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How (& why) does a book receive a star?

May 13, 2015 kparrott

Perhaps you’ve loved a title, given it a glowing review, and checked the little box marked “Star.” But it didn’t get a star when the magazine came out. Or maybe you reviewed a title for SLJ, didn’t mark the box, but the book wound up getting an SLJ star all the same. What gives? A […]

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