He opened a new document. He typed: Lucía Martín Sánchez. 15 de abril, 2014. The day she’d first brought home that same workbook. He remembered the orange juice stain on the cover, the broken pencil lead in the binding.
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He typed the answer: 7.
He moved to a math problem: Si María tiene 12 caramelos y da 5 a su amigo, ¿cuántos le quedan? If Maria has 12 candies and gives 5 to her friend, how many are left? The day she’d first brought home that same workbook
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