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Margaret Finnegan

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Niagara Fall, New York, The United States

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Children's, Humor, History

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February 2011

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Margaret Finnegan's work has appeared in Salon, LA Times, FamilyFun and other publications. She is the author of the middle-grade novel, WE COULD BE HEROES (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)--NOW A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION!

She lives in Southern California with her husband, two children, and her dog, Walt. She loves baking, soft-serve ice cream, and walking her dog. ...more

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SPELLING IT OUT Now in Paperback!

A boy and girl in the foreground of the Golden Gate Bridge

Now in Paperback

Here is some happy news: SPELLING IT OUT is now in paperback, so if you are looking for a sweet book that won’t weigh you or your young reader down, look no further. THIS is the book.

Here’s the pitch: A rising seventh grader visits his grandmother in 1980s San Francisco for a whirlwind summer of spelling bee training, only to begin suspecting she has Alzheimer’s, in this witty and

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	We Could Be Heroes 3.84 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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