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             They told Nate about Alice on the ride to school the next day.
                “I missed out on all the fun?” Nate laughed.
                “She’s a complete psycho. That’s what you missed,”
             Ash said.
                “You forgot to mention she looks like Cinderella,” Greta                ADVANCE READING COPY

             added. “Cinderella who has spent a lot of time at boot camp.”
                Nate slumped in the driver’s seat. “Maybe I can come
             next time.”
                Why not throw Nate in the mix? They could play a game
             of Would You Rather while Alice uttered death threats and
             Elgin modeled his collection of vintage running shorts. They
             could even combine the two, and Alice could make them
             choose between creative ways to die. Would you rather douse
             yourself in lighter fluid and volunteer to carry the Olympic torch

             or hang upside down over a river of crocodiles by a bungee cord
             made of plastic shopping bags?
                Later that morning, on her way to lunch, Greta was thinking
             about their dinner with Alice and how to come up with some



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