Ashley Hope Pérez

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Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez

Boyah J. Farah

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Jen Maxfield

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Leah Johnson

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Kerrie Droban Zhivago

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Amanda Dobra Hope

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Dan Largent

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Kit Cummings

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Nicole Chung

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Kobi Yamada

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Meg Medina

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Sean Sherman

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Gordon Korman

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Bonnie Rochman

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Benjamín Alire Sáenz

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Ed Gavagan

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Marge Piercy

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Temple Grandin

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Dr. Scilla Elworthy

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Marti MacGibbon

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