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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
by John Steptoe

Reckless: The Petrified Flesh
Cornelia Funke, translated by Oliver Latsch

Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl

Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga

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by J.K. Rowling

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by Angela Carter