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    Countdown Day
    Countdown Day
    Countdown Day
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    Countdown Day

    By And Palladino

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    It's 4/3/21 in a suburb of the nation's capital. A teen witnesses a laser beam shooting down from space. With help from a peer, they race to find a way to stop the cause of this deadly blast before it can strike again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnd Palladino
    Release dateApr 2, 2021
    ISBN9781005139520
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      Countdown Day - And Palladino

      Countdown Day

      By And Palladino

      Copyright 2021 And Palladino

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      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

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      4/3/21

      In a suburb of Washington D.C.

      As much as he wanted to catch up on the sleep that he didn’t get during the school week, Morris woke up early on Saturday mornings for jogging. It had taken a lot of practice to get a spot on the track team and he knew it would take even more to maintain it.

      This time, he wanted to increase his distance. Instead of turning back when he reached

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