Best Tasha Squires Podcasts (2024)

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Shot Clock by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds (Sports and Contemporary) 3:23

12h ago3:23

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Shot Clock by Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds Tony, or Tone as most people call him, is in shock. Shock that his best friend has been shot and killed by police. And for no reason. Wrong time, wrong place, or so it seems. Because Dante had it all going for him. He was great at school with a 4.0, an amazing basketball player who was nationally ra…

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Agent Most Wanted by Sonia Purnell (Nonfiction) 4:33

13d ago4:33

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Agent Most Wanted by Sonia Purnell Virginia Hall never wanted a simple or traditional life for herself, even if that was what her mother wanted.The life of a society wife moving in high circles in Baltimore and even better if she married into money was her mother's fondest hope! But Virginia's father was always supportive of her doing what she want…

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Snowglobe by Soyoung Park (Science Fiction) 6:44

27d ago6:44

6:44

Snowglobe by Soyoung Park In the new world, after catastrophic climate change and the Warring Age, you either live in Snowglobe, or want to live in Snowglobe. After all, who really wants to live outside of the warm dome of Snowglobe, where the weather is climate controlled and there are luxuries that others can only dream about. Ever since she was …

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The Wager by David Grann (Nonfiction) 3:32

1M ago3:32

3:32

The Wager: A tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann This is an adult nonfiction book, but for students who love a good real life adventure story, this is it! Follow the main characters in this real drama on what ship life was like during the late 1700s, chasing ships carrying gold, being away from families for years and even having to …

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The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang (Contemporary Fiction) 4:33

2M ago4:33

4:33

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang Evan, his sister and his mother are all traveling across the country to run away from something that Evan's dad did. Something that the people back home are super upset about, and so are Evan and his family. But the new place they move to, isn't exactly like their old place. Here, Evan is the on…

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Royal Blood by Aimee Carter 5:34

2M ago5:34

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Royal Blood by Aimee Carter So it turns out that Evan is actually of royal blood. As in, she is the child of the reigning King of England. But she is a secret child, because he father had an affair. Yikes. How can you be a secret royal? Well, Evan finds out it is really hard to be one, especially once it comes out! And then someone dies and things …

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Heroes by Alan Gratz (Historical Fiction) 4:58

3M ago4:58

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Heroes by Alan Gratz Frank worries constantly about all the bad things that could happen to him. To is family, to his friends, and everywhere he looks he sees potential disaster just waiting to happen. Until a real disaster does happen. Frank and his best friend, Stanley, find themselves in the middle of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Frank is left…

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Girl Forgotten by April Henry (Suspense) 4:33

3M ago4:33

4:33

Girl Forgotten by April Henry It all started out as a new podcast on an old unsolved mystery involving a girl who was murdered. But what Piper doesn’t realize is that by digging into the past, some people in the present take notice and don’t like where her digging might lead. Recommended for grades 8 and up.…

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This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg (Suspense) 4:08

3M ago4:08

4:08

This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg Poppy and her family are on the run, from something, or someone? Maybe the police? Poppy honestly doesn't know. She's never known. All she does know is she and her family have been running since, well, forever. Her whole life at least. So when they pack up and leave again, while it isn't great, she isn't surpri…

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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Fantasy) 4:24

3M ago4:24

4:24

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Welcome to the world of the Grisha, where magical powers are real, everyday occurrences, even if some people don't think they should be! Inej is part of the Dreggs, which is a gang that runs part of Ketterdam, but not all of it, since a bunch of other groups are vying for it as well. Still when Kaz - the second in comm…

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Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti (Mystery) 3:38

4M ago3:38

3:38

Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti Five teens went into the woods for an overnight camping experience. But it turns out, one of them has an agenda that hasn't been shared. The night ends in terror for all of them, and a possible death for one of them. As the four who make it out of the woods begin to tell their story to law enforcement,…

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Spring Break 2024!!!! 1:21

4M ago1:21

1:21

Hi Everyone! I'm on break...well, a week ahead of time, because I need to read some more books! I have run out of material and I need the time to read and create more podcasts! If you have a book you would like me to feature on this podcast, please feel free to send me an email at tasquires66@gmail.com. My podcast will resume on April 2nd. Until th…

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The Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond (Historical Fiction) 3:53

4M ago3:53

3:53

The Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond Lucie is a covert op during World War II, stationed in France because she grew up speaking French. Her job is to take out spies and to uncover plots against the Allies. When she and her fellow ops find out about a terrible plot that could endanger the entire world, Lucie believes she is doing the right thi…

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Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (Contemporary Fiction) 5:16

4M ago5:16

5:16

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Simon, and his parents, are looking for a place where no one knows them or can look them up. And moving the the National Quite Zone in Grin and Bear It, Nebraska. It has a ton of radio telescopes where scientists spend a lot of time listening to space. Hence, there can't be any interference from things like cell phone…

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Hands by Torrey Maldonado (Contemporary) 3:23

5M ago3:23

3:23

Hands by Torrey Maldonado Trevor is worried about what will happen when his stepfather gets out of prison. After all, he told Trevor's mom it was all her fault he was getting locked up and he was going to get her back. Trevor has promised to keep his family safe. But the only way he thinks he can do that, is with his hands. However, no one else see…

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Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (Novel in Verse - Historical Fiction) 3:01

5M ago3:01

3:01

Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca Some days, Reha wonders just how she can navigate between her mother's expectations that she hold true to what her mom believes is a true Indian girl, and just being an American kid. In middle school, it seems harder than ever to find the right path, even with what to wear to school. But then something happens…

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Dinged by Tommy Greenwald (Sports Contemporary Fiction) 4:23

5M ago4:23

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Dinged by Tommy Greenwald Everyone thinks Caleb has it made. He has a cool girlfriend, a dad who is a former NFL player and he has just made starting quarterback for Varsity as a Freshman! Life is amazing, right? Well, it pretty much is. Except that his girlfriend HATEs football and his dad has started to act a little weird lately. And maybe, just …

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Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson (Historical Fiction) 3:10

5M ago3:10

3:10

Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson Sage remembers that one summer when everything seems to be the same, yet changing. It was the summer she really remembers the fires, all the fires in the neighborhood, and worrying whose house would burn down next. Would it be hers? Would those blankets in the the closet her mom gave people whose houses had burned …

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Maddie's Ghost by Carol Fisher Saller (Mystery) 5:15

6M ago5:15

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Maddie's Ghost by Carol Fisher Saller (Mystery) Lainie is looking for something that she might not ever be able to find. After all, her own mother wasn't able to find it. The "it" is proof of her (Lainie's ) great grandmother's innocence in a murder she was hanged for back in the 1930s. Lainie keeps feeling like she knows something about it, but ho…

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The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum (Contemporary Fiction) 6:10

6M ago6:10

6:10

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum Class can be boring, or interesting, depending on what comes out of Hoodie's (yes, like the sweatshirt) friend's mouth. Because his best friend, Moshe Tzvi could make some interesting arguments with the Rabbi during halacha class where they were all learning about Jewish law. But on this particular …

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The Order of Things by Kaija Langley ( Novel in Verse - Contemporary Fiction) 3:04

6M ago3:04

3:04

The Order of Things by Kaija Langley April really, really, REALLY wants to learn to play the drums. Problem is, her mother would pick that as the very LAST instrument she would like her daughter to learn. Still, April is detemined and has help from her best friend Zee, and his dad, both who love music. In fact, Zee is so good at playing the violin,…

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Rez Ball By Byron Graves (Sports and Contemporary Fiction) 3:59

6M ago3:59

3:59

Rez Ball by Byron Graves Tre is living in the shadow of his older brother, who was a basketball star to their Indian Reservation - after their own father. But his brother Jaxon is dead, killed in a car accident before he could lead the high school team to a state championship. Tre is hoping that he can be the one to help the team gain their much lo…

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Winter Break Announcement!!! 1:27

7M ago1:27

1:27

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a great year and were able to read some of the books that I booktalked on this podcast. Please share, subscribe and recommend this podcast to anyone you think might enjoy it. I'll be taking a break for the next couple of weeks to catch up on my reading and to record some new podcasts. You can expect weekly podcasts to re…

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Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen 5:24

7M ago5:24

5:24

Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen As a young child, Gary Paulsen was often placed in situations that were not safe or healthy. At one point, he was sent off on a two day trail ride to live with people he really didn't know well. But that was where he learned his appreciation of the woods and all it could offer. In the years to come, that was the pl…

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Crash From Outer Space by Candace Fleming (Nonfiction) 3:04

8M ago3:04

3:04

Crash From Outer Space by Candace Fleming It happened on a hot summer night in New Mexico, just outside of Roswell, a strange storm and an even stranger thing falling from the sky. Just what had Brazell seen and what did he and his kids pick up from the desert. Was it a bunch of sticks and tape, or was it evidence of an alien crash? And what about …

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The Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond (Adventure and Alternative History) 4:51

8M ago4:51

4:51

The Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond Jo can't believe that her big break just might have arrived! She is a mecha machine fighter, and because one of the United States' best fighters has gotten injured, she has been asked to fill in for him. What Jo can't know though, is that before she even gets into the ring, so much is against her, incl…

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Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell (Novel in Verse) 3:56

8M ago3:56

3:56

Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell Cassie is really struggling in her new school, mostly because of the mascot. She feels it is offensive and while many of her classmates see it as tradition and a point of pride, she believes it is anything but. Her year in 8th grade gets taken over by the idea of changing the mascot to something that isn't …

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Titan's Clash by Sigmund Brouwer (Contemporary Sports) 4:11

8M ago4:11

4:11

Titans Clash by Sigmund Brouwer Jack loves to play basketball, and while he isn't the best, he is pretty good. He knows he has to work for everything, but he is willing to put in the time. He does wish that his dad would be a bit happier though, when he does do well. But for the last few weeks, he knows why his dad is more down than usual. Jack's m…

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I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Historical Fiction) 5:28

8M ago5:28

5:28

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys Everyday things are getting worse. Everyday, some new restrictions are happening. Less food, more time waiting in line for little to nothing, school isn’t safe, home doesn’t feel safe, and now Christian has been targeted - targeted to spy. To spy on everyone in his life, it seems and he has no idea who he can trust…

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Refugee by Alan Gratz (Historical Fiction) 3:56

9M ago3:56

3:56

Refugee by Alan Gratz Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud all have the same thing in common, even though they are separated by as much as seventy-six years. They are all fleeing their homelands because of awful things that are happening there. For Josef, his family is Jewish, and after his father is taken away and put in prison in Germany, Josef and his moth…

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Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (Adventure/ Survival) 4:52

9M ago4:52

4:52

Dry by Neal Shuterman and Jarrod Shusterman It was being called the Tap-Out. As in, nothing left; it was all gone. Only most people had no idea it was coming. Well, a few had an idea. After all, there had been water restrictions to make sure that people weren't wasting water. Like no more private swimming pools, and of all things - water balloons! …

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Rivals by Tommy Greenwald 4:14

9M ago4:14

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Rivals by Tommy Greenwald When is it more about the play than the player? Is it ever okay to play injured for the sake of the win? Just that one game? Alfie is hoping to be a sports journalist and reporter some day, and she's getting lots of practice in her middle school with her radio program and the school newspaper. She pays attention to the det…

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Possess Me by K. R. Alexander (Horror and Mystery) 4:54

9M ago4:54

4:54

Possess Me by K. R. Alexander Kaden loves strange objects, or what others might think of as strange. So even though Kaden has grown up hearing about a place called Blood Manor where a lady brought in tons of strange and exotic things, Kaden has never gone there - mostly because rumor has it the place is haunted! Years ago there was a terrible fire,…

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They Went Left by Monica Hesse (Historical Fiction) 4:54

10M ago4:54

4:54

They Went Left by Monica Hesse Zofia is struggling at the end of World War II. She has spent years in concentration camps and that time has left her both physically and mentally fragile. One thing has kept her going all these years. To find the one person she believes will help her move on with her life, even when everything else has been destroyed…

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Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile (Nonfiction and Graphic Novel)) 4:54

10M ago4:54

4:54

Victory. Stand! By Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile Never when he was younger and growing up in Texas, did Tommie think he would someday be a world class sprinter, or the center of a national controversy. But one day, he was. Recommended for grades 7 and up.By Tasha Squires

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Alone by Megan E. Freeman (Adventure / Survival) 5:50

10M ago5:50

5:50

Alone by Megan E. Freeman It was supposed to be a secret and fun night with her two best friends. There are a few advantages to having parents that are divorced and being able to say you are at the other parent's house is one of them. Or so Maddie figures when she sets up a fun Friday evening with her friends at her empty grandparents' apartment. B…

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Riot Act by Diane Tullson (Contemporary Fiction) 5:22

10M ago5:22

5:22

Riot Act by Diane Tullson Daniel and Nick are best friends and have been for years. So when they decide to go downtown to watch the hometown team in the final game, they are stoked! Even though Daniel's dad, a police officer, tells Daniel to stay home, that things might go badly with so many people going down to watch the game on big screens. Even …

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A Work in Progress by Jarret Lerner ( Contemporary Fiction and Novel in Verse) 3:41

11M ago3:41

3:41

A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner Will's life gets changed, one day in fourth grade. It happened in the hallway at school, when a boy named Nick came up to him and called him fat. In front of everyone. Even though Will's friends came after him and told him that Nick was a jerk and an idiot, from that moment on, Will can't stop thinking about tha…

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Grape! by Gabriel Arquilevich (Historical Fiction and Humor) 5:25

11M ago5:25

5:25

Grape! by Gabriel Arquilevich What happens when you do something that might make sense to you, but no one else? Grape has that happen...a lot! So much so, that he finds he could get kicked out of his school and be sent off to another one. One without his friends and well, who really wants to get booted out of their school? The problem is, he has to…

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Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Adventure/ Survival) 4:54

11M ago4:54

4:54

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix When the children of Clifton start to get sick, Jessie isn't too worried. After all, the doctor in the town typically gives them little pills under the counter after telling them some local things to take, but lately, the doctor hasn't had the pills anymore. And Jessie's mom is getting more and more w…

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Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert (Nonfiction) 5:25

12M ago5:25

5:25

Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert So much of American history has been glossed over, removed or simply omitted from text books and classrooms, and even the memories of the townspeople who lived through certain events. Such is the case with the Tulsa Race Massacre that happened in 1921. Unfortunately, it was not an event that was shocking bec…

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Perfect Score by A.M.Ellis (Mystery) 5:12

1y ago5:12

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Perfect Score by A.M. Ellis She misses her old school, doesn't get to see her friends as much as she'd like anymore, and she and her mom STILL are at odds with what Jolene plans to do as a career. So, yeah, life really isn't great these days. The only thing that is going well are how many Cold Cases she and her friends have been able to solve. Jole…

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The Summer of June by Jamie Sumner (Contemporary Fiction) 2:53

1y ago2:53

2:53

The Summer of June by Jamie Sumner This is it! This will be the summer that June is able to rid herself of her anxiety - anxiety that has made life very difficult for her, and she knows, her mom. Even if her mom doesn't say it. She has until the fall to make it all better. The only problem with that is, well, not everything can be put on a schedule…

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I Know You're Lying by Daphne Benedis-Grab (Mystery) 3:54

1y ago3:54

3:54

I Know You're Lying by Daphne Benedis-Grab When four students are called down to the office, they each have no idea why. But when their principal tells them they are possible suspects to a crime that happened before school started that day, they are all floored! Could one of them have done this, and why? Recommended for grades 6 and up.…

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The Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrina (Historical Fiction) 5:50

1y ago5:50

5:50

The Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrina Maria is trying to make it home to her parents in Poland. Kostya is trying to make it home to save his mother and sister from a vengeful cousin. Neither of them has much hope of surviving the journey home, but they have to try. Neither of them knows they will meet each other, and how their lives will become entan…

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Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson (Contemporary Fiction) 3:10

1y ago3:10

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Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson Ant used to love his nickname, now, not so much. He used to love playing Spades for fun, but now, not so much. Mostly because he wants to make his father proud. He wants to be able to win the big local Spades tournament coming up, but the year before, he and his best friend and partner, Jamal, pretty…

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Rites of Passage by Joy N. Hensley (Contemporary Fiction) 3:44

1y ago3:44

3:44

Rites of Passage By Joy Hensley Sam is only carrying on the family tradition of going to Denmark Military Academy - just like her father and her two brothers did. However, they were male, and she’s a female. And it turns out one of five who will be the first girls ever let into the prestigious DMA. So many, including her older brother at the school…

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The Miscalculations of Lighting Girl by Stacy McAnulty (Contemporary Fiction) 4:20

1y ago4:20

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The Miscalculations of Lighting Girl by Stacy McAnulty She was average and “normal” until she was eight. Then, she was struck by lightning. Yeah, really! At that point, Lucy’s life changed. Suddenly, numbers made a whole lot of sense to her, so much so, that they become just about the only thing that does make sense. After being struck by lightning…

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Allies by Alan Gratz (Historical Fiction) 3:22

1y ago3:22

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Allies by Alan Gratz Everyone had their reasons for being there that day. Whether it was to avenge people who had already died, to help fight for their country, settle an old score, or simply because they had volunteered, everyone had a story to tell as to how they had gotten to that spot. But what almost all of them could agree on, was how awful e…

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The Shadowed Unicorn by Sheila Kelly Welch (Contemporary) 3:50

1y ago3:50

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The Shadowed Unicorn by Sheila Kelly Welch Ever think it would be cool to have a clone? Someone who could do all the things you don’t want to do? What if that person was your identical twin? Would you consider that person a clone? What makes you an individual if another person in the world shares your exact DNA? Brendan is struggling with finding h…

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