It's Banned Book Week so I'm reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: a story of laughter, tears, awkwardness, and young love, and loss.
Reading Eleanor & Park for Banned Books Week
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Why We Must Read Banned Books
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What actually is cultural appropriation anyway?
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Tales of Smuggling Alcohol into the United States
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I Read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Need Some Answers
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