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Henry and the Chalk Dragon

by Jennifer Trafton (Goodreads Author)

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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

by Melissa Fleming (Goodreads Author)

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The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Handbook of (Not-So-Obvious) Neurotypical Social Guidelines for Autistic Teens

by Jennifer Cook (Goodreads Author)

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Cat’s Notes & Highlights

The Rowan Tree by Robert W. Fuller

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As at Jefferson, the conservatives were full of questions but didn’t want them answered, and the liberals were full of answers and didn’t want them questioned.

Love the Home You Have: Simple Ways to…Embrace Your Style *Get Organized *Delight in Where You Are

by Melissa Michaels

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Cat’s Quotes

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Where you tend a rose my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
― Francis Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Juvenile Fiction, Classics, Family

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“How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
― Evans G. Valens, The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont

tags: misattributed-to-a-a-milne

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