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Will Solvit

Parragon March 2010

Will Solvit is not your ordinary 10-year-old. In this action-adventure series, he does everything from adopting a terrible T-rex to saving the world from crazy cat aliens. Read Will's 101 facts and use the decoder to crack secret codes!

Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln 29 April 2010

When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from "milk sickness." He later learnt that the deadly affliction was the work of a vampire. He vowed revenge and kept one obsession hidden throughout his life: the brutal elimination of all vampires.

What’s Yours is Mine

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