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This book is about three girls and two boys who woke up one day in a dark and mysterious place. The place had only stairs; these stairs would always keep going and were never-ending. The story is mostly told by the point of view of Peter who tends to follow what the others tell him. The others are Lola who is a trouble-maker, Blossom who is overweight and grew up spoiled, Oliver who is very stuck up and Abigail who is shy. It started out as just Lola and Peter in the story but then they met the rest of the characters later in this dark and mysterious place. There was a machine that would dispense meat every time the group would dance together. Then one Lola was wandering around this place to see if she could find anything and she discovered
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