Dorothy's List: Alan Gratz Wins Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book

Dorothy's List: Alan Gratz Wins Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award For Second Straight Year

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Each spring, upper elementary students schools in the Mt. Abraham Unified School District travel to the middle and high school library for a Jeopardy! -style trivia competition about the books nominated for Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award. But before the gathered students from the five different elementary schools got to play the game, there was an announcement to be made: the 2019 winner.

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