slowly, never forget anything, and never make a mistake." |
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Betting on games is the downfall of several characters |
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The number of "student-athlete" references is counted. |
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It is important for a character to borrow a car to visit someone out of town. |
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Characters are surprised when they are greeted by a retired dean at a Days Inn Motel. |
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The setting is the city of New Orleans. |
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A college ethics professor causes a major problem for a student. |
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Two eighth grade students receive press passes. |
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"spadework" is used to describe "a lot of digging." |
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Characters overhear a conversation which involves blackmail. |
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An email to a reporter helps save two students. |
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One character feels like a little brother to a character his own age. |
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A book began with a letter informing a character they have won a writing contest. |
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A character is interested in a future job as a sportswriter |
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There is a character who is tall, beautiful, and talented |
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A character does not like the Duke Blue Devils |
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A character writes about a place called "the Palestra" |
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The F.B.I arrests for characters |
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Two fathers are clueless about what their children are involved in. |
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A character receives a message via a port screen |
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Almost 93% of event attendees exhibit some sign of nervousness. |
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Characters carry emergency tablets. |
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The word "luck" is considered to be archaic and inaccurate |
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The story is set in Mapletree Borough. |
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Characters attend "Second School" |
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Characters were "tagged" while they sleep |
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Characters eat food for "health and performance and not taste. |
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A community believes their culture is too cluttered |
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It is said, "How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much? |
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People are still considered important because technology might fail. |
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A game center reminds a character of a science simulation. |
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Characters participate in hiking during the summer. |
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A compact serves as a hiding place. |
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A green pill provides calming. |
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A main character dreams about a friend's death. |
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A character realizes their parents' marriage isn't perfect |
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Characters predominantly travel by train. |
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A character struggles with "something returned and something lost" |
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A character is disappointed when they think they've received a napkin as a gift. |
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A drawing reveals two lives. |
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Artifacts are held close to the heart. |
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Characters meet their life partners at age 17 |
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Characters break the rules for those they love |
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MC found balancing on the top of a burning roof of a barn |
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MC becomes an apprentice at an apothecary shop |
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MC becomes a tax protester and a smuggler |
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MC forms the New Haven Militia by marching down the street in uniform and the other men join by following him. |
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MC joins forces with Ethan Allen and The Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga. |
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MC makes the best strategic move to capture the boat called George to gain control of Lake Champlain even though he has no official orders |
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Volunteers have to be able to live in the woods and handle small boats to join a secret mission to invade Canada |
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A midnight escape saves the lives of Americans surrounded by British ships. |
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MC buys a trunk of gowns and has them delivered for his dear Betsy |
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When the MC's sister and three sons stares and wife's grave the MC begins to feel the symptoms of gout. |
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Troops arrive at the Great Carrying Place where they will have to carry the boats thirteen miles to the Dead River |
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The Chaudiere River means boiler or cauldron in French |
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A character covers her dead husband with leaves. |
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Men make gruel from their shaving soap, candle wicks, and hair grease |
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More than five hundred soldiers and nearby farmers try to escape into a military post. |
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The officers and volunteers are allowed to keep their swords when they surrender |
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The enemy's officers move into Benjamin Franklin's house |
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MC has a prisoner take of his coat and shoots holes in the coat. The prisoner is released and runs away to warn the indians. |
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Two characters ride their horses to a handball court |
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The MC gets married in his general's uniform |
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MC uses onion juice for ink |
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MC craves approval, especially from George Washington |
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A character marks many X's on a wall as a tally of days. |
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When upset or frustrated a character throws "me balls" at people. |
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Someone pushes many art supplies through a broken piece of window. |
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The story is based on a real event that took place in Washington State |
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A billboard plays an important part in the story. |
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Yogurt raisins is a favorite snack of a MC |
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Someone is able to see an old friend after climbing a tree |
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A character is happy to see an old friend on TV in a joyful situation |
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Treats are used to lure characters into boxes |
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Someone gives a favorite stuffed animal as a farewell gift to a friend |
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There is a discussion about the meaning of the words: Principal vs. Principle |
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Someone calls a newspaper to report an injustice to an innocent character |
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A cluttered musty gift shop has ashtrays for sale made from the hand of an animal |
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Chocolate frosting is used to draw a picture on a white refrigerator |
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People are surprised when a pet in the back of a convertible is given fries and a strawberry shake |
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The characters Julia, George, and Stella are important to the story |
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An ad on TV gives someone an idea for a project to help fulfill a promise |
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A promise is made to a friend regarding protection of someone who is defenseless |
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A claw stick used as a threat |
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A neglected infected foot results in the death of a character |
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An argument about the pronunciation of a word |
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Talk about suing a doctor |
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MC planning on squirting people with dog pee and slug juice |
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A character thought of as the old moldy cheese |
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Family referred to planets orbiting the sun |
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An adult has a Portuguese accent |
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The family carries a mutant gene |
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There is a game called the Plague |
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The person who found a sled referred to as a hobo. |
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There is a member of a zydeco band |
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Messenger bag meade out of floppy disks |
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Tics appear when a person is nervous |
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A wish made on a lady bug |
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Note is left saying, "Get out of our school orc" |
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Tubes jutting out from the side of the MC's head looking like antennas |
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An actor crying real tears on stage |
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Someone claims to have a deformed brother to join a popular crowd |
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The lead became sick because no one was there to watch them |
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They go away to Broarwood Nature Reserve |
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