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Michael M. Guevara
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Reconsidering Homework
Homework is unfair.
October is spooky month so what better way to embrace the season than books with mutant teenagers, witches, vampires, and more! Michael Guevara offers five recommendations for Halloween related books and provides an accompanying lesson for each.
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