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Three Things: YA Edition

Posted by Katie H. on January 08, 2014

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Three books that should be on your awards radar for 2014:

Charm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn (Morris Nominee)

Sex and Violence by Carrie Mesrobian (Morris Nominee)

Hostage Three by Nick Lake (2013 Printz Award winner for In Darkness)

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