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The curious reappearance of the box, along with the troubling disappearances in Castle Rock, leads Gwendy home again...where she just might be able to help rescue the missing girls and stop a dangerous man before he does something too terrible to contemplate...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom New York Times bestseller Richard Chizmar comes \u003cem\u003eGwendy's Magic Feather\u003c\/em\u003e, a breathtaking novel that asks whether our lives are controlled by fate or the choices we make... and what price we might have to pay for those choices when we reach for the things we most desire. 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