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Did you ever hear about the tale of some criminals from Chicago who went to steal Abraham Lincoln's body from his grave in 1876? Steve Sheinkin's book, Lincoln's Grave Robbers, provides readers with a well-researched novel detailing the ins and outs of Secret Service Agent Patrick Tyrrell's reports about the crimes and trials of the men who set out to do just that.

Have you ever read a short story before? They are stories that range between 5,000 and 10,000 words. But really, it just has to be over 1,000 to enter into this classification. If it is under 500 words, it is considered flash fiction and that is another story (ha-ha). The story you are about to read is 2,000 words exactly. Enjoy! The cold breeze wrapped around Sophia. Her eyes were glued to the seven golden flowers that were laid in front of her father’s headstone. Seven fo