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Anna marie mclemore is a mexicanamerican author of young adult fiction magical realism, best known for their stonewall honorwinning novel when the moon was ours, wild beauty, and the weight of feathers. Pdf when the moon was ours download full pdf book download. When the moon was ours by annamarie mclemore lambda literary. A 2017 stonewall honor book winner of the 2016 james tiptree jr.
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