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Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 3-4

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Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe (review)

April Spisak

p. 4

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The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf (review)

Fiona Hartley-Kroeger

p. 5

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Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews (review)

Fiona Hartley-Kroeger

p. 5

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Time for Bed's Story by Monica Arnaldo (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 6

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1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change ed. by Marc Aronson (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0530

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Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 7

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Whose Right Is It?: The Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns by Hana Bajramovic (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 7-8

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Rise of the Halfling King by David Bowles (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 8

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Dogchild by Kevin Brooks (review)

Alaine Martaus

p. 8

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A Dog-Friendly Town by Josephine Cameron (review)

Alaine Martaus

p. 9

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Turning Point by Paula Chase (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 9

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We Are Not Free by Traci Chee (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 10

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Hug? by Charlene Chua (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 10

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 11

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Twin Daggers by MarcyKate Connolly (review)

April Spisak

p. 11

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Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 12

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One Time by Sharon Creech (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 12-13

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Flamer by Mike Curato (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 13

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Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie (review)

Quinita Balderson

p. 13

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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 14

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Gustavo, the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0546

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Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace by Ger Duany and Garen Thomas (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 15

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The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 15

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Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse (review)

April Spisak

p. 16

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This Is the Path the Wolf Took by Laura Farina (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 16

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The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett (review)

Fiona Hartley-Kroeger

p. 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0551

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The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0552

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Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper by Candace Fleming (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0553

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All He Knew by Helen Frost (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 18-19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0554

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The Three Brothers by Marie-Louise Gay (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0555

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Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (review)

April Spisak

pp. 19-20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0556

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Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 20

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The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman (review)

Natalie Berglind

pp. 20-21

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The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home by Thomas Harding (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0559

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Field Trip to the Ocean Deep by John Hare (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 21-22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0560

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Pepper & Boo: A Cat Surprise! by Charise Mericle Harper (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 22

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Rum Pum Pum by David L. Harrison (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 22

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Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 23

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Felix and the Monsters by Josh Holtsclaw (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 23

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Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0565

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The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth ed. by Wade Hudson (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 24-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0566

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Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 25

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Hans Christian Andersen: The Journey of His Life by Heinz Janisch (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 25-26

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Stealing Mt. Rushmore by Daphne Kalmar (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 26

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The True Definition of Neva Beane by Christine Kendall (review)

Quinita Balderson

p. 26

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This Is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 27

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They Threw Us Away by Daniel Kraus (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 27

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Stay Curious!: A Brief History of Stephen Hawking by Kathleen Krull (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 28

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This Town Is Not All Right by M. K. Krys (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 28

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Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 29

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Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 29

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Eek!: A Noisy Journey from A to Z by Julie Larios (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 30

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Mayhem by Estelle Laure (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 30

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The Big Sibling Getaway by Korrie Leer (review)

Natalie Berglind

pp. 30-31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0581

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Horrid by Katrina Leno (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 31

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Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today by Cynthia Levinson (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 31-32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0583

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Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0584

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The Haunted Lake by P. J. Lynch (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 32-33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0585

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Embassy of the Dead by Will Mabbitt (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 33

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Just a Story by Jeff Mack (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 33-34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0587

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None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 34

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Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 34

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Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather (review)

Deborah Berglind

p. 35

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Traitor by Amanda McCrina (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 35

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Where We Are by Alison McGhee (review)

Alaine Martaus

p. 36

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Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 36

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Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 37

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No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt (review)

April Spisak

pp. 37-38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0595

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The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian: The Fuzzy Apocalypse by Jonathan Messinger, and: The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian: The Accidental Volcano (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0596

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Who Gives a Poop?: Surprising Science from One End to the Other by Heather L. Montgomery (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 38-39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0597

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The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark by Kate Moore (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0598

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Where Bone? by Kitty Moss (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 39-40

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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (review)

Alaine Martaus

p. 40

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Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor (review)

Quinita Balderson

p. 41

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Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe (review)

Alaine Martaus

p. 41

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Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 42

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As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 42

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Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 43

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Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 43

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Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch (review)

April Spisak

p. 44

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Glass Town Wars by Celia Rees (review)

Alaine Martaus

pp. 44-45

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Fart Quest by Aaron Reynolds (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 45

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Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 45

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Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 46

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The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 46

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The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II by Michael Rosen (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0615

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The Big One: The Cascadia Earthquakes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 47-48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0616

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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 48

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Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 48-49

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The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 49

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The Way Back by Gavriel Savit (review)

Fiona Hartley-Kroeger

p. 49

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I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 50

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Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon by Simran Jeet Singh (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 50

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Kitties on Dinosaurs by Michael Slack (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 51

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Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 51

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The Gifted, the Talented, and Me by William Sutcliffe (review)

Alaine Martaus

p. 52

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Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 52

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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 53

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Probably a Narwhal by Shelley Moore Thomas (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0622

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Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0628

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Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth by Duncan Tonatiuh (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0629

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The Beast Warrior by Nahoko Uehashi (review)

Natalie Berglind

p. 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0630

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Ever After by Olivia Vieweg (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 55

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Little Bird by Cynthia Voigt (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0632

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The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0633

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Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 56-57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0634

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The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0635

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Night Walk to the Sea: A Story about Rachel Carson, Earth's Protector by Deborah Wiles (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 57-58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0636

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The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party by Allan Wolf (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 58

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Lux, the New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 59

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Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 59

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Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee (review)

Kiri Palm

p. 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0525

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Fable by Adrienne Young (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

pp. 60-61

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Professional Connections

p. 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0609

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Subject and Use Index

pp. 63-68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0489

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