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Last published Wed, Aug 26, 2020
NanoWrimo Young Writer's Program Fiction Excerpt Contest Official Finalist 2020
When the sun set over the bustling city of Chicago on one October evening in 1871, no one could have predicted that it would rise three days later on little more than a field of rubble.
In the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire, newly orphaned Caroline is determined to find a way to repair her childhood city, her beloved library, and her fractured heart. Could the brave yet mysterious young lady she meets along the way be the key to all three?
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