Week 7: Quick Burst

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Meet Cute by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon,Ibi Zoboi, Julie Murphy, Jocelyn Davies, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord.
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This video is about the real Mars mission. The characters in 259 Million Miles by Kass Morgan are going to be traveling to Mars in a similar fashion as this.

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  1. AnonymousOctober 24, 2018 at 9:44 AM

    This is such a cool topic! I think you should go more into detail about what you've read so far and tie it to a personal connection if you can! Good Job :)

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