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"ref": "2011, Karen Russell, Swaplandia!, page 6:",
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"ref": "2009, Michelle Rowen, Tall, Dark & Fangsome, page 328:",
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"ref": "2015, Molly Harper, The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire, page 27:",
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