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Cecilia Galante

CECILIA GALANTE is the author of several young adult and middle grade books, including The Patron Saint of Butterflies, an Oprah's Book Club Teen Reading Selection, a Book Sense Pick, and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. She teaches eighth-grade English and is a creative writing professor. She lives with her husband and children in Pennsylvania. Visit her online at ceciliagalanteauthor.com.
Be Not Afraid
Little Wings #5: Willa Bean to the Rescue!
Little Wings #4: The One and Only Willa Bean
Little Wings #3: Star-Bubble Trouble
Little Wings #2: Be Brave, Willa Bean!
Little Wings #1: Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams

Books

Be Not Afraid
Little Wings #5: Willa Bean to the Rescue!
Little Wings #4: The One and Only Willa Bean
Little Wings #3: Star-Bubble Trouble
Little Wings #2: Be Brave, Willa Bean!
Little Wings #1: Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams

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