The Shadows by Jacqueline West
Book Club for Kids

The Shadows by Jacqueline West

B1IntermediateMay 20, 202617 min

Looking for a late summer thriller? We discuss the first book in Jacqueline West's Books of Elsewhere series The Shadows with the Girlfriends BookClub Baltimore. Public radio journalist Doualy Xaykaothao is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host. Free reading tips at the website: bookclubforkids.org.

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Sounds good to the girlfriend's Book Club of Baltimore.

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I just go in and I can have an adventure

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It's the Book Club for Kids! It's the Book Club for Kids! It's the Book Club for Kids! It's the Book Club for Kids!

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It's the Book Club for Kids Podcast! Hi, I'm Kitty Feldy. Did you ever wish that you could just step into a painting? Sounds good to the girlfriend's Book Club of Baltimore.

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I would like to have a portal, so then whenever I'm upset, I just go in and I can have an adventure and I think that would cheer me up. Jumping in and out of paintings happens all the time

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