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Diversify Your Shelves--"Rap Saved my Life, Yo!"

Diversify Your Shelves--"Rap Saved my Life, Yo!"


Rap Saved My Life, Yo! contributed by Sonia Patel   Difficult circumstances did not gift me the luxury to write flowery prose. But lack of destitution afforded me the privilege to write about real woes. Mine and those of girls right under your nose. Like Rani in Rani Patel In Full...
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Author Chat with Catherine Linka (What I Want You To See), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US/Canada Only)
  Today we're excited to chat with Catherine Linka author of What I Want You To See. Read on for more about Catherine and her book, plus an giveaway.         Meet Catherine Li...
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Author Of The Week: Author Chat with Adalyn Grace (All The Stars and Teeth), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
Welcome to our weekly special feature post,  Author Of The Week !! Each week we will be interviewing a different YA author and highlighting their upcoming release! We will also be hosting a givea...
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Author Chat with Melissa de la Cruz (The Queen's Assassin), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
  Today we're excited to chat with Melissa de la Cruz author of The Queen's Assassin. Read on for more about Melissa and her book, plus an giveaway.         Meet Melissa de la...
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Giveaway: Diamond City (Francesca Flores) ~ (US Only)
Diamond City (US Only) by: Francesca Flores Release Date: January 28th, 2020 Publisher: Wednesday Books   About the Book: Good things don't happen to girls who come from nothing...unless they ris...
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AUTHOR OF THE WEEK: Author Chat with Rebecca McLaughlin (Nameless Queen), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
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Spotlight on Ink In The Blood (Kim Smejkal), Excerpt, Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
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