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    Straight Arrow

    By A.J. Schuster

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    A tale of life, love and lasers set in the wilds of New Mexico, when it still was wild.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 19, 2008
    ISBN9781465331977
    Straight Arrow
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    A.J. Schuster

    A.J. Schuster is a writer of children’s stories and educational films and filmstrips, living in Northern New Mexico.

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