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In lair of dreams, the second installment of libba brays bestselling young adult diviners series, after a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, evie oneill has outed herself as a diviner. The first edition of the novel was published in may 24th 2011, and was written by libba bray. Scholastic press, 396 pages a plane full of teenage beauty queens crashes on. Beauty queens by libba bray the book addicts guide.
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