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Fear The Drowning Deep

by Sarah Glenn Marsh

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Fear The Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around young adult, historical fiction, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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