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Question 1

If her dad was offering ice cream, he must be trying to cheer up the one-fourth of the family that was going to be an archeologist-historian and eat whatever it wanted.

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Question 2

Well, new things always take some getting used to.

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Question 3

With the dust ruffle in place, no one would spot the hidden medal at all.

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Question 4

This looked like a house that belonged to rich, strange, secretive people

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Question 5

The gray-haired people all turned to stare at her.

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Question 6

It was the perfect spot to dive into a mystery novel.

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Question 7

Leaning against the trunk for balance, she sawed through the hair with the knife’s sharp blade.

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Question 8

They lingered on the meadow’s cool grass, nibbling popcorn from paper sacks as the starry sky grew darker, and the great striped tents billowed to the ground.

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Question 9

You had better hope that your sister is safe, and that there isn’t a spook from a silly old tale wandering around the town tonight.

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Question 10

If there was light on either side, the girls could see straight through, and they could speak clearly without anyone overhearing, even when they’d been banished to their separate rooms.

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Question 11

Then who’s going to help me get our library cards?

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Question 12

It unwound, leaving nothing but a kinked spot in the lace

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Question 13

The clamor of the storm had woken him, and something in the air, something heavy and watchful, refused to let him sleep again.

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Question 14

It had a leather cover, and a drawing of a forest on the front…

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Question 15

She was just pretending to turn a page when her phone buzzed.

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Question 16

I just think it’s so interesting that this whole library used to be somebody’s house.

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Question 17

Just below the surface, the spade struck something - something as pale and delicate as bone, with a coating that seemed to glimmer softly.

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Question 18

The story cut off in the middle of a sentence, leaving all its mysteries unsolved.

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Question 19

I think this whole old town remembers things.

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Question 20

Why did it always take four times as long to clean something up as it took to make a mess of it in the first place?

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Question 21

It has a lot of great illustrations, maps and charts and old photos.

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Question 22

I had to move here because of you.

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Question 23

After you’ve chased a strange dog through the woods and watched it sneak into a weird old library, you don’t just stop there.

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Question 24

And just past the corner of its gilded frame, drilled into the wall, was a small, round hole.

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Question 25

I always return in to the third floor, where it belongs, and eventually it pops up somewhere else.

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Question 26

When they don’t know a whole story, they make one up.

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Question 27

It’s always more satisfying to see evidence firsthand, isn’t it?

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Question 28

For now, we’ll just say that you owe me a big favor, and when I ask for it, you won’t say no.

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Question 29

KEEP DIGGING.

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Question 30

The dog turned away again, pawing harder at the roots of the tree.

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Question 31

Underneath was the gleam of mother-of-pearl.

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Question 32

You said you know everything about this town.

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Question 33

Still, it was nice to sit in a booth in a warm diner, drinking cocoa and trying to solve a puzzle with a … well, not a friend.

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Question 34

Ghosts are just parts of the past that haven’t stopped happening.

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Question 35

I know.

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Question 36

All of this news the family put out themselves.

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Question 37

She threw out a hand, catching herself on the banister and dropping the octopus night-light.

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Question 38

This all started because you wouldn’t listen to me and got us both into trouble.

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Question 39

But only one of them disappeared.

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Question 40

The other sealed and buried their story deep inside herself, where no one but her sister could have ever reached.

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Question 41

You wanted it to be true so badly, you almost made yourself believe it.

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Question 42

A girl with fog-pale skin, a black cloak, and trailing dark hair clasped the cistern’s side.

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Question 43

I’m going to my sister’s skating practice today.

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