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Horse

“Not just Horse,” she said. “The horse. What you have here is the greatest racing stallion in American turf history.”–Geraldine Brooks, Horse Geraldine Brooks has crafted another winning story with this novel about an actual horse that lived and raced in the Antebellum South, became the most successful racehorse of the era, and was the

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Once Upon a Wardrobe

“Reason is how we get to the truth, but imagination is how we find meaning.”― Patti Callahan, Once Upon a Wardrobe Once Upon a Wardrobe is a gift to anyone who loves stories and their life changing magic. Patti Callahan has crafted a beautiful historical novel that combines fact with fiction to shed light on the impact

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The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

This incredible story by Adam Gidwitz was a Newberry Honor book in 2017 and I am not sure how it didn’t win the Newberry Award. It is a unique and well crafted story that addresses hard subjects in a way that makes sense to kids and quite frankly, has some of the better explanations I’ve

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