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Middle Grade Fiction Has Two New Award-Winning Novels

ByMichael Thal December 7, 2016

Earlier this month the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards announced its winners in its Middle Grade Fiction category. Taking First Place was Star Sapphire and the Land of Gems: The Crystal Cavern (Book3) by Anthony Pardoe. The Second Place winner was Koolura and the Mayans (Koolura Series Book 3) by Michael Thal. The Royal Dragonfly Book…

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The Hear Center of Pasadena: Affordable hearing and speech services

ByMichael Thal August 24, 2016

According to Hearing Health Foundation nearly 50 million Americans experience hearing loss and 1 in 5 children between the ages of 12-19 have reported hearing loss due to loud noise. I suffered a life altering hearing loss over 22 years ago forcing me out of teaching sixth graders and learning the art of the writer….