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    The Phoenix Lights: Wordsworth Shorts, #15
    The Phoenix Lights: Wordsworth Shorts, #15
    The Phoenix Lights: Wordsworth Shorts, #15
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    The Phoenix Lights: Wordsworth Shorts, #15

    By Diane Wordsworth

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    The Phoenix Lights are a recorded incident that happened over the desert in Arizona in March 1997. But what were they, and why are they still shrouded in mystery? Brother and sister time-travel team Toni and Bart travel back in time to see what they can find out. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaggins Bottom Books
    Release dateMar 21, 2022
    ISBN9798201045593
    The Phoenix Lights: Wordsworth Shorts, #15
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    Diane Wordsworth

    Diane Wordsworth was born and bred in Solihull in the West Midlands when it was still Warwickshire. She started to write for magazines in 1985 and became a full-time freelance photojournalist in 1996. In 1998 she became sub-editor for several education trade magazines and started to edit classroom resources, textbooks and non-fiction books. In 2004 Diane moved from the Midlands to South Yorkshire where she edited an in-house magazine for an international steel company for six years. She still edits and writes on a freelance basis.

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      The Phoenix Lights - Diane Wordsworth

      The Phoenix Lights

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      Diane Wordsworth

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