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Kekla Magoon

Kekla Magoon is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including Chester Keene Cracks the Code, The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Michael L. Printz Honor, the Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award for New Talent, four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, the Walter Award Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and inclusion on the National Book Award Longlist.
She Persisted: Naomi Osaka
The Secret Library
She Persisted: Simone Biles
Chester Keene Cracks the Code
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
The Season of Styx Malone
Voyagers: Infinity Riders (Book 4)

Books

She Persisted: Naomi Osaka
The Secret Library
She Persisted: Simone Biles
Chester Keene Cracks the Code
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges
She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1
The Season of Styx Malone
Voyagers: Infinity Riders (Book 4)

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