Eli Brown
1) Oddity
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind - if only she knew what it was - in an alternate nineteenth century where the United States is at war with France.
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