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Marisha Pessl's Special Topics In Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl's "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" is considered a fiction novel and reads like one too. On the other hand, "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" can be seen as a murder mystery as well. "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" follows the protagonist, Blue Van Meer, as she goes through her senior year of high school. During her senior, Blue befriends an elite group of students known as the Bluebloods. The Bluebloods' investigation into the life of their teacher and friend, Hannah Schneider, shows them that not everything in life is as obvious as it appears to be. Before starting her senior year at St. Gallway and settling into Stockton, North Carolina, Blue meets Hannah Schneider and becomes fascinated with her and how she seems
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