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That means it’s going to be their turn at the end of the year to fight through a horde of maleficaria (monsters of all crazy types who feed off of mana, power that fuels wizards’ magic), just to get out of their school and return to the real world after being relatively protected from the mals for four years. It’s senior year for El and the rest of the friends she has just so recently made. ![]() IN SHORT: This young adult fantasy book has magic, wit, danger, and a wry heroine. ![]() ![]() ![]() "In my opinion, Shane did it to himself." ![]() "I'd hate the people to think my daughter is a killer, because she's not," Kelly Moore said, adding that Reed was in "terrible" fear at the time. Reed's mother, Kelly Moore of Jacksonville, said she and her daughter had lived in fear of Shane Moore since January and that Reed tried to protect her after Shane began assaulting Kelly the night of the shooting. 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Roxanne Winston thinks more black swimmers should “feel inspired to join the sport.” Kimberly Chambers almost lost her leg to “a freak accident,” but she still swims. ![]() Johnny Weissmuller, who later played Tarzan in the movies, was the first person to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than a minute. Gertrude Ederle, for instance, was just 20 when she swam the English Channel in under 15 hours, a record she held for a quarter-century. Swimmers, as she shows in this book, come in all shapes, sizes and ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. 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