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Neal Porter

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102 Days of Lying About Lauren

Almost every child has entertained the idea of living inside an amusement park, and Maura Jortner deftly juxtaposes the rollicking chaos of that reality with more serious subjects.

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Review of ‘102 Days of Lying About Lauren’

The amusement park security guards that patrol the Haunted House of Horrors have yet to notice the ghost on the top floor. But it’s not a real ghost; it's 12-year-old Mouse, who snuck into the attraction with nothing but the bag on her back and a “borrowed” uniform. For the past 102 days, she has…

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