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Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance...Categorized as:
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![As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender]()
As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender
It's been three months since Alexis helplessly witnessed Lydia Small's violent death, and all she wants is for her life to return to normal. But normal people don't see decaying bodies haunting photographs. Normal people don't have to deal with regular intrusions from Lydia's angry ghost, sometimes escalating to terrifying attacks. At first, it seems that Lydia wants revenge on Alexis alone... -
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![No Time to Die & The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler]()
No Time to Die & The Deep End of Fear by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSecrets taken to the grave don’t always stay buried. In No Time to Die, Jenny is devastated by the recent death of her sister, Liza. Looking for a sense of closure, she secretly signs up for the drama camp where Liza died. Jenny knows that someone here holds the key to what really happened to Liza that night, but if she doesn’t find out the truth soon, she may become the next victim... -
![From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender]()
From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender
Alexis is the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul. She already has everything she needs--an adorable boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a little sister who's finally recovering after being possessed by an evil spirit, then institutionalized. Alexis is thrilled when her sister joins a club; new friends are just what Kasey needs... -
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![Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHigh school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead...Categorized as:
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![The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler]()
The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPsychic...or psychotic? Anna knows her family is crazy. But when she goes to visit her aunt and uncle for the summer and learns that her uncle’s charred body has been found, her life reaches a new level of insanity. Her erratic aunt’s “psychic” abilities are exaggerated by her grief, and have become borderline violent... -
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Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAura’s life is anything but easy. Her boyfriend, Logan, died, and his slides between ghost and shade have left her reeling. Aura knows he needs her now more than ever. She loves Logan, but she can’t deny her connection with the totally supportive, totally gorgeous Zachary. And she’s not sure that she wants to...Categorized as:
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![Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard]()
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsMY SISTER WANTS THE TRUTH.BUT SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS.For months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. She's unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends.Until my body shows up in Sabino Canyon...Categorized as:
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Fire with Fire by Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhen sweet revenge turns sour… Book two of a trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian. Lillia, Kat, and Mary had the perfect plan. Work together in secret to take down the people who wronged them. But things didn’t exactly go the way they’d hoped at the Homecoming Dance. Not even close. For now, it looks like they got away with it...Categorized as:
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Velocity by Abigail Boyd
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe final book in the "Gravity" series. The end is finally here. After being threatened by Phillip Rhodes, Ariel confronts her father and finds out just how deeply the conspiracies in town run. She discovers more about what she is and where she came from... -
![Ceres: Celestial Legend, Vol. 5: Mikage by Yuu Watase]()
Ceres: Celestial Legend, Vol. 5: Mikage by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAya takes matters into her own hands when she decides to search for the hagoromo. Meanwhile, T�ya must choose between being with Aya and working for Kagami and getting his memory back... -
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Uncertainty by Abigail Boyd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 1, GRAVITY, is still free to download! Last year, Ariel Donovan's life was shattered. She lost a friend, a love, and her sight into the afterlife. She's only beginning to move on, facing a summer without school as a distraction. Then she dreams of the mysterious Dexter Orphanage again, the place where all the trouble began... -
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The Ghost of You and Me by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow do you tell someone who hates you and blames you for the death of his best friend that you miss him? From the bestselling teen and young adult author of Cinder & Ella comes a new heart-wrenching romance sure to bring all the feels. The tragic death of Spencer Schott unravels the lives of the two people he loved most—his girlfriend, Bailey, and his best friend, Wes...Categorized as:
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![The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy]()
The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhat if the ordinary things in life suddenly…disappeared?Aila Quinn’s mother, Juliet, has always been a mystery: vibrant yet guarded, she keeps her secrets beyond Aila’s reach. When Juliet dies, Aila and her younger brother Miles are sent to live in Sterling, a rural town far from home--and the place where Juliet grew up.Sterling is a place with mysteries of its own... -
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![This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter]()
This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA new heart saved her life—but will it help her find out what really happened to its donor?Seventeen-year-old Leah MacKenzie is heartless. An artificial heart in a backpack is keeping her alive. However, this route only offers her a few years. And with her rare blood type, a transplant isn’t likely. Living like you are dying isn’t all it’s cracked up to be... -
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Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick
Danger is hard to resist in this sexy thriller from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga. Brit Pheiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her...Categorized as:
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![Until the End by Christopher Pike]()
Until the End by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt’s the start of the school year, and the popular girls have decided to throw the best party, one their friends will never forget. But hooking up and hanging out are the farthest things from their minds when the unthinkable happens: Someone doesn't make it out of the party alive. The death is declared a suicide, but nothing quite adds up... -
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Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDevotion turns deadly in this second Gothic thriller from Printz Honor–winner Kenneth Oppel that is “every bit as thrilling and engaging” (VOYA) as This Dark Endeavor.When does obsession become madness? Tragedy has forced sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein to swear off alchemy forever. He burns the Dark Library... -
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The MacKinnon Curse by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSixteen-year-old Riley Williams has been able to see ghosts since the car crash that took her mother's life and shattered her family. Guilt-ridden over the belief that she's somehow responsible for her mom's death, Riley is desperate to see her mother's elusive spirit to gain her forgiveness... -
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Twisted by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIt’s been a year since the torturous notes from A stopped and the mystery of Alison DiLaurentis’s disappearance was finally put to rest. Now seniors in high school, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are older, but they’re not any wiser. The pretty little liars have more secrets than ever - twisted secrets that could destroy the perfect lives they’ve worked so hard to rebuild...Categorized as:
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Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIT'S NOT EASY BEING ME.BUT MY TWIN SISTER HAS NO CHOICE.When I died two months ago, my killer told my twin sister to become me - or else. Now Emma has it down to a T. She tosses her hair with the signature Sutton Mercer flip and can lead a Lying Game prank with the best of them. She's even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family. The only thing she hasn't done is solve my murder...Categorized as:
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44: Book Four by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes the living haunt the dead… It’s been several months since Abby Craig was kidnapped and held prisoner on a small island. Several months since Nathaniel Mortimer conducted his experiments, trying to find out why she was the only one of his victims to survive. After returning home, Abby is more determined than ever to have a normal life... -
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Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsMY FRIENDS AND I USED TO PLAY LYING GAMES.NOW MY TWIN SISTER IS LIVING ONE.When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is...Categorized as:
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![The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington]()
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA haunted house, a buried mystery, and a very angry ghost make this one unforgettable thriller. Jade loves the house she's just moved into with her family. She doesn't even mind being the new girl at the high school: It's a fresh start, and there's that one guy with the dreamy blue eyes. . . . But then things begin happening. Strange, otherworldly things...Categorized as:
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![The Wilde Trials by MacKenzie Reed]()
The Wilde Trials by MacKenzie Reed
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling new mystery about a high-stakes competition packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies—and enemies—are the people you’d least expect.Chloe Gatti will do whatever it takes to win her elite boarding school’s annual competition, the Wilde Trials... -
![Inertia by Abigail Boyd]()
Inertia by Abigail Boyd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA beloved history teacher slowly losing his mind. A doctor who doesn't always practice the best medicine. A girl who just wants to escape, and finds herself changing into someone else. There are different sides to every story, and the denizens of Hell have more than their fair share to tell. Inertia is a novella, not a full-length work. 20,000 pages.There are different sides to every story... -
![Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime by Mizuki Nomura]()
Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime by Mizuki Nomura
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor self-styled "book girl," third-year high school student Tohko Amano, being the head of the literary club is more than just an extracurricular activity with minor perks. It's her bread and butter . . . literally! Tohko is actually a literature-gobbling demon, and instead of the less palatable option of water-soaked bread, she opts to munch on torn out pages from all kinds of stories... -
![Love & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Bellingeri]()
Love & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Bellingeri
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Rachel Cole was ecstatic when her little sister Morgan left for science camp at the University of Michigan – anything that would get Morgan out of their horrible foster home for a few weeks. Little did Rachel know that life as she knew it was about to change forever...Categorized as:
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![44: Book Two by Jools Sinclair]()
44: Book Two by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen she was 17, Abby Craig died. But after falling through the ice on a frozen mountain lake and having no vital signs for 44 minutes, she somehow came back to life. It’s taken two years to recover from her accident. And while most of what she lost at the bottom of that dark lake has returned, some things haven’t... -
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Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end. Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates...Categorized as:
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Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsMy perfect life was a lie.Now I'd do anything to uncover the truth.Not long ago, I had everything a girl could wish for: amazing friends, an adorable boyfriend, a loving family. But none of them know that I'm gone--that I'm dead. To solve my murder, my long-lost twin sister, Emma, has taken my place. She sleeps in my room, wears my clothes, and calls my parents Mom and Dad...Categorized as:
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![Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard]()
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsSutton Mercer watches from the afterlife as her long-lost twin, Emma Paxton, takes over her identity to solve her murder. But after ruling out her early leads, Emma still hasn’t found Sutton’s killer. A lot of people wanted her dead—but one name keeps popping up: Thayer Vega...Categorized as:
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![The Marked Ones by S.K. Munt]()
The Marked Ones by S.K. Munt
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMermaids have three rules to abide by: To breed, to protect the environment, and to keep their existence a secret, at any cost. Princess Ivyanne has been saving herself for an arranged marriage that's never eventuated since she came of age, to best cultivate her unique bloodline. And when the time comes for her to choose a new mate, the mer and human worlds collide as the race for her hand begins...Categorized as:
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Stunning by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNow a hit ABC Family TV show, Sara Shepard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series continues with Stunning. In the eleventh novel, A is still out there, lurking in the shadows and digging up the liars’ latest secrets... Emily’s reconnecting with an old flame, one baby step at a time...Categorized as:
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Damaged by Amy Reed
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo teens must come to terms with their friend’s death—and her afterlife—in this gritty and realistic novel from the author of Beautiful, Clean, Crazy, and Over You.When Kinsey’s best friend Camille dies in a car accident while she was behind the wheel, she shuts down completely, deciding that numbness is far better than mourning... -
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Dead Girl Dancing by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI can't believe I'm in the wrong body—again! Apparently, this freaky phenomenon of stepping into someone's life—and their body—has a name: Temp Lifer. And when my dead grandmother heaped on the praise for a job well done last time, I sort of let it happen again. (Grrr... thanks, Grammy.) So now I'm hungover and gazing in the mirror at . . -
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Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty, Vol. 1 by Megumi Morino
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis funny and heartrending romantic manga set in modern Tokyo is not the fairy tale you remember! This time, Prince Charming is a teenage janitor, and Sleeping Beauty's curse is a supernatural, gender-bending dream that threatens to pull them both into a deeper and deeper slumber.. -
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Bitterroot Crossing by Tess Oliver
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA love triangle that crosses centuries . . . For Nick Crush, the only thing cool about his town, Bitterroot Crossing, is the gang of outlaw ghosts that rise occasionally from the town’s swamp. But when he finds himself competing with the most notorious spirit and his own ancestor, Zedekiah Crush, for the affections of Jessie Sterling, suddenly the whole ghost thing isn’t so cool...Categorized as:
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Sanctuary by Jennifer McKissack
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the untimely death of her aunt, Cecilia Cross is forced to return to Sanctuary, a rambling, old mansion that crowns a remote island off the coast of Maine. Cecilia is both drawn to and repulsed by Sanctuary... -
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Ashes to Ashes by Melissa C. Walker
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I Stay meets the movie Ghost in this first book in a teen duology about a teenage-girl-turned-ghost who must cling to the echoes of her former life to save the people she left behind. Ashes to Ashes is author Melissa Walker's sweeping, romantic, and emotionally rich story about the things that torment and tempt us, even from the Great Beyond...Categorized as:
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![From Where I Watch You by Shannon Grogan]()
From Where I Watch You by Shannon Grogan
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSixteen-year-old Kara McKinley is about to realize her dream of becoming a professional baker. Beautifully designed and piped, her cookies are masterpieces, but also her ticket out of rainy Seattle—if she wins the upcoming national baking competition and its scholarship prize to culinary school in California...Categorized as:
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![Invisible Ghosts by Robyn Schneider]()
Invisible Ghosts by Robyn Schneider
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at fifteen. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated... -
![I Want To Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Vol. 1 by Umi Shiina]()
I Want To Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Vol. 1 by Umi Shiina
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love... -
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Endless by Kate Brian
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn unthinkable betrayal threatens everyone Rory loves in the third installment of our dark, thrilling Shadowlands series from New York Times best-selling author Kate Brian. Rory Miller didn't just fall in love with Tristan Parrish. She fell in love with the idea of forever...Categorized as:
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![Initiation by Alex Duval]()
Initiation by Alex Duval
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTHE A-LIST BITES.Jason Freeman is getting the hang of DeVere Heights. Then life from his flyover past pays an unexpected visit in the form of his old friend Tyler. Jason's surprised -- but psyched to see a familiar face. Having his friend around turns our to be a downer -- especially when Jason realizes that Tyler is running from some kind of crisis... -
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Tandem by Anna Jarzab
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsEverything repeats.You. Your best friend. Every person you know.Many worlds. Many lives--infinite possibilities.Welcome to the multiverse. Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather's stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives...Categorized as:
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![The Shapeshifter's Secret by Heather Ostler]()
The Shapeshifter's Secret by Heather Ostler
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLike any sixteen-year-old, Julia's used to dealing with problems. From her overprotective father to her absent mother to a teacher who definitely has it in for her. But everything changes when Julia's reactions become oddly vicious and angry---more animal than human. This action-packed adventure has it all: humor, romance, and a plot that will keep you guessing to the very last page...Categorized as:
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Pretty Wanted by Elisa Ludwig
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWilla’s string of good-hearted but ill-conceived thefts at her former high school catapulted her into a life she hardly knows. She became a cult hero, but soon afterward, her mom disappeared, leaving only a cryptic message. When Willa hit the California highway to find her, she discovered a dark family secret: Joanne Fox is not who she says she is-and neither is Willa...Categorized as:
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Summer by Eden Maguire
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSix months have passed since the last Ellerton teenager died, but Darina is still traumatized by the stabbing of her own beloved Phoenix. But there's work to be done as Darina must now turn her attention to the shooting of Summer Madison - the beautiful and gifted, singer-song-writer with a heart of gold... -
![Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski]()
Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsContemporary teen fiction with romance, secrets, scandals, and ESP from the author of Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have). We weren't always like this. We used to be average New York City high school sophomores. Until our homeroom went for flu shots. We were prepared for some side effects. Maybe a headache. Maybe a sore arm. We definitely didn't expect to get telepathic powers...Categorized as:
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