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2018 selection · Young readers
The Assassination Of Brangwain Spurge
The Assassination Of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin appears in NPR’s 2018 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, funny stuff, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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You want an NPR-recommended kids’ books, funny stuff, seriously great writing title from 2018.
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kids’ booksfunny stuffseriously great writingrather longsci fifantasy & speculative fiction
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