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Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven

by Dawn Turner Trice

Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 780L · 304 pages · 1998

Why we'd hand it over

A rare middle-grade novel that trusts readers to hold competing truths about integration, class, and loyalty—emotionally intelligent without being preachy, and genuinely unsettling in the best way.

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Only Twice I've Wished for Heaven by Dawn Turner Trice (ages 10–14) — ChapterScout