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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
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“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
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“When you keep hurting someone, you do one of three things. Either you fill them up with hate, and they destroy everything around them. Or you fill them up with sadness, and they destroy themselves. Or you fill them up with justice, and they try to destroy everything that's bad and cruel in this world. Me, I was the first kind of person.”
― In Darkness
― In Darkness
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
Mock Newbery 2026
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A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.
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Mock Printz 2026
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Reading the best of the best in Young Adult literature published in the previous year. Our goal is to find the book the American Library Association's ...more
Q&A with Laurel Snyder
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...February 25, 2012 to March 26, 2012... Author Laurel Snyder will be delighted to answer questions about her books, writing, the publishing industr ...more
Ask Jay Asher & R.J. Palacio - October 23, 2012
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Join us on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 for a special discussion with Jay Asher & R.J. Palacio. Jay & R.J. will be discussing their newest work, includin ...more
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