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Winner's Announced! 2014 YABC Choice Awards

Winner's Announced! 2014 YABC Choice Awards
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  First of all, thank you SO MUCH for casting your votes in the 2014 YABC Choice Awards! Be sure to click on the books or author photos below to find out more about the winning book or the other books by that author.  Here are your 2014 YABC Choice Awards...
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The 2014 YABC Choice Awards ~ Voting now open!

The 2014 YABC Choice Awards ~ Voting now open!
  Hello again YABCers! Welcome to our annual YABC Choice Awards!  As always, here are the 2014 titles nominated by our in-house editors. These are our favorites of the year, the ones we couldn't put down, the ones with sequels we're dying to read, the ones that left us aching for...
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