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Canada Reads | Jul 18, 2012 | 15:14

CBC Books presents a reading of Something Fierce: Episode 8

In today's reading of Something Fierce, Bolivia has a new government and security on the streets is even tighter. For a young girl with her first boyfriend, life is both frightening and exciting.

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