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The Velvet Knife by Maureen Johnson

Stevie Bell turns eighteen, fails an exam, breaks up with her parents and goes to New York for Christmas. Her next-door neighbour reads her cards, asks whether a murder can be stopped before it happens, and is dead by the evening.

The Velvet Knife by Maureen Johnson

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Stevie Bell turns eighteen, fails an exam, breaks up with her parents and goes to New York for Christmas.

Her next-door neighbour reads her cards, asks whether a murder can be stopped before it happens, and is dead by the evening.

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Stevie Bell turns eighteen, fails an exam, breaks up with her parents and goes to New York for Christmas. Her next-door neighbour reads her cards, asks whether a murder can be stopped before it happens, and is dead by the evening.

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