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Death in Spring
A Novel
Book Summary
The narrator, a fourteen-year-old boy, describes the cruel customs of a village, including the horrible death of his father, and spends time with a prisoner who explains the strange events in the village.
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This book is about:
- Dystopias,
- Horror fiction,
- Teenage boys,
- Psychological fiction,
- Fiction
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