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    A Chocolate Smuggler
    A Chocolate Smuggler
    A Chocolate Smuggler
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    A Chocolate Smuggler

    By Dwayne Phillips

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    All Joel wants to do is buy ten chocolate bars. Joel, however, lives in the near future when sugary foods are sold only at government-operated stores to prevent people from becoming unhealthy and burdening the health care system.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDwayne Phillips
    Release dateMar 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301778355
    A Chocolate Smuggler
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    Dwayne Phillips

    A systems and computer engineer since 1980. A short story fiction writer.

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      A Chocolate Smuggler - Dwayne Phillips

      A Chocolate Smuggler

      Dwayne Phillips

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      A Chocolate Smuggler

      Joel drove his car into the parking lot of the shopping center.

      Okay, said Joel to his friend Scott, "let’s be quick here. I have to pick up the chocolate for my son’s birthday party and then make a few more stops. We’re

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