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Announcements:

Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow is a contender in the Cover of the Month contest - June 2025

Vote for it here! 

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The Final Victor is a finalist for the Whitney Awards.

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The Paper Boy Featured Below:

Fanbase Press Article: ​https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/books/item/55721-fanbase-press-interviews-josiah-golojuh-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-ya-novel-the-paper-boy-through-stag-beetle-books/

Littsburgh Article: https://www.littsburgh.com/qa-josiah-golojuh-author-of-the-paper-boy-set-in-pittsburgh-in-the-1990s/

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