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Fantasy tale provides best of both worlds with a story that students both can and will want to read.
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Ordinary schoolgirl sets out to save fantasy world from an evil dragon while readers set out on the path to learn English.
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Industry veteran blames Internet talent scouting for massive young adult literature rewrites by people who aren’t supposed to be writing.
Publisher nixes two of the most common storytelling tricks in the anime playbook in attempt to create something adults can enjoy.
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