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Staff Picks Book Review - The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3 by Kira Yarmysh

 
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Staff Picks Book Review – The Culture Wars of Warren Folks by Tim Gilmore

 
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Staff Picks Author Study - Gene Wolfe, 2007 Inducted into Science Fiction Hall of Fame

 
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Staff Picks Book Review - Divine Providence through a Child’s Drawing: On Fateful Meetings in Dan Santat’s Caldecott Winning Picture Book

 
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Staff Picks Book Review - Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

 
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Staff Picks Book Review - Revisiting Joe Hill’s Heart Shaped Box

 
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Staff Picks Genre Study - Jacksonville Public Library Local Author Collection

 
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Staff Picks Book Review - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

 

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