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Winter Reading : HOPE WAS HERE (a Newbery Honor Book)
When hope gets released in a place, anything is possible.
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"It's as if the novel had been written by someone actually coming of age."
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Joan Bauer in the Classroom
See why students and teachers like Joan Bauer’s books so much.
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Meet Joan
“One of the things I want to do most in this world is to help kids find the hero they’ve got inside.”
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