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Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Fiction and Graphic Novels Chang, Victoria. Love, Love. Frances Chin, Fiction a 10-year old Chinese-American girl, struggles with bullies and loneliness at school, while also trying to help her sick Alkaf, Hanna. The Girl and the Ghost. A older sister and busy parents. Malaysian tale in which a lonely girl inherits ghostly demon from her grandmother. Chapman, Elsie. All the Ways Home. After his mother's death, Kaede develops some Aung Thin, Michelle. Crossing the Farak behavior problems and is sent to Japan to River. When Rohingya siblings Hasina and spend time with his estranged father and Araf hear helicopters, they know there is an older half brother. one thing to do—run, and don't stop. Cheng, Jack. See You in the Cosmos. Bajaj, Varsha. Count Me In. Told from two Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries use social media to stand up to racism about his family on a road trip. after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital. Chokshi, Roshani. Aru Shah and the End of Time (series). Telling fibs in order to fit in Barakiva, Michael. One Man Guy (TWEEN). better with her wealthier peers, Aru Shah When Alek's high-achieving Armenian- Faruqi, Saadia. A Thousand Questions. spends her school break at the Museum of Mimi, visiting her wealthy grandparents in American parents send him to summer Ancient Indian Art and Culture, where her school, he thinks his summer is ruined. But Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time, and decision to light a cursed lamp unwittingly Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' then he meets Ethan, who opens his world releases an ancient demon. in a series of truly unexpected ways. cook, form an unexpected friendship. Also by Saadia Faruqi: A Place at the Table. Cruz, Marie Miranda. Everlasting Nora. Bilan, Jasbinder. Asha and the Spirit Bird. After surviving a fire, Nora and her mother Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas, Flint, Shamini. Ten: A Soccer Story. In live in a cemetery, but when her mother 1986 Malaysia, eleven-year-old soccer fan missing her papa, who works in the city. disappears and a loan shark steals her When he suddenly stops sending money, Maya trains herself and pulls together a savings, Nora finds support from her team at her girls' school, despite soccer Asha and her best friend cross the world's cemetery neighbors to earn some money highest mountains to find him, facing being a "boys' game." and search for her mother. hunger, exhaustion, even snow leopards. Florence, Debbi Michiko. Keep it Together, DasGupta, Sayantani. The Serpent's Secret Keiko Carter (series). Keiko, Audrey, and Bowman, Akemi Dawn. Generation Misfits. (series). Kiranmala considered herself an An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl Jenna have always been best friends. Keiko ordinary sixth-grader, but then her parents desperately wants it to stay that way, but joins her performing arts school's J-Pop disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon club, where the members form an imitation now they are starting seventh grade and shows up. Soon she is swept into another everything seems to be changing. band of their favorite girl group. dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds, and cute princes. Glaser, Karina Yan. A Duet for Home. Two Brown, Waka T. Dream Annie Dream. When she lands a big role in the production of children living in a shelter whose friendship Dilloway, Margaret. Five Things About Ava grows over a shared love of classical music The King and I, Japanese American seventh Andrews. Ava bubbles with ideas and grader Annie, belittled by her mostly white join forces to confront a new policy that plans, but only on the inside. On the puts homeless families in danger. classmates, must rise above racism while outside, everyone thinks she doesn't talk chasing her dreams. or, worse, is stuck-up. What nobody knows Gourlay, Candy. Bone Talk. Samkad lives is that Ava has invisible disabilities: anxiety deep in the Philippine jungle, and has never Burkinshaw, Kathleen. The Last Cherry and a heart condition. Also by Margaret Blossom. Twelve-year-old Yuriko handles encountered anyone from before. His world Dilloway: Momotaro Xander and the Lost is utterly changed when he discovers the the everyday troubles of living, in the days Island of Monsters (series); and Summer of leading up to the bombing of Hiroshima. brother he never knew he had and learns a Thousand Pies. of the people who are bringing war and Cao, Wenxuan. Bronze and Sunflower. destruction to their home. Dumas, Firoozeh. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel. Taken in by a poor family in a rural village Eleven-year-old Zomorod tells her story of after the death of her father, Sunflower Hamza, Nina. Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year. An growing up Iranian in Southern California Indian American boy endures a family bonds with the family's only child, Bronze, during the Iranian Revolution and hostage who has not spoken since being move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, crisis of the late 1970s. with the help of three life-changing books traumatized by a terrible fire. he reads in school, he learns to like Everyman, Cookie Hiponia. We Belong. reading, and ultimately, himself. Chadda, Sarwat. City of the Plague God. Stella and Luna know that their mama, Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to Elsie, came from the Philippines when she team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order was a child, but not much else. They ask to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, her to tell them her story and their mama from wiping out Manhattan. Also by Sarwat spins two tales—that of her youth and that Chadda: Ash Mistry series. of the young life of Mayari, the mythical daughter of a god. continued on back Learn more: oppl.org/kids-lists
Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Fiction and Graphic Novels Kelly, Erin Entrada. Those Kids From Fawn Lee, Lori. Pahua and the Soul Stealer. After Fiction cont. Creek. The twelve kids in the seventh grade an angry spirit steals her brother’s soul, at Fawn Creek K-12 have been together all lonely 11-year-old Hmong girl Pahua Moua their lives so when graceful Orchid Mason must find her way through the spirit worlds Hashimi, Nadia. The Sky at Our Feet. Jason arrives, with exotic clothes and glorious to save him—discovering her true destiny has just learned that his Afghan mother hair, they do not know what to think. Also along the way. has been living illegally in the United States by Erin Entrada Kelly: Blackbird Fly; Hello, since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Universe; Lalani of the Distant Sea; We Lee, Stacey. Outrun the Moon (TWEEN). Although Jason was born in the US, it's Dream of Space; and You Go First. 15-year-old Mercy Wong, who strives to hard to feel American when he's terrified escape from her disadvantaged life that his mother will be deported. Also by Khan, Hena. Amina's Voice (series). A through education, endures hardships Nadia Hashimi: One Half from the East. Pakistani- American Muslim girl struggles when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to stay true to her family's vibrant culture destroys her home and school. Hiranandani, Veera. How to Find What while blending in at school after a You’re Not Looking For. Ariel Goldberg community tragedy. Also by Hena Khan: Lee, Yoon Ha. Dragon Pearl (series). Min, a must find her own voice and define her Zayd Saleem: Power Forward (series). thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows own beliefs after her big sister elopes with away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a young man from India following the Kim, Graci. The Last Fallen Star (series). a cadet in order to solve the mystery of Supreme Court decision that strikes down After thirteen-year-old Hattie Oh casts a what happened to her older brother in the laws banning interracial marriage. Also by dangerous spell so her adopted sister, Thousand World Space Forces. Veera Hiranandani: The Night Diary and Riley, will get a share of her inherited Phoebe G. Green (Early Chapter series). magic, Riley must undertake a near- Lin, Grace. Before the Sword. When her impossible quest to save Hattie from death. sister is bitten by a poisonous spider, Hoàng, Văn. Girl Giant and the Monkey Mulan travels with a healer to find a flower King (series). Thom Ngho is keeping a Kim, Jessica. Stand Up, Yumi Chung! When from which the antidote can be made to secret: she's super strong and it's making eleven-year-old Yumi stumbles into a kids' save her sister's life. Also by Grace Lin: The it impossible for her to fit in at her new comedy camp she is mistaken for another Year of the Dog (series); and Where the middle school. In desperation, Thom student, so she decides to play the part. Mountain Meets the Moon (series). makes a deal with the Monkey King and she's soon swept up in an ancient and Kim, Patti. It's Girls Like You, Mickey. Mandanna, Sangu. Kiki Kallira Breaks a fantastical world where demons, dragons, Mickey faces a lot of challenges when Kingdom. Drawn into the mystical world and Jade princesses actually exist. starting seventh grade, but an instant she created, Kiki Kallira must battle against connection with new student Sun Joo her fear and anxiety to save two worlds-- Kadarusman, Michelle. Music for Tigers. improves her outlook. Also by Patti Kim: the real and imagined--from the wrath of Middle-schooler Louisa wants to spend the I’m OK. an ancient deity bent on total destruction. summer practicing violin, but is instead sent to the rainforest camp of her Krishnaswami, Uma. Step Up to the Plate, Menon, Sandhya. From Twinkle, With Love Australian relatives. There she learns that Maria Singh. In 1945, Maria Singh just (TWEEN). Aspiring filmmaker and her family secretly protects the last of the wants to play softball (and wear shorts wallflower Twinkle Mehra learns a lesson supposedly extinct Tasmanian tigers. Also while doing it) but her Mexican Mamá and about love while directing a movie for the by Michelle Kadarusman: Girl of the old fashioned Punjabi Papi don’t believe arts festival, in which her longtime crush Southern Sea. that girls should play ball. Also by Uma and his twin brother are also participating. Krishnaswami: Book Uncle and Me. Kadohata, Cynthia. Saucy. When eleven- Nagai, Mariko. Under the Broken Sky. year-old Becca, a quadruplet, finds a sick Lại, Thanhhà. Listen, Slowly. American- When Soviet troops invade Japanese- piglet on the side of the road, her life is born Mai is looking forward to summer occupied Manchuria during the last days of changed forever. Also by Cynthia vacation at California's beaches. Instead, World War II, twelve-year-old Natsu must Kadohata: Checked and A Place to Belong. she must travel to Vietnam with her care for her younger sister as they struggle grandmother, who is returning to find out to survive and return to Japan. Kelkar, Supriya. That Thing About what happened to her husband. Also by Bollywood. Sonali cannot bring herself to Thanhhà Lại: Inside Out and Back Again. Nayeri, Daniel. Everything Sad is Untrue: share her feelings, but when she wakes up (A True Story). At the front of a middle one day and begins to involuntarily burst LaRocca, Rajani. Red, White, and Whole. school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy into Bollywood song and dance routines Reha feels torn between two worlds: named Khosrou (whom everyone calls that showcase her emotions, she realizes school, where she's the only Indian "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His she has to find her voice and share her American student, and home, with her story. No one believes him, but Khosrou's feelings. Also by Supriya Kelkar: Ahimsa; family's traditions and holidays. When stories, stretching back years, even American as Paneer Pie; and Strong as Reha finds out that her Amma is sick, she centuries, are beautiful and terrifying. Fire, Fierce as Flame. becomes determined to be the perfect daughter and save her mother’s life. Also Oh, Axie. Rebel Seoul (TWEEN series). In Keller, Tae. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone. by Rajani LaRocca: Midsummer’s Mayhem. 2199 in the Neo State of Korea, eighteen- When Jennifer Chan, a new girl who year-old Jaewon is partnered with believes she can find aliens, goes missing, Lee, Julie. Brother's Keeper. Twelve-year- supersoldier Tera, but their love is Mallory Moss sets out to find her and must old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, threatened when Jaewon must choose figure out why Jennifer might have run— Youngsoo, must try to escape North among conflicting loyalties—to the and face the truth inside herself. Also by Korea's oppressive Communist regime on totalitarian state that promises to end war, Tae Keller: The Science of Breakable their own in 1950. the nationalist rebels his father followed, or Things and When You Trap a Tiger. the crime syndicate staging a coup. continued on next page
Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Fiction and Graphic Novels Saeed, Aisha. Omar Rising. While at an elite Tsang, Katie. Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Fiction cont. boarding school on scholarship, Omar, the Ghosts (series). After an embarrassing son of a servant, discovers the school incident on a school trip, Sam wants to makes it nearly impossible for scholarship prove that he is not afraid of ghosts. Oh, Ellen. Finding Junie Kim. After an act of students to graduate and sets out to Except…he totally is. Can he conquer his racism at school, a girl is motivated to change a rigged system. Also by Aisha fear by facing the ghost in his house? learn about her ancestral heritage and her Saeed: Amal Unbound, Far From Agrabah, grandparents’ experiences as lost children and Diana and the Island of No Return. Venkatraman, Padma. Born Behind Bars. during the Korean War. After spending his whole life in jail with his Shang, Wendy Wan-Long. The Way Home mother, who is serving time for a crime she Pancholy, Maulik. The Best at It. Twelve- Looks Now. In 1972, after his older brother did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American is killed in a car crash, Peter’s family is suddenly released and has to figure out boy growing up in small-town Indiana, upended by grief. Peter hopes that if he how to survive on his own in the outside struggles to come to terms with his joins a Little League team, he can world. Also by Padma Venkatraman: A identity, including that he may be gay. reawaken the passion for baseball that all Time to Dance and The Bridge Home. the members of his family used to share. Park, Linda Sue. The One Thing You'd Save. Also by Wendy Wan-Long Shang: The Villanueva, Gail D. Sugar and Spite. Jolina If your house were on fire, what one thing Great Wall of Lucy Wu. can't take Claudine's bullying any longer! would you save? Explore different answers Though Jolina knows she's still in-training to this provocative question in linked Shen, E.L. The Comeback. Maxine Chen is to use her grandfather's arbularyo magic, poems that capture the diverse voices of a just trying to nail that perfect landing: on she sneaks into his potions lab to get her middle school class. Also by Linda Sue the ice, in middle school, and at home. The revenge. Also by Gail D. Villanueva: My Fate Park: Prairie Lotus. pressure builds when a gifted new skater According to the Butterfly. arrives and a school bully targets Maxine Perkins, Mitali. Tiger Boy. A tiger cub has because of her Chinese heritage. Wang, Andrea. The Many Meanings of escaped from a reserve in West Bengal, Meilan. A family feud before the start of India, and Neel is determined to find her in Sheth, Kashmira. Boys Without Names. seventh grade propels Meilan from order to save her from being captured and Gopal and his family leave their rural Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where sold on the black market. Also by Mitali Indian village for life with his uncle in she must tap into her inner strength and Perkins: Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Mumbai. When they arrive, his father goes sense of justice to make a new place for Two Cultures by Ten Voices. missing and Gopal ends up locked in a herself. sweatshop with no escape. Poulin, Andrée and Sonali Zohra. Burying Yang, Kelly. Front Desk (series). English is the Moon. In Latika's village in rural India, Siddiqui, Maleeha. Barakah Beats. Leaving not Mia Tang’s first language, but she there are no toilets, which means that girls Islamic school to attend “real school,” wants to be a writer. That’s not her only leave school when they reach puberty and Nimra Sharif joins the school’s popular 8th secret either—her family lives and works in the women have to wait until night to do grade band in an attempt to fit in. a motel where they are hiding other their business in a field, surrounded by immigrant families like theirs in the empty scorpions, snakes and many germs. Latika Soontornvat, Christina. The Last rooms under the nose of the mean motel petitions for the construction of public Mapmaker. Joining an expedition to chart owner. toilets, which would be safer for everybody. the southern seas, 12-year-old mapmaker’s assistant Sai, posing as a Yeh, Kat. The Way to Bea. Recently Respicio, Mae. Any Day with You. During well-bred young lady, realizes she’s not the estranged from her best friend and weeks the summer before seventh grade, Kaia only one on board harboring secrets. Also away from shifting from only child to big makes a film with her friends to win a by Christina Soontornvat: The Changelings sister, seventh grader Beatrix Lee consoles contest and, hopefully, prevent her beloved and A Wish in the Dark. herself by writing haiku in invisible ink and great-grandfather from moving back to the hiding the poems, but one day she finds a Philippines. Also by Mae Respicio: The Soundar, Chitra. Mangoes, Mischief, and reply. House that Lou Built. Tales of Friendship: Stories from India. Can Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, Yun, Erin. Pippa Park Raises Her Game. Life Riazi, Karuna. The Gauntlet (series). outsmart the king's trickiest subjects? is full of great expectations for Pippa Park. Twelve-year-old Farah and her two best Being a wise and just ruler is no easy task. It seems like everyone, from her family to friends are sucked into a mechanical board the other kids at school, has a plan for how game and forced to defeat its diabolical Tan, Susan. Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future her life should look. So when Pippa gets a architect in order to free themselves. Author Extraordinaire (series). A biracial mysterious basketball scholarship to young writer begins penning her memoirs Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance Rosenberg, Madelyn and Wendy Wan-Long in the hope that her family will not forget to reinvent herself by following the "Rules Shang. Not Your All-American Girl. Best about her when the baby arrives. of Cool." friends Lauren and Tara both try out for their middle school musical play. Tara gets Trehan, Meera. The View From the Very Zhang, Kat. The Memory of Forgotten the lead role, because in the teacher's Best House in Town. Sam and Asha: their Things. Twelve-year-old Sophia has never mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, friendship is so long established, they take told anyone about her unusual memories— does not fit the image of “all-American it for granted. But when Sam is accepted snapshots of a past that never happened. girl.” Also by M. Rosenberg and W. Wan- into an exclusive academy, he leaves Asha She becomes convinced that the upcoming Long Shang: This is Just a Test. alone to navigate middle school and try to solar eclipse will grant her the opportunity solve the mystery of a local mansion. to make her alternate life come true, to enter a world where her mother never died. Also by Kat Zhang: The Emperor’s Riddle. continued on back
Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Fiction and Graphic Novels Kim, Julie J. Where's Halmoni? Searching Graphic Novels for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world of folklore. Agarwal, Veronica. Just Roll With It. Maggie, who struggles with anxiety and OCD, gets Kim, Patti. Here I Am (Graphic Novels 308.4 through her first year of middle school by KIM). The story of a family newly making friends, finding the best after- immigrated to the United States and the Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian school clubs, and using her twenty-sided challenges of starting a life in a new place Stories: Cautionary Fables & Fairytales dice to help her make decisions. (Graphic Novels 398.2 TAM). A collection Khor, Shing Yin. The Legend of Auntie Po. of Asian folktales retold as comics include Chanani, Nidhi. Jukebox. A jukebox, old In a late-19th-century logging camp, Mei, a vengeful spirits, flying ogres, and trickster vinyl records, and cryptic notes on music Chinese American girl, spins tall tales about tigers from Japan, China, Tibet, India, history are Shaheen's only clues to her Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin Indonesia and beyond. father's disappearance. When the jukebox (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch. starts glowing, Shaheen and her cousin Mei must navigate racism, difficult work, Torres, J. Stealing Home. When a boy Tannaz are pulled into another time! Also and her growing romantic feelings for her struggles after moving to a Japanese by Nidhi Chanani: Pashmina. friend Bee, the camp foreman’s daughter. internment camp during WWII, baseball shows him another way to approach life. Chau, Alina. Marshmallow & Jordan. LaMotte, Lily. Measuring Up. Having just Also by J. Torres: Brobots, How to Spot a Jordan's days as star player for her moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year- Sasquatch, and The Mighty Zodiac. school's basketball team ended when an old Cici enters a cooking competition to win accident left her paralyzed from the waist money for her grandmother to visit, but she Wang, Jen. Stargazing. Growing up in the down. Her competition days seem to be only knows how to cook Taiwanese food. same Chinese-American suburb, behind her until an encounter with a perfectionist Christine and artistic, mysterious elephant helps Jordan discover Liu, Margorie. Wingbearer. When a sinister confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely a brand new sport. force threatens the life-giving magic of the best friends, whose friendship is tested by Great Tree, Zuli and her guardian owl jealousy, social expectations, and illness. Fung, Rosena. Living With Viola. Livy is embark on an epic journey to find the truth. already struggling as the new girl at school, Xu, Ru. Newsprints (series). Blue is an but also has to deal with Viola, her own Na, Liu. Little White Duck: A Childhood in orphan who disguises herself as a anxiety brought to life as a shadowy twin. China. A young girl describes her newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls Only when Livy learns how to ask for help experiences growing up in China, beginning are expected to help the struggling and face her anxiety does she finally figure with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976. economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves out living with Viola. living and working at the Bugle, the only Nguyen, Trang. Saving Sorya: Chang and paper in town that tells the truth. Guojing. The Only Child. A lost little girl the Sun Bear. Twelve-year-old Chang is follows a mysterious stag deep into the accepted as a rescue center volunteer and Xu, Wendy. Tidesong. When she attempts woods and journeys through a strange and is faced with her toughest challenge yet: to do magic on her own, young witch wondrous world while trying to go home. returning the sun bear she raised from Sophie accidentally entangles herself with infancy to the wild where it belongs. a water dragon named Lir whom she tricks Ha, Gene. Mae (series). Abbie discovered a into helping her get into the best magic portal to a fantasy world as a child. Now The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian school in the realm. she has returned home a hero, but her tales Stories: Cautionary Fables & Fairytales are too hard for her sister Mae to believe— (Graphic Novels 398.2 ASH). Lesser known Yang, Gene Luen. Secret Coders (series). until the monsters start to cross over. myths and well-known legends from the Welcome to Stately Academy, a school Philippines, New Zealand, Hawaii, and which is just crawling with mysteries to be Heagerty, Mat and Tintin Pantoja. beyond! It’s a thrilling, funny, and totally solved! Using their wits and their growing Unplugged and Unpopular. After Erin's new take on stories from the whole region. prowess with coding, Hopper and her parents ban her from using her phone, TV, friend Eni are determined to figure it all Internet, and all her screens, she soon Santat, Dan. The Aquanaut. With her father out. Also by Gene Luen Yang: Avatar: The discovers mysterious, strange creatures lost at sea, Sophie wanders aimlessly Last Airbender and The Shadow Hero. and must foil their plot to take over Earth. around Aqualand, a marine theme park, until an “aquanaut” breaks into the park’s Yee, Reimena. Séance Tea Party. After Inzer, Christine Mari. Diary of a Tokyo Teen: research lab, revealing Aqualand’s dark watching her circle of friends seemingly A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the side and vowing to free the captive animals. fade away, Lora is determined to still have Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets fun on her own, so when a tea party leads and Maid Cafes. Just before her sixteenth Shammas, Nadia. Ms. Marvel Stretched Lora to discovering Alexa, the ghost that birthday, Christine spends the summer in Thin. Having a hard time balancing haunts her house, they soon become best Japan with her grandparents, journaling all everything in her life, Kamala Khan, aka Ms. friends. the sights, sounds and people she meets. Marvel, must pull herself together and learn to ask for help when a mysterious robot Young, Ethan. The Dragon Path. The Wong Johnson, R. Kikuo. The Shark King. The tries to infiltrate Avengers Towers. Clan must leave their ruined homeland for Hawaiian story of Nanaue, born of human a better life in the mythical Old Land, but to mother and shark father, who struggles to Song, Mika. Norma and Belly: Donut Feed get there they must follow the dragon path, find his place in a village of humans. the Squirrels (series). Two squirrel best where their sworn enemies, the Dragon friends meet their match: a donut truck! Tribe, rule. During a surprise attack, Prince Jun, Nie. My Beijing: Four Stories of Sing is separated from his clan. With the Everyday Wonder. Four short stories set in Takei, George. They Called Us Enemy help of Ming, a powerful mystic from the a residential alleyway of Beijing. Yu'er, her (TEEN). A graphic memoir recounting Old Land, and Midnight, a monstrous grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors actor/author/activist George Takei's warrior beast, Prince Sing must do all he experience the magic of everyday life. childhood imprisoned within American can to save both his family and the Dragon concentration camps during World War II. Tribe from mutual destruction. 0422
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