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Notable Massachusetts scams

By Sopan Deb, Boston.com Correspondent
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Kaavya Viswanathan's publisher canceled a two-book contract in 2003 after reports surfaced that passages in her novel ''How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life" appeared to have been borrowed from two other authors. Viswanathan admitted borrowing from two of Megan McCafferty's books but said she did so unintentionally after unconsciously ''internalizing" McCafferty's work.

Kaavya Viswanathan's publisher canceled a two-book contract in 2003 after reports surfaced that passages in her novel ''How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life' appeared to have been borrowed from two other authors. Viswanathan admitted borrowing from two of Megan McCafferty's books but said she did so unintentionally after unconsciously ''internalizing' McCafferty's work.
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