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A Piece of Blue String: Playing with Matches, #1.5
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A companion short story to Playing with Matches.
Excerpts from Katharina Ackermann's diary marking the turn of WW2 and of her heart to one special boy.
Enjoy reading this well researched, dramatic story of what it was like to be a teenager in Hitler's Germany. A slightly different perspective than many world war two novels.
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Lee Strauss is a USA Today bestselling author of a wide range of novels, including the Ginger Gold Mysteries, the Higgins & Hawke Mysteries, the Nursery Rhyme Mysteries, the Perception series, the Light & Love series, and the Clockwise Collection series. For more information, visit LeeStraussBooks.com.
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