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Matadora

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The Origin of Feces: What Excrement Tells Us About Evolution, Ecology, and a Sustainable Society

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The Hungry Ghosts

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Starred review Under the Keel

by Michael Crummey

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by Lorna Goodison

Starred review The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry

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The Ends of the Earth

by Jacqueline Turner

Letter from Brooklyn

by Jacob Scheier

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Books for Young People

In Lucia’s Neighborhood

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Allegra

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Starred review Dream Boats

by Dan Bar-el; Kirsti Anne Wakelin, illus.

The Blackwell Pages: Loki’s Wolves

by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr

Sneaky Art

by Marthe Jocelyn

Mooncakes

by Loretta Seto; Renné Benoit, illus

Gabby

by Joyce Grant; Jan Dolby, illus.

A Taste of Heaven

by Meg Tilly

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Kim Thúy
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