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Inside the Shadow City

Name: Inside the Shadow City
Rating: 4.07 (6335 reviews)
Author: Kirsten Miller

Kirsten Miller May 30, 2006

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Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. A million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge, and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan combine in this remarkable novel about a darker side of New York City you have only just begun to know about…

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