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    Mini Review: Stanley’s Secret explores courage, sharing talents

    A young boy discovers the joy of sharing his talent in Stanley’s Secret, by John Sullivan and Zach Manbeck.

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    Megan Frazer Blakemore’s Princess of the Wild Sea is excellent fairy tale

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    Indestructible Tom Crean is fantastic look at Antarctic exploration

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    January 26, 2023

    Meg Long’s Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame is strong sequel

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    January 24, 2023

    Song of Silver, Flame Like Night is exciting YA fantasy

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    Megan Frazer Blakemore’s Princess of the Wild Sea is excellent fairy tale

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    Katherine Marsh’s The Lost Year is impeccable upper MG

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    Mrs. & Mr. MacLeod’s How to Eat a Book is brilliantly quirky

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