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- ↑ Hunter, Jessie (1997). One, two, buckle my shoe. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 320 p., 24 cm. ISBN 0-684-83170-8. LCCN 96051011., and The Green Muse. Witness Impulse, Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0062354570
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Jessie Hunter offers top-flight suspense in One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
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