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The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde

The End of the Ocean

by Maja Lunde
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  • Jan 14, 2020, 304 pages
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  • Feb 2021, 304 pages
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I didn't take her hand. I wanted to run. Scream. But I forced myself to walk calmly.

The crickets. They don't give up. They can take this.

I am a cricket.

Excerpted from The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde. Copyright © 2020 by Maja Lunde. Excerpted by permission of Harper Via. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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