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Children’s lit community hosts fundraisers and book drives for L.A. wildfire relief
Jan 16 2025
Children’s creators, publishers, and booksellers are looking for ways to bolster Los Angeles families, communities, and relief organizations after the wildfires of the past week, especially after digesting the news of schools destroyed in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas.
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Death of the Author
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The Lion Women of Tehran
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Clear
by Carys Davies
John Ferguson is a principled man. But when, in 1843, those principles drive him to break from the …
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The Memory Library
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Journey through the pages of this heartwarming novel, where hope, friendship and second chances are written in the margins.
Babylonia
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From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history. When kings fall, queens rise.
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Going Home
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The Secret History of the Rape Kit
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The story of the woman who kicked off a feminist revolution in forensics, and then vanished into obscurity.
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My Darling Boy by John Dufresne
The story of of a man whose son collapses into addiction and vanishes into the chaotic netherworld of southern Florida.
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