Tag: young adult
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In 1943 Eritrea, knowledge was a hard-won reward. For 11-year-old Selam and her friends, the three-mile journey to school was a daily test of will. Today, the promise of a film about space made the exhaustion almost bearable, but a crisis upon arrival forces Selam to remember that education is nothing without unity, the true…
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Eve Winters, a 13-year-old weekend florist in Suffolk, adores the fragrant chaos of “The Petal Patch,” the shop her grandmother runs. This Sunday, Eve is determined to prove she can handle big responsibilities, but a crisis involving a grumpy customer and a rare blue bloom forces her to learn that success isn’t always about selling…