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Newbery List
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. This is a complete list of Newbery medal and honor books from 1922 to present.
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| 1949 |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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King of the Wind |
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Marguerite Henry |
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Rand McNally |
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| Honor Books |
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Seabird |
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Holling C. Holling |
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Houghton |
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| Daughter of the Mountains |
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Louise Rankin |
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Viking |
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| My Father's Dragon |
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Ruth S. Gannett |
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Random House |
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| Story of the Negro |
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Arna Bontemps |
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Knopf |
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| 1948 |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Twenty-One Balloons |
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William Pene du Bois |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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Pancakes-Paris |
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Claire Huchet Bishop |
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Viking |
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| Li Lun, Lad of Courage |
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Carolyn Treffinger |
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Abingdon |
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| The Great Wheel |
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Robert Lawson |
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Viking |
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| The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot |
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Catherine Besterman |
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Bobbs-Merrill |
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| The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories |
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Harold Courlander |
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Holt |
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| Misty of Chincoteague |
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Marguerite Henry |
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Rand McNally |
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| 1947 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Miss Hickory |
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Carolyn Sherwin Bailey |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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Old Yeller |
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Fred Gipson |
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Harper |
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| Wonderful Year |
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Nancy Barnes |
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Messner |
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| Big Tree |
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Mary & Conrad Buff |
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Viking |
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| The Heavenly Tenants |
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William Maxwell |
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Harper |
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| The Avion My Uncle Flew |
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Cyrus Fisher, pseud. (Darwin L. Teilhet) |
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Appleton |
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| The Hidden Treasure of Glaston |
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Eleanor Jewett |
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Viking |
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| 1946 |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Strawberry Girl |
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Lois Lenski |
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Lippincott |
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| Honor Books |
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Justin Morgan Had a Horse |
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Marguerite Henry |
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Rand McNally |
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| The Moved-Outers |
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Florence Crannell Means |
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Houghton |
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| Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear |
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Christine Weston |
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Scribner |
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| New Found World |
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Katherine Shippen |
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Viking |
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| 1945 |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Rabbit Hill |
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Robert Lawson |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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The Hundred Dresses |
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Eleanor Estes |
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Harcourt |
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| The Silver Pencil |
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Alice Dalgliesh |
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Scribner |
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| Abraham Lincoln's World |
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Genevieve Foster |
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Scribner |
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| Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams |
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Jeanetter Eaton |
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Harcourt |
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| 1944 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Johnny Tremain |
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Esther Forbes |
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Houghton |
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| Honor Books |
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These Happy Golden Years |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Harper |
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| Fog Magic |
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Julia Sauer |
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Viking |
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| Rufus M |
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Eleanor Estes |
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Harcourt |
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| Mountain Born |
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Elizabeth Yates |
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Coward |
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| 1943 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Adam of the Road |
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Elizabeth Janet Gray |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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The Middle Moffat |
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Eleanor Estes |
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Harcourt |
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| Have You Seen Tom Thumb? |
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Mabel Leigh Hunt |
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Lippincott |
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| 1942 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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The Matchlock Gun |
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Walter Edmonds |
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Dodd |
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| Honor Books |
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Americans Before Columbus |
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Elizabeth Baity |
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Viking |
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| Little Town on the Prairie |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Harper |
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| George Washington's World |
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Genevieve Foster |
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Scribner |
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| Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison |
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Lois Lenski |
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Lippincott |
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| Down Ryton Water |
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Eva Roe Gaggin |
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Viking |
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| 1941 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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| Medal Winner |
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Call It Courage |
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Armstrong Sperry |
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Macmillan |
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| Honor Books |
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Blue Willow |
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Doris Gates |
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Viking |
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| Young Mac of Fort Vancouver |
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Mary Jane Carr |
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Crowell |
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| The Long Winter |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Harper |
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| Nansen |
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Anna Gertrude Hall |
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Viking |
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| 1940 |
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Book Title |
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Illustrator |
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Publisher |
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| Medal Winner |
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Daniel Boone |
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James Daugherty |
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Viking |
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| Honor Books |
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The Singing Tree |
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Kate Seredy |
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Viking |
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| Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz |
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Mabel Robinson |
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Random House |
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| By the Shores of Silver Lake |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Harper |
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| Boy with a Pack |
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Stephen W. Meader |
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Harcourt |
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