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The Sleepover That Wouldn't End

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"Stay awake through it," Theo read again. "Maybe one of us has to stay awake and hold the loop open while the others slip out." The room went quiet. Then Mara stood up. "It's my birthday. My house. I'll be the one who stays awake."

The other four ran for the door while Mara stood in the gray room, waving them on. They burst outside into real sunlight. But when they turned back, the house was gone, and so was Mara. They never found her, and they never forgot.

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