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Cover of Bluffton: My Summers with BusterNominee2014

Bluffton: My Summers with Buster

by Matt Phelan

Nominated 2 times. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

Good for
Teens
About
Friendship and school
Edition
Candlewick / 240 pages / ISBN 9780763650797
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