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Blue hardcover novel with gold lettering found today
North Central FL
Found
listing
Posted
5 months
ago
Description
I found a blue hardcover novel with a gold spine this afternoon around 3:15pm behind the Reitz Union on University Avenue in Gainesville, North Central FL. The cover is a bit scuffed and the dust jacket has a small orange sticker from a bookstore on the back. Inside the front cover there’s a yellow sticky note with the name 'Maya Patel' and a Gainesville address, plus a local library due-date card. It feels like this book belongs to a student, and I’d really like to get it back to its owner. If this is yours, share the title and the identifying note so we can confirm.
Approximate found location
North Central FL
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