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In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan How do you explain ...
Update: It doesn’t have to play out now as it did then. From Paris to Botswana, these fiction and nonfiction books feature secret agents that include both a child and Julia Child.