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An imaginative retelling of alices adventures in wonderland, the looking glass wars is the real story behind the story. The looking glass wars series by frank beddor goodreads. I could easily compose a rant about how this book sucks so hard that light has a hard time escaping its gravity well, but instead of just bashing lets take an objective look at why this book is so very very bad. To escape redd, alyss and her bodyguard, hatter madigan, must flee to our world through the pool.
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