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My bottom lip wouldn’t stop quivering. I stared into my fiancé Nicki’s eyes watching them fill with tears. My heart pounded. We firmly held hands gripping more tightly every second. I closed my eyes for a moment, just long enough for the last eight years of my life to flash before them. I wasn’t afraid and I wasn’t dying. Honestly, I felt more alive than ever. When I opened my eyes… my fiancé was gone.
Moses
By Carole Boston Weatherford – Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 0-7868-5175-9
Publisher: Hyperion
Available: Bookstores everywhere
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