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  • Some reading apps imagined and real available. The real ones are higlighted and in the spotlight - Epic!, Overdrive, Libby, Axis 360, and Hoopla. Image: Alyssa Shotwell, Epic, Overdrive/Libby, Axis 360, and Hoopla.

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  • Banned crossed out above the words

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