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Laura Ojeda Melchor

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Laura Ojeda Melchor is a Cuban-American writer who grew up in Montana, where a spruce tree in her front yard was her most frequented reading nook. She now lives in her beloved, adopted home state of Alaska with her son, partner, and puppy. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut middle grade novel, Missing Okalee, comes out from Shadow Mountain Publishing in the fall of 2021.

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	Missing Okalee really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The MISSING OKALEE book trailer is here!!!

Hi everyone! My publisher worked hard on a book trailer for Missing Okalee and I’m so delighted to share the full trailer with you here! Enjoy and feel free to share!

I hope you love the trailer (and the book) as much as I do!

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Interesting at first, but increasingly unpleasant with the overwrought language, the blunt sentence structure, and the lack of depth in characters. DNF.
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This disgusting book starts out with a description of marital rape and abuse. I decided to hate-read it but I couldn't even get through the first chapter. Especially with a quote like this (CW marital rape): "We made it back to the cottage where we g ...more
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This book deserves negative stars. I want the first four months of my one and only child's life back. Threw my copy in the garbage. ...more
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