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“Shut up, you illiterate.” The words from Professor Davidson cracked like a whip through the classroom at Riverside Academy. Twenty-three sixth-graders froze, eyes…
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Is this some kind of joke? Gunnery Sergeant Miller barked, his voice cutting through the tense silence. He wasn’t looking at his Marines.…
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