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Carrying The Banner

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A Newsie's Fanfic about life after the strike.
Janet never had a last name, a family, or anything but hardships. So she decides the only way tpmake a difference in her life is to make it herself. She is convinced there's no way she can do that wearing a dress and sipping tea.So she naturally gravitates to the center of  Manhattan. Out of money and broke she resorts to selling papes with the infamous Newsies. She soon realizes however that the great Newsies strike of 1889 wasn't everything it was said to be, promises are still being broken and amends and justice to the Newsies were never truly served.  Can she save the Newsies and keep her true identity a secret? Or will a developing fancy for Jack Kelly the great ruin her once and for all?All Rights Reserved

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The Leader Of Queens: Rewrite by PichuIzzy

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