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- ↑ Sandy Solenberger. "Early education the focus of North Slope's first year in the Imagination Library". Arctic Sounder , 5/17/2011.
- ↑ Dermot Cole. "Barrow writer Debby Dahl Edwardson a finalist for National Book Award" Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Fairbanks Daily News Miner , 10/15/2011.
- ↑ Barrow writer among finalists for National Book Award, Anchorage Daily News , Mike Dunham, October 20, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ↑ "More local teachers demanded at latest joint education meeting". Arctic Sounder , 2/15/2011.
- ↑ "2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults". Archived 2011-10-16 at the Wayback Machine American Library Association .
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- ↑ "MY NAME IS NOT EASY". Kirkus Reviews , 8/15/2011.
