By Matthew James Seidel. BOOK I: Zenith Previous Section: Chapter 2, Next section: (coming soon), Contents page. Chapter 3 It was known officially as the Mardo Academy Seconder Support Program. Eleven-year-old Doug Doobin called it mandatory volunteer work. “It’s bad enough making us do stuff on the weekend. But

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