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592	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Seven Million Steps was featured on The View as part of a segment honoring the extraordinary life of activist and comedian Dick Gregory. This breathtaking picture book, written by National Book Award finalist Derrick Barnes with Gregory&#8217;s son Christian Gregory, and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-winner Frank Morrison, tells the story of Dick Gregory&#8217;s 3,000-mile&hellip;</p>
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595<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/seven-million-steps-the-view/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Seven Million Steps Featured on &#8220;The View&#8221;">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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614	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to author and superstar film producer Will Packer on winning a NAACP Image Award for his book Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance and Dreaming Big! In this New York Times- and USA Today-bestselling self-help guide, Packer harnesses his trademark humor and candor to share his tips for achieving your goals, no&hellip;</p>
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617<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/will-packer-naacp-image-award/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Will Packer Wins NAACP Image Award">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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619</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9602" data-date="2026-03-16T05:57:05+00:00" data-name="Barnes and James Honored at ALA Youth Media Awards"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9602 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Barnes and James Honored at ALA Youth Media Awards" data-date="2026-03-16T05:57:05+00:00">
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632		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/ala-youth-media-awards-2026/" title="Barnes and James Honored at ALA Youth Media Awards" rel="bookmark">Barnes and James Honored at ALA Youth Media Awards</a>
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636	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Gordon C. James for their wins at this year&#8217;s ALA Youth Media Awards! Barnes received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his middle grade novel The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, and James received a Robert F. Sibert Honor for illustrating the bestselling picture book Go Tell It:&hellip;</p>
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639<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/ala-youth-media-awards-2026/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Barnes and James Honored at ALA Youth Media Awards">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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641</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9599" data-date="2026-03-16T05:37:57+00:00" data-name="Dr. George James Interviewed on NBC News Daily"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9599 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Dr. George James Interviewed on NBC News Daily" data-date="2026-03-16T05:37:57+00:00">
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654		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/dr-george-james-nbc/" title="Dr. George James Interviewed on NBC News Daily" rel="bookmark">Dr. George James Interviewed on NBC News Daily</a>
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658	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Psychologist Dr. George James appeared on NBC News to discuss his new book. I Give Myself Permission: an empowering guide to confronting guilt, fear, and other inhibitions in order to achieve a happy, healthy, and full life. Dr. James is a popular speaker on NBC and other news channels, as well as at events across&hellip;</p>
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661<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/dr-george-james-nbc/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Dr. George James Interviewed on NBC News Daily">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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663</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9596" data-date="2026-03-16T05:09:37+00:00" data-name="The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Inducted into Velshi&#039;s Banned Book Club"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9596 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Inducted into Velshi&#8217;s Banned Book Club" data-date="2026-03-16T05:09:37+00:00">
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676		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/henson-blayze-banned-book-club/" title="The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Inducted into Velshi&#8217;s Banned Book Club" rel="bookmark">The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Inducted into Velshi&#8217;s Banned Book Club</a>
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679	
680	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Derrick Barnes&#8217; latest book, the highly acclaimed middle grade novel The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, about a young football star who sees his adoring town turn on him when he chooses to speak up against injustice, was inducted into Ali Velshi&#8217;s Banned Book Club. This series places a spotlight on books that have been banned&hellip;</p>
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683<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/henson-blayze-banned-book-club/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Inducted into Velshi&#8217;s Banned Book Club">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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685</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9416" data-date="2025-12-03T08:17:39+00:00" data-name="Katrina Brownlee&#039;s Story of Resilience Featured in The Guardian"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9416 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Katrina Brownlee&#8217;s Story of Resilience Featured in The Guardian" data-date="2025-12-03T08:17:39+00:00">
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702	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Decorated police officer and abuse survivor Katrina Brownlee, and her memoir And then Came the Blues, were featured in a recent article in The Guardian, which details her troubled upbringing, near death at the hands of her violent fiancé, and the resilience she called upon to survive, heal, and rebuild her life afterward. Find Katrina&#8217;s powerful&hellip;</p>
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705<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/katrina-brownlee-guardian-article/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Katrina Brownlee&#8217;s Story of Resilience Featured in The Guardian">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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707</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9413" data-date="2025-12-03T07:48:40+00:00" data-name="Danilo Was Here Selected for Texas Bluebonnet Award"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9413 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Danilo Was Here Selected for Texas Bluebonnet Award" data-date="2025-12-03T07:48:40+00:00">
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720		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/danilo-was-here-bluebonnet-award/" title="Danilo Was Here Selected for Texas Bluebonnet Award" rel="bookmark">Danilo Was Here Selected for Texas Bluebonnet Award</a>
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724	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to Tamika Burgess, whose book Danilo Was Here was selected for the 2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award list by the Texas Library Association! This moving, resonant middle grade novel was also spotlighted by Kirkus as one of the best middle grade historical fiction books of 2025.</p>
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727<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/danilo-was-here-bluebonnet-award/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Danilo Was Here Selected for Texas Bluebonnet Award">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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729</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9408" data-date="2025-12-03T07:25:19+00:00" data-name="The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Reviewed by NYT"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9408 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Reviewed by NYT" data-date="2025-12-03T07:25:19+00:00">
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742		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/henson-blayze-new-york-times/" title="The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Reviewed by NYT" rel="bookmark">The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Reviewed by NYT</a>
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746	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Be sure to check out this glowing New York Times feature on Derrick Barnes&#8217; acclaimed new middle grade novel, The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze. Find your copy online or at your local bookstore, and don&#8217;t miss the audiobook, narrated by Miles J. Harvey, which was named one of the year&#8217;s ten best children&#8217;s audiobooks by Audible!</p>
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749<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/henson-blayze-new-york-times/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze Reviewed by NYT">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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751</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9313" data-date="2025-09-12T19:06:02+00:00" data-name="Derrick Barnes&#039; New Novel Longlisted for the National Book Awards"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9313 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Derrick Barnes&#8217; New Novel Longlisted for the National Book Awards" data-date="2025-09-12T19:06:02+00:00">
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763	<h3 class="entry-title">
764		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/henson-blayze-national-book-award-longlist/" title="Derrick Barnes&#8217; New Novel Longlisted for the National Book Awards" rel="bookmark">Derrick Barnes&#8217; New Novel Longlisted for the National Book Awards</a>
765	</h3>
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768	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to Derrick Barnes, whose forthcoming middle grade novel, The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, has made the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People&#8217;s Literature! It was one of ten books chosen from the over 300 titles that were submitted for consideration. This is just the latest accolade for this highly-anticipated novel, which&hellip;</p>
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771<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/henson-blayze-national-book-award-longlist/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Derrick Barnes&#8217; New Novel Longlisted for the National Book Awards">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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773</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9211" data-date="2025-08-21T20:39:52+00:00" data-name="jessica Care moore Receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9211 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="jessica Care moore Receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize" data-date="2025-08-21T20:39:52+00:00">
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786		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/jessica-care-moore-academy-of-american-poets-prize/" title="jessica Care moore Receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize" rel="bookmark">jessica Care moore Receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize</a>
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790	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to jessica Care moore, Detroit Poet Laureate, for being selected as a 2025 Poet Laureate Fellow by the Academy of American Poets! This fellowship awards $50,000 to 23 poet laureates currently serving across the country and provides over $95,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations that have been collaborating with the fellows on their work. Since&hellip;</p>
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793<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/jessica-care-moore-academy-of-american-poets-prize/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about jessica Care moore Receives Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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795</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9194" data-date="2025-08-07T21:00:52+00:00" data-name="April Harrison Wins Coretta Scott King Honor"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9194 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="April Harrison Wins Coretta Scott King Honor" data-date="2025-08-07T21:00:52+00:00">
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808		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/go-forth-and-tell-coretta-scott-king-honor/" title="April Harrison Wins Coretta Scott King Honor" rel="bookmark">April Harrison Wins Coretta Scott King Honor</a>
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812	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to acclaimed artist April Harrison, who was awarded a 2025 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller, written by Breanna J. McDaniel. This highly celebrated picture book tells the story of Augusta Braxton Baker, who used her advocacy and passion for stories&hellip;</p>
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815<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/go-forth-and-tell-coretta-scott-king-honor/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about April Harrison Wins Coretta Scott King Honor">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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817</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9147" data-date="2025-06-30T15:26:49+00:00" data-name="YOUR CROWN SHINES Spotlighted on ABC News"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9147 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="YOUR CROWN SHINES Spotlighted on ABC News" data-date="2025-06-30T15:26:49+00:00">
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834	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Acclaimed poet jessica Care moore appeared on ABC News Live to share her new book, Your Crown Shines: For Kentanji Brown Jackson and You, illustrated by Dare Coulter. Moore&#8217;s first book for young readers, Your Crown Shines celebrates Black women who have changed the world and shows the next generation of change-makers that their dreams are&hellip;</p>
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837<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/your-crown-shines-abc/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about YOUR CROWN SHINES Spotlighted on ABC News">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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839</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9098" data-date="2025-06-02T04:52:51+00:00" data-name="DRINK WATER &amp; MIND YOUR BUSINESS Is #1 on Amazon"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9098 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="DRINK WATER &#038; MIND YOUR BUSINESS Is #1 on Amazon" data-date="2025-06-02T04:52:51+00:00">
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852		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/drink-water-and-mind-your-business-amazon/" title="DRINK WATER &#038; MIND YOUR BUSINESS Is #1 on Amazon" rel="bookmark">DRINK WATER &#038; MIND YOUR BUSINESS Is #1 on Amazon</a>
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856	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to Serendipity author Dr. Donna Oriowo on Drink Water and Mind Your Business being the #1 new release in the General Sexual Health category on Amazon! In this funny and compassionate book, Dr. Donna breaks down the roots of self-esteem and how it’s shaped to give readers a guide for taking it back, setting&hellip;</p>
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859<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/drink-water-and-mind-your-business-amazon/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about DRINK WATER &#038; MIND YOUR BUSINESS Is #1 on Amazon">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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874		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/patrick-dougher-guardian-interview/" title="CONCRETE DREAMLAND Author Interviewed By &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;" rel="bookmark">CONCRETE DREAMLAND Author Interviewed By &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;</a>
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878	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Serendipity author, visual artist, and musician Patrick Dougher was featured in a deeply personal interview in The Guardian, where he spoke about his career, his 20-year struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, and his &#8220;charmed life&#8221; surviving on the streets of NYC in the 70s and 80s. “There’s so many moments where I could have&hellip;</p>
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881<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/patrick-dougher-guardian-interview/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about CONCRETE DREAMLAND Author Interviewed By &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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883</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9094" data-date="2025-06-02T04:51:45+00:00" data-name="Reviews are in for AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS!"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9094 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Reviews are in for AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS!" data-date="2025-06-02T04:51:45+00:00">
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896		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/afia-in-the-land-of-wonders-reviews/" title="Reviews are in for AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS!" rel="bookmark">Reviews are in for AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS!</a>
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900	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Afia in the Land of Wonders, a dazzling YA reimagining of Alice in Wonderland written and illustrated by Serendipity author/artist Mia Araujo, has received glowing reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal! Find your copy online or at a bookstore near you, and don&#8217;t miss the audiobook, narrated by &#8220;Sinners&#8221; actress Wunmi Mosaku.</p>
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905</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9057" data-date="2025-04-28T06:21:05+00:00" data-name="Serendipity Lit Bestsellers!"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9057 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Serendipity Lit Bestsellers!" data-date="2025-04-28T06:21:05+00:00">
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922	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to Serendipity Literary Agency author Will Packer and illustrator Gordon C. James on their bestselling books! Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance &amp; Dreaming Big, a hilarious, straight-talking account of Packer&#8217;s meteoric career in Hollywood and his tips for success, landed on the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers lists, and&hellip;</p>
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925<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/serendipity-lit-bestsellers/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Serendipity Lit Bestsellers!">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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927</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="9014" data-date="2025-02-10T18:15:46+00:00" data-name="Catch Will Packer on Tour!"><article class="post project-odd visible post-9014 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Catch Will Packer on Tour!" data-date="2025-02-10T18:15:46+00:00">
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944	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Will Packer, the groundbreaking producer behind the films &#8220;Girls Trip&#8221;, &#8220;Stomp the Yard&#8221; and many more, is hitting the road to promote his new book: Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance &amp; Dreaming Big! Catch him live on tour: February 17th: At the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan, in conversation with Sunny Hostin  February 19th: At&hellip;</p>
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947<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/will-packer-book-tour/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Catch Will Packer on Tour!">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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962		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/shirley-neal-naacp-image-award/" title="Shirley Neal Nominated for NAACP Image Award" rel="bookmark">Shirley Neal Nominated for NAACP Image Award</a>
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966	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Award-winning producer and journalist Shirley Neal&#8217;s book, AfroCentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness &amp; Identity in Pop Culture, has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work By a Debut Author. In AfroCentric Style, Neal explores the Black community&#8217;s ongoing influence on the world of pop culture, enhanced by more than 100&hellip;</p>
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969<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/shirley-neal-naacp-image-award/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Shirley Neal Nominated for NAACP Image Award">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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971</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8948" data-date="2024-12-26T22:34:52+00:00" data-name="Regina Brooks is a Publishers Weekly 2024 Notable"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8948 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Regina Brooks is a Publishers Weekly 2024 Notable" data-date="2024-12-26T22:34:52+00:00">
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984		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/publishers-weekly-person-of-the-year/" title="Regina Brooks is a Publishers Weekly 2024 Notable" rel="bookmark">Regina Brooks is a Publishers Weekly 2024 Notable</a>
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988	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Serendipity Literary Agency CEO and AALA President Regina Brooks is one of five publishing professionals chosen by Publishers Weekly as a 2024 Notable. &#8220;Drawing on her first career working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Regina Brooks is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry&#8230; Since joining the Association of American&hellip;</p>
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991<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/publishers-weekly-person-of-the-year/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Regina Brooks is a Publishers Weekly 2024 Notable">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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993</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8831" data-date="2024-08-13T17:34:02+00:00" data-name="Moore Black Press Publishes First Book with Amistad/HarperCollins"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8831 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Moore Black Press Publishes First Book with Amistad/HarperCollins" data-date="2024-08-13T17:34:02+00:00">
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1005	<h3 class="entry-title">
1006		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/moore-black-press-publishes-first-book/" title="Moore Black Press Publishes First Book with Amistad/HarperCollins" rel="bookmark">Moore Black Press Publishes First Book with Amistad/HarperCollins</a>
1007	</h3>
1008
1009	
1010	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Moore Black Press, originally founded in 1997 by Detroit Poet Laureate jessica Care moore, has relaunched as an imprint of Amistad/HarperCollins, celebrating its first publication: Every Where Alien by poet Brad Walrond. Now co-run by moore and Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary Agency, MBP is committed to publishing revolutionary works by leading and emerging Black&hellip;</p>
1011</div>
1012	
1013<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/moore-black-press-publishes-first-book/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Moore Black Press Publishes First Book with Amistad/HarperCollins">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1015</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8504" data-date="2024-05-03T18:01:59+00:00" data-name="Diane Richards Featured on the Cover of PW"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8504 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Diane Richards Featured on the Cover of PW" data-date="2024-05-03T18:01:59+00:00">
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1027	<h3 class="entry-title">
1028		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/diane-richards-cover-of-pw/" title="Diane Richards Featured on the Cover of PW" rel="bookmark">Diane Richards Featured on the Cover of PW</a>
1029	</h3>
1030
1031	
1032	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Diane Richards, executive director of the Harlem Writers Guild, was celebrated 
1032with a cover feature in Publishers Weekly in honor of her new book Ella. The book, a novel based on the life of Ella Fitzgerald, also received a Publishers Weekly starred review and was chosen for the &#8220;Sarah Selects&#8221; book club by Amazon Books Editorial Director Sarah Gelman.</p>
1033</div>
1034	
1035<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/diane-richards-cover-of-pw/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Diane Richards Featured on the Cover of PW">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1037</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8484" data-date="2024-03-25T15:28:54+00:00" data-name="&quot;The New Brownies&#039; Book&quot; Wins NAACP Image Award"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8484 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Wins NAACP Image Award" data-date="2024-03-25T15:28:54+00:00">
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1043		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-naacp-image-award/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20990%20553&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nbb-990x553.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nbb-990x553.jpg 990w, https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nbb-1485x830.jpg 1485w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 990 / 553" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px" alt="" title="New Brownies Book NAACP Image Award" width="990" height="553"  /></a>	</div>
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1047<div class="post-entry-content">
1048
1049	<h3 class="entry-title">
1050		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-naacp-image-award/" title="&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Wins NAACP Image Award" rel="bookmark">&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Wins NAACP Image Award</a>
1051	</h3>
1052
1053	
1054	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>The New Brownies&#8217; Book: A Love Letter to Black Families, compiled by Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer, is the 2024 NAACP Image Award winner in the &#8220;Outstanding Literary Work: Non-Fiction&#8221; category. Inspired by W. E. B. DuBois&#8217; Brownies&#8217; Book magazine from the 1920s, this collection of art and writing by more than 50 contributors&hellip;</p>
1055</div>
1056	
1057<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-naacp-image-award/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Wins NAACP Image Award">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
1058
1059</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8384" data-date="2023-12-18T20:37:23+00:00" data-name="Former President Barack Obama Reads &quot;Santa&#039;s Gotta Go&quot; By Derrick Barnes"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8384 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Former President Barack Obama Reads &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Gotta Go&#8221; By Derrick Barnes" data-date="2023-12-18T20:37:23+00:00">
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1070
1071	<h3 class="entry-title">
1072		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/barack-obama-santas-gotta-go/" title="Former President Barack Obama Reads &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Gotta Go&#8221; By Derrick Barnes" rel="bookmark">Former President Barack Obama Reads &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Gotta Go&#8221; By Derrick Barnes</a>
1073	</h3>
1074
1075	
1076	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Former president Barack Obama, A.K.A. &#8220;Skinny Santa&#8221;, surprised children at a Chicago school with a live holiday reading of Santa&#8217;s Gotta Go, a hilarious new picture book written by Serendipity Lit author Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Courtney Lovett! The event was covered by CBS, NBC, and MSNBC. Look for your own copy of Santa&#8217;s Gotta&hellip;</p>
1077</div>
1078	
1079<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/barack-obama-santas-gotta-go/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Former President Barack Obama Reads &#8220;Santa&#8217;s Gotta Go&#8221; By Derrick Barnes">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1081</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8373" data-date="2023-11-17T00:30:46+00:00" data-name="&quot;The New Brownies&#039; Book&quot; is an Oprah Holiday Pick"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8373 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; is an Oprah Holiday Pick" data-date="2023-11-17T00:30:46+00:00">
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1091<div class="post-entry-content">
1092
1093	<h3 class="entry-title">
1094		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-oprah-holiday-pick/" title="&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; is an Oprah Holiday Pick" rel="bookmark">&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; is an Oprah Holiday Pick</a>
1095	</h3>
1096
1097	
1098	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>The New Brownies&#8217; Book by Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer was recommended by Oprah Daily as a perfect 2023 holiday gift! This acclaimed anthology of Black creative work that &#8220;consoles, explains, entertains, and inspires&#8221; has also been featured in Essence, CNN, The New York Times, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, The Philadelphia Tribune, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.&hellip;</p>
1099</div>
1100	
1101<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-oprah-holiday-pick/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; is an Oprah Holiday Pick">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
1102
1103</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8368" data-date="2023-11-08T18:47:43+00:00" data-name="&quot;Shitty Craft Club&quot; is a B&amp;N Best Book of 2023"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8368 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="&#8220;Shitty Craft Club&#8221; is a B&#038;
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1115	<h3 class="entry-title">
1116		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/shitty-craft-club-bn-best-book-of-2023/" title="&#8220;Shitty Craft Club&#8221; is a B&#038;
1116N Best Book of 2023" rel="bookmark">&#8220;Shitty Craft Club&#8221; is a B&#038;N Best Book of 2023</a>
1117	</h3>
1118
1119	
1120	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Shitty Craft Club by Sam Reece, with photography by Lizzie Darden, has been named one of Barnes &amp; Noble&#8217;s best books of the year, in the &#8220;Best of Being Creative&#8221; category. This hilarious crafting/mindfulness book about rejecting perfectionism and doing what makes you happy, based on the author&#8217;s viral TikTok account, has also been spotlighted&hellip;</p>
1121</div>
1122	
1123<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/shitty-craft-club-bn-best-book-of-2023/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;Shitty Craft Club&#8221; is a B&#038;N Best Book of 2023">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
1124
1125</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8357" data-date="2023-10-09T21:04:33+00:00" data-name="&quot;The New Brownies&#039; Book&quot; Featured in NYT"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8357 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Featured in NYT" data-date="2023-10-09T21:04:33+00:00">
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1132</div>
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1135<div class="post-entry-content">
1136
1137	<h3 class="entry-title">
1138		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-new-york-times/" title="&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Featured in NYT" rel="bookmark">&#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Featured in NYT</a>
1139	</h3>
1140
1141	
1142	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>A new article in the New York Times spotlights both The Brownies Book&#8211; W.E.B Du Bois&#8217;s publication from the 1920s which sought to counter racial stereotypes and empower Black children with positive representation&#8211; and The New Brownies&#8217; Book compiled by Serendipity Lit&#8217;s Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer. Like the original, The New Brownies&#8217; Book: A&hellip;</p>
1143</div>
1144	
1145<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/new-brownies-book-new-york-times/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;The New Brownies&#8217; Book&#8221; Featured in NYT">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1147</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8320" data-date="2023-08-22T16:13:20+00:00" data-name="Victoria Scott-Miller Opens First Black-Owned Children&#039;s Bookstore in North Carolina"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8320 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Victoria Scott-Miller Opens First Black-Owned Children&#8217;s Bookstore in North Carolina" data-date="2023-08-22T16:13:20+00:00">
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1154</div>
1155
1156
1157<div class="post-entry-content">
1158
1159	<h3 class="entry-title">
1160		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/victoria-scott-miller-liberation-station-bookstore/" title="Victoria Scott-Miller Opens First Black-Owned Children&#8217;s Bookstore in North Carolina" rel="bookmark">Victoria Scott-Miller Opens First Black-Owned Children&#8217;s Bookstore in North Carolina</a>
1161	</h3>
1162
1163	
1164	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Serendipity author Victoria Scott-Miller founded Liberation Station Bookstore with her family as a pop-up shop at the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2019, after struggling to find books for her sons featuring Black characters in other local bookstores. On Juneteenth, the store finally found a permanent brick-and-mortar home in downtown Raleigh, making history as the first Black-owned children&#8217;s&hellip;</p>
1165</div>
1166	
1167<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/victoria-scott-miller-liberation-station-bookstore/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Victoria Scott-Miller Opens First Black-Owned Children&#8217;s Bookstore in North Carolina">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1169</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8181" data-date="2023-06-11T04:29:19+00:00" data-name="Denise Rosario Adusei Is One of This Year&#039;s Bronx Power 100"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8181 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Denise Rosario Adusei Is One of This Year&#8217;s Bronx Power 100" data-date="2023-06-11T04:29:19+00:00">
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1175		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/denise-rosario-adusei-bronx-power-100/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20990%20669&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Denise-Adusei-Bronx-100-990x669.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Denise-Adusei-Bronx-100-990x669.jpg 990w, https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Denise-Adusei-Bronx-100-1485x1004.jpg 1485w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 990 / 669" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px" alt="Denise Adusei Bronx" title="Denise Adusei Bronx" width="990" height="669"  /></a>	</div>
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1179<div class="post-entry-content">
1180
1181	<h3 class="entry-title">
1182		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/denise-rosario-adusei-bronx-power-100/" title="Denise Rosario Adusei Is One of This Year&#8217;s Bronx Power 100" rel="bookmark">Denise Rosario Adusei Is One of This Year&#8217;s Bronx Power 100</a>
1183	</h3>
1184
1185	
1186	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Denise Rosario Adusei, Serendipity client and author of the forthcoming picture book Cesaria Wears No Shoes, is now the Executive Director of the newly refurbished Bronx Children&#8217;s Museum. Her efforts to create a magical space for the children of the Bronx, which has already been visited by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and native Bronxite U.S.&hellip;</p>
1187</div>
1188	
1189<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/denise-rosario-adusei-bronx-power-100/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Denise Rosario Adusei Is One of This Year&#8217;s Bronx Power 100">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1191</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8140" data-date="2023-05-22T18:43:45+00:00" data-name="Dr. Jenny Wang&#039;s Mental Health Activism Spotlighted by Nordstrom"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8140 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Dr. Jenny Wang&#8217;s Mental Health Activism Spotlighted by Nordstrom" data-date="2023-05-22T18:43:45+00:00">
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1203	<h3 class="entry-title">
1204		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/dr-jenny-wang-spotlighted-by-nordstrom/" title="Dr. Jenny Wang&#8217;s Mental Health Activism Spotlighted by Nordstrom" rel="bookmark">Dr. Jenny Wang&#8217;s Mental Health Activism Spotlighted by Nordstrom</a>
1205	</h3>
1206
1207	
1208	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Dr. Jenny Wang, clinical psychologist, Serendipity client, and author of the book Permission to Come Home, has offered mental health guidance and support on her Instagram page @asiansformentalhealth since 2019. This work, and her ongoing mission to improve mental health resources for the AAPI community, is being celebrated by Nordstrom with a feature on the front&hellip;</p>
1209</div>
1210	
1211<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/dr-jenny-wang-spotlighted-by-nordstrom/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Dr. Jenny Wang&#8217;s Mental Health Activism Spotlighted by Nordstrom">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1213</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8084" data-date="2023-03-22T00:36:08+00:00" data-name="Excellent! Remarkable! Books That Made the Best of the Best Lists"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8084 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Excellent! Remarkable! Books That Made the Best of the Best Lists" data-date="2023-03-22T00:36:08+00:00">
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1219		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/books-that-made-the-best-of-the-best-lists/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20764%20663&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/star.png" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/star.png 764w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 764 / 663" sizes="(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px" alt="Star" title="Star" width="764" height="663"  /></a>	</div>
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1225	<h3 class="entry-title">
1226		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/books-that-made-the-best-of-the-best-lists/" title="Excellent! Remarkable! Books That Made the Best of the Best Lists" rel="bookmark">Excellent! Remarkable! Books That Made the Best of the Best Lists</a>
1227	</h3>
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1229	
1230	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile Kirkus Best Books of 2022 | Horn Book Magazine &#8220;Fanfare&#8221; Best Books of 2022 | School Library Journal Best Books of 2022 | Center for the Study of Multicultural Children&#8217;s Literature Best Books of 2022 | Kirkus Best Books of 2022 | Booklist Editors&#8217; Choice 2022 | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022 | NPR &#8220;Books We Love&#8221; 2022 | Washington&hellip;</p>
1231</div>
1232	
1233<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/books-that-made-the-best-of-the-best-lists/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Excellent! Remarkable! Books That Made the Best of the Best Lists">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1235</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="8029" data-date="2023-03-01T07:51:46+00:00" data-name="Victory. Stand! and Me and the Boss Win Youth Media Award Honors"><article class="post project-odd visible post-8029 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Victory. Stand! and Me and the Boss Win Youth Media Award Honors" data-date="2023-03-01T07:51:46+00:00">
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1241		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/2023-youth-media-awards/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20990%20990&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-Youth-Media-Awards-990x990.png" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-Youth-Media-Awards-990x990.png 990w, https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-Youth-Media-Awards.png 1080w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 990 / 990" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100v
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1246
1247	<h3 class="entry-title">
1248		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/2023-youth-media-awards/" title="Victory. Stand! and Me and the Boss Win Youth Media Award Honors" rel="bookmark">Victory. Stand! and Me and the Boss Win Youth Media Award Honors</a>
1249	</h3>
1250
1251	
1252	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Congratulations to Serendipity clients Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and April Harrison, whose books were honored at this year&#8217;s ALA Youth Media Awards! Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile earned Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honors, as well as the YALSA Award for Excellence&hellip;</p>
1253</div>
1254	
1255<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/2023-youth-media-awards/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Victory. Stand! and Me and the Boss Win Youth Media Award Honors">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
1256
1257</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="7962" data-date="2023-01-25T23:40:13+00:00" data-name="&quot;Books by the Numbers&quot; is Back!"><article class="post project-odd visible no-img post-7962 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-4" data-name="&#8220;Books by the Numbers&#8221; is Back!" data-date="2023-01-25T23:40:13+00:00">
1258
1259<div class="post-entry-content">
1260
1261	<h3 class="entry-title">
1262		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/books-by-the-numbers-is-back/" title="&#8220;Books by the Numbers&#8221; is Back!" rel="bookmark">&#8220;Books by the Numbers&#8221; is Back!</a>
1263	</h3>
1264
1265	
1266	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>The series where we break down the ins-and-outs of the publishing industry is back! In this episode of &#8220;Books by the Numbers&#8221;, Serendipity Lit Senior Agent Charles Kim discusses how many illustrations go into making a picture book with Kim Taylor, expert quilter and debut author/illustrator of the new book A Flag for Juneteenth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4ZOJCCuKU&#038;t&hellip;</p>
1267</div>
1268	
1269<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/books-by-the-numbers-is-back/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;Books by the Numbers&#8221; is Back!">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1271</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="7739" data-date="2022-10-04T16:26:35+00:00" data-name="Victory. Stand! is a 2022 National Book Award Finalist"><article class="post project-odd visible post-7739 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Victory. Stand! is a 2022 National Book Award Finalist" data-date="2022-10-04T16:26:35+00:00">
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1277		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2-2-2/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20942%20821&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Victory-Stand-NBA-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Victory-Stand-NBA-1.jpg 942w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 942 / 821" sizes="(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px" alt="Victory Stand Nba" title="Victory Stand Nba" width="942" height="821"  /></a>	</div>
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1281<div class="post-entry-content">
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1283	<h3 class="entry-title">
1284		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2-2-2/" title="Victory. Stand! is a 2022 National Book Award Finalist" rel="bookmark">Victory. Stand! is a 2022 National Book Award Finalist</a>
1285	</h3>
1286
1287	
1288	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>We are honored that Victory. Stand! by Serendipity authors Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes and illustrator Dawud Anyabwile is among the five finalists for the 2022 National Book Award in Young People&#8217;s Literature! “With collaborators Barnes and Anyabwile, Smith details his childhood leading up to his historic Olympic protest—and its aftermath—in this compelling graphic memoir… Anyabwile’s&hellip;</p>
1289</div>
1290	
1291<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2-2-2/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Victory. Stand! is a 2022 National Book Award Finalist">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1293</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="7726" data-date="2022-09-29T16:16:38+00:00" data-name="Emmy Nomination for - The One and Only Dick Gregory"><article class="post project-odd visible post-7726 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Emmy Nomination for &#8211; The One and Only Dick Gregory" data-date="2022-09-29T16:16:38+00:00">
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1299		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-3/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20990%20686&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dick-Gregory-Emmy--990x686.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dick-Gregory-Emmy--990x686.jpg 990w, https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dick-Gregory-Emmy-.jpg 1125w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 990 / 686" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100v
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1303<div class="post-entry-content">
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1305	<h3 class="entry-title">
1306		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-3/" title="Emmy Nomination for &#8211; The One and Only Dick Gregory" rel="bookmark">Emmy Nomination for &#8211; The One and Only Dick Gregory</a>
1307	</h3>
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1309	
1310	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Showtime&#8217;s &#8220;The One and Only Dick Gregory&#8221;, directed by Andre Gaines, has been nominated for an Emmy! This documentary, which was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award, celebrates the extraordinary life and continuing legacy of the late comedian, civil rights activist, and author. And don&#8217;t miss The Essential Dick Gregory, a collection of his&hellip;</p>
1311</div>
1312	
1313<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-3/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Emmy Nomination for &#8211; The One and Only Dick Gregory">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1315</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="7606" data-date="2022-08-12T02:42:42+00:00" data-name="Introducing Submission Saturdays!"><article class="post project-odd visible post-7606 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Introducing Submission Saturdays!" data-date="2022-08-12T02:42:42+00:00">
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1321		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2-2/" class="post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg" ><img decoding="async" class="iso-lazy-load preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20990%20990&#39;%2F%3E" data-src="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image-990x990.png" data-srcset="https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image-990x990.png 990w, https://www.serendipitylit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image.png 1080w" loading="eager" style="--ratio: 990 / 990" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px" alt="Image" title="Image" width="990" height="990"  /></a>	</div>
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1327	<h3 class="entry-title">
1328		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2-2/" title="Introducing Submission Saturdays!" rel="bookmark">Introducing Submission Saturdays!</a>
1329	</h3>
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1331	
1332	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Submissions are back! For the next few months we will be opening our submission boxes on Saturdays only to successfully manage the influx of queries. We want to make sure we give each submission the attention and care it deserves! Submission boxes will be open starting THIS SATURDAY (August 13) through the end of October.&hellip;</p>
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1335<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2-2/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Introducing Submission Saturdays!">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1337</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="7588" data-date="2022-08-05T08:53:37+00:00" data-name="Serendipity Children&#039;s Books are Top Sellers on Amazon"><article class="post project-odd visible post-7588 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Serendipity Children&#8217;s Books are Top Sellers on Amazon" data-date="2022-08-05T08:53:37+00:00">
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1349	<h3 class="entry-title">
1350		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2/" title="Serendipity Children&#8217;s Books are Top Sellers on Amazon" rel="bookmark">Serendipity Children&#8217;s Books are Top Sellers on Amazon</a>
1351	</h3>
1352
1353	
1354	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Serendipity is proud to be a leader in African American children&#8217;s books, and we are thrilled that our clients&#8217; books are currently filling the top three spots on Amazon: The King of Kindergarten and The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes and Vanessa Brantley-Newton, and the new picture book Just Like Jesse Owens, written by&hellip;</p>
1355</div>
1356	
1357<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2-2/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Serendipity Children&#8217;s Books are Top Sellers on Amazon">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1359</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="7570" data-date="2022-07-29T20:07:46+00:00" data-name="Emmy Nomination for &quot;The One and Only Dick Gregory&quot;"><article class="post project-odd visible post-7570 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="Emmy Nomination for &#8220;The One and Only Dick Gregory&#8221;" data-date="2022-07-29T20:07:46+00:00">
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1372		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home-2/" title="Emmy Nomination for &#8220;The One and Only Dick Gregory&#8221;" rel="bookmark">Emmy Nomination for &#8220;The One and Only Dick Gregory&#8221;</a>
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1374
1375	
1376	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Showtime&#8217;s &#8220;The One and Only Dick Gregory&#8221;, directed by Andre Gaines, has been nominated for an Emmy! This documentary, which was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award, celebrates the extraordinary life and continuing legacy of the late comedian, civil rights activist, and author. And don&#8217;t miss The Essential Dick Gregory, a collection of his&hellip;</p>
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1378	
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1393	<h3 class="entry-title">
1394		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home/" title="Permission to Come Home" rel="bookmark">Permission to Come Home</a>
1395	</h3>
1396
1397	
1398	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Permission to Come Home by Dr. Jenny T. Wang, founder of Asians for Mental Health, takes Asian Americans on an empowering journey toward reclaiming their mental health and offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom. For Asian Americans and Diaspora, this book is a necessary road map for the journey&hellip;</p>
1399</div>
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1401<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-permission-to-come-home/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Permission to Come Home">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1413<div class="post-entry-content">
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1415	<h3 class="entry-title">
1416		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-shelter/" title="Shelter" rel="bookmark">Shelter</a>
1417	</h3>
1418
1419	
1420	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>In 2016, Lawrence Jackson accepted a new job in Baltimore. His new neighborhood, Homeland—largely White, built on racial covenants—is not where he is “supposed” to live. But his purchase, and his desire to pass some inheritance on to his children, provides a foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history and Baltimore’s untold stories. Shelter: A Black&hellip;</p>
1421</div>
1422	
1423<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/happy-book-birthday-to-shelter/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about Shelter">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1425</div></article></div><div class="visible wf-cell iso-item" data-post-id="5588" data-date="2022-05-26T17:28:55+00:00" data-name="&quot;Her Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson&quot; by jessica Care moore"><article class="post project-odd visible post-5588 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-4" data-name="&#8220;Her Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson&#8221; by jessica Care moore" data-date="2022-05-26T17:28:55+00:00">
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1438		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/her-crown-shines-for-ketanji-brown-jackson-by-jessica-care-moore/" title="&#8220;Her Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson&#8221; by jessica Care moore" rel="bookmark">&#8220;Her Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson&#8221; by jessica Care moore</a>
1439	</h3>
1440
1441	
1442	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Serendipity poet jessica Care moore read her new poem &#8220;Her Crown Shines&#8221; at a Win With Black Women prayer gathering in honor of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson&#8217;s Supreme Court appointment. Oprah was in attendance and shared a video of the reading on Oprah Daily.</p>
1443</div>
1444	
1445<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/her-crown-shines-for-ketanji-brown-jackson-by-jessica-care-moore/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about &#8220;Her Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson&#8221; by jessica Care moore">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1460		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/the-oscars-are-coming/" title="The Oscars are Coming!" rel="bookmark">The Oscars are Coming!</a>
1461	</h3>
1462
1463	
1464	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Serendipity Literary Agency is very proud that our client, legendary filmmaker Will Packer (Girls Trip, Straight Outta Compton), is the producer of the 2022 Oscars ceremony. Catch the big event on ABC this Sunday, March 27th, at 7pm CT/8pm ET!</p>
1465</div>
1466	
1467<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/the-oscars-are-coming/" class="dt-btn-s dt-btn post-details details-type-btn" aria-label="Read more about The Oscars are Coming!">Read more<i class="dt-icon-the7-arrow-03" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
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1480
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1482		<a href="https://www.serendipitylit.com/dont-miss-katrina-brownlee-the-good-cop/" title="Don&#8217;t Miss &#8220;Katrina Brownlee: The Good Cop&#8221;" rel="bookmark">Don&#8217;t Miss &#8220;Katrina Brownlee: The Good Cop&#8221;</a>
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1486	<div class="entry-excerpt"><p>Katrina Brownlee&#8217;s ex-fiancé—an officer with a badge—nearly killed her. Police failed to protect her, so she got her own badge. Click here to watch Michelle Miller&#8217;s &#8220;48 Hours&#8221; coverage of her remarkable story, also available for viewing on Paramount+.  (Graphic by CBS &#8220;48 Hours&#8221;)</p>
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