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570:"2018 Morris Award Finalists: An Interview with Akemi Dawn Bowman on Starfish"
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as a band major in high school. After graduating, she served with the
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1386:"MéMO Awards - Meilleur roman ado 2020 : L'Esquisse du bonheur"
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911:"KAITO ORIGIN STORIES: A TEST OF LOYALTY & THE PATH FORWARD"
733:"Kaito Origin Stories: A Test of Loyalty & The Path Forward"
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2018 William C. Morris Award
Finalist, 2022 Locus Award Finalist
859:"Incredible Middle Grade Book Releases To Look Out For In 2021"
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Kaito Origin
Stories: A Test of Loyalty & The Path Forward
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885:"The Genesis Wars, from The Infinity Courts series, Volume 2"
833:"Q&A: Akemi Dawn Bowman, Author of 'The Infinity Courts'"
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2019 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
Nominee for
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Gold
Standard Selection. Bowman's first middle-grade novel
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708:""A Place at the Table" a guest post by Akemi Dawn Bowman"
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2020 Winner of the MéMO Award for Best Teen Novel for
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1311:Eric Smith & Paste Staff (30 October 2019).
755:"COVER REVEAL FOR STARFISH BY AKEMI DAWN BOWMAN"
516:Finalist in the Young Adult Novel category for
419:The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
386:The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
1338:"KANSAS NEA READING CIRCLE RECOMMENDED TITLES"
500:2020 Scottish Teenage Book Prize Finalist for
417:was featured on the July/August 2021 cover of
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1392:(in French). 24 February 2021. Archived from
1313:"The 30 Best Young Adult Novels of the 2010s"
807:"The 10 Best Young Adult Books of March 2020"
195:, when she was a toddler. Her father is from
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1266:. New York Public Library. 18 November 2018
1221:Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
1153:Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
307:(Magic: The Gathering online fiction, 2022)
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224:online web story "Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty".
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1416:"William C. Morris Debut YA Award"
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943:. 24 January 2022. Archived from
1576:American expatriates in Scotland
1463:Kenny Smith (2 September 2019).
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568:Emma Carbone (24 January 2018).
506:2020 Falkirk Red Book Award for
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169:William C. Morris Award Finalist
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967:"Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman"
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1418:. American Library Association
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1196:. Junior Library Guild
1123:School Library Journal
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305:Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
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1438:"Awards & Grants"
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1093:"The Infinity Courts"
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941:Magic - The Gathering
915:Magic - The Gathering
596:"The Infinity Courts"
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1119:"Generation Misfits"
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221:Magic: The Gathering
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76:BA in social science
1444:on 26 December 2021
1194:"Akemi Dawn Bowman"
973:. 26 September 2017
787:. 12 September 2018
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997:. 1 September 2017
937:"Article Archives"
917:. 16 December 2021
735:. 16 December 2021
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