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punishments
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The book’s long-story-by-the-fire quality, combined with its fairy-tale deployment of castles, unfair punishments, and the thrumming, powerful natural world, evokes the most affecting children’s literature.—
Amanda Parrish Morgan,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2024 -
What's New President Biden has commuted the , converting their punishments to life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Sophie Clark,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Dressing-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dressing-downs. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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