Photo from Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s blog post “Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain.” Love in the Library is a children’s book by Maggie...

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Later, this gift also made me good at reading tarot cards. Without even thinking, I could fill in the blanks, and tease someone’s life...