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The Leaving Sweater by Nebula-finalist Ruth Nestvold (
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So you think magic isn't necessary in order to leave? Think again ...
Victoria Askew doesn't want to leave remote Rolynka, Alaska when she finishes high school; it's all she's ever known. At least, not until her mother knits her the most beautiful sweater she's ever seen, a sweater imbued with magic -- a leaving sweater.