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Bookcase Bizarro: Children’s Book Reviews, June 2022

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This month, we mourn the loss of a favourite river and readjust after moving to the city, and learn how to add up life’s ups and downs in new ways. We grow a walnut tree from a walnut gifted by an ailing grandfather, and go on a pilgrimage with a boy whose hunched back hides a beautiful secret. We oppose Senator McCarthy’s witch hunts during the Red Scare in 1950s America. We learn that the news can be influenced by political expediency, reclaim a magical destiny for all women and fight behind a shield wall in 9th century Briton.

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