When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken a…

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When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. ✨ Joyce Milton, Harper Lee (1984). Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, p.30, Barron's Educational Series
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When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. ✨ Joyce Milton, Harper Lee (1984). Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, p.30, Barron's Educational Series

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