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The first 50 pages

The book I’m reading is called A civil Action by Jonathan Harr. The first couple of pages weren’t all that  interesting but as I kept reading I got more into it. So far where I’m at right now in my book the setting takes place in a small town called Woburn. In this small town a bunch of young kids are getting leukemia and all the kids are from Woburn. So, one of the mother’s has a suspicion that the cause of the cancer is because of the water. The water in Woburn isn’t good at all. It is discolored and has a weird taste/ smell. However no one seems to be as interested as her in her theory.

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