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Episode 2 of the Exquisite Corpse Now Avaliable

The second installment of the episodic Exquisite Corpse Adventure, unvailed at the National Book Festival by several of the authors, is now available at the read.gov site. This episode was written by Katherine Paterson and illustrated by James Ransome. The third episode, written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Calef Brown, will be released October 23. Happy reading!

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