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Boy, Snow, Bird
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2013
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44 editions
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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
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2016
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28 editions
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Gingerbread
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2019
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23 editions
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White Is for Witching
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2009
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26 editions
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Mr. Fox
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2011
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36 editions
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The Icarus Girl
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2005
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41 editions
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Peaces
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2021
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22 editions
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Parasol Against the Axe
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2024
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The Opposite House
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2007
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If a Book Is Locked There’s Probably a Good Reason for That Don’t You Think
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2016
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“Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't see them for a long time, you don't have to wonder what they do, how they're getting along with themselves. You just know that they're all right, and probably doing something they like.”
― Mr. Fox
― Mr. Fox
“Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.”
I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. “Gets away from what, though?”
“From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.”
“You don’t want her to be happy and good?”
“I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.”
― White Is for Witching
I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. “Gets away from what, though?”
“From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.”
“You don’t want her to be happy and good?”
“I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.”
― White Is for Witching
“Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line.”
― Boy, Snow, Bird
― Boy, Snow, Bird
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| Basically Books!: Expand Your Horizons Challenge - Winter 2011-12 | 95 | 135 | Mar 10, 2012 09:00PM | |
| Literary Fiction ...: 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees | 1 | 27 | Jul 13, 2012 04:47AM | |
| Book Nook Cafe: What I read September 2012 | 99 | 83 | Oct 24, 2012 03:28PM |
