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Ghosts raina telgemeier full book5/28/2023 Some didn’t see the line as a flaw at all, but instead saw it as appropriate in relation to the character. There was a lot of discussion on this blog last year around THE HIRED GIRL, and in that case the focus was on a single line in the novel and whether that line was, indeed, a fatal flaw in an otherwise beloved book. This is, to me, what does throw it off the table. HOWEVER, we have the issue of cultural appropriation and historical inaccuracies. I’m not convinced it would stand up against this year’s strong competition, but I wouldn’t throw it off the table. If we think about the phrase Jonathan mentioned in his last post, coined by Nina, “We consider only the text, but the text need not stand alone,” I think it could. Does it have what it takes, in text, to be considered a contender for the Newbery? That’s a difficult question.
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