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2020 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
Flyaway
Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around rather short, seriously great writing, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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