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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 292 pages and is available in paperback format. Apr 23, 2018 its an interesting thing, in typical young adult books characters are anywhere between 1018 years old as a protagonist and the whole focus of the book is on them. Chris wooding s awardwinning the haunting of alaizabel cray is a masterful gothic thriller aimed for teens that had me on the edge of my seat in horrified suspense and action. If you look at the mahabharata quest series my characters are all 2832 and there is one main character who is in his forties.
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