Midwinterblood

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In the book Midwinterblood there are 7 short story's. If I had to pick one, I would have to pick the second story. The reason I picked the second story is because it is very mysterious and contains a lot strange things. One of the strange things that occur in this section is the little boy Eric. The little boy Eric is different because he carries around a rabbit that he portrays to love more then his mother. Eric is also non responsive to everybody, if he does he usually says thing that don't make sense to the other characters in the book. In the book Midwinterblood Erik is definitely the main character that all the stories revolve

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