Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

Book Club for Kids by Kitty Felde

Jun 10, 202623:45Health

Get out the Kleenex and a warm jacket and gloves. This week is a heartbreaking tale of troubled foster kid who finds comfort among a herd of cows in Maine. Readers from Carter G. Woodson Charter School in Chicago discuss...

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