146:. Completely absurd at this point. A book which is the winner of countless statewide awards by one of the most important authors for young people in current times. Wasn't able to force a speedy, is now bringing it here? Reviews from all the typical book presses can be dug up if I can find the time at work this week, but it's honestly not that pressing right now. Meets book notability, won piles of awards, enough already. --
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There are very few sources for these "awards" outside libraries and the books themselves. No NYT articles or other indicators of notability. The awards themselves are non notable, making them worthless as notability indicators.
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This is just silly. This is a (multiple) award-winning book by a very notable author, part of a long-running and bestselling series. On the DRV, the deleting admin reported "
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I caught this book on recent changes a few weeks ago and marked it for deletion. I noticed its re-creation on my watchlist. It was non notable then and and non notable now.
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