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Category: Middle Grade Novel

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  • Posted on July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

Shannon Hale: The 2024 Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters

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  • Posted on June 20, 2024August 17, 2024

2023 AML Award Finalists #2: Young Adult and Children’s Books

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  • Posted on April 5, 2023

2022 AML Awards Finalists #3: Young Adult Novel, Middle Grade Novel, Picture Book

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NEW REVIEWS

  • Champoux, “C. C. A. Christensen: A Mormon Visionary” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Brown, “After Happiness: Living with Faith in a Time of Crisis” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Laxness, “Paradise Reclaimed” (Reviewed by Randy Astle)
  • McCann, “We’re Thankful for the Moisture” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Clark, “Confessions of a Once Upon A Time Mormon Girl” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)

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