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This Is Not a Valentine by Carter Higgins keeping chickens A proud Puerto Rican daughterThis book is not a valentine. It doesn't have lacey edges or sugary hearts. But it is full of lucky rocks, secret hiding spots, and gumball machine treasures. This is a book about waiting in line and wishing for cinnamon buns. About recognizing that if you care so much about someone not thinking you care, maybe you really do. But wait isn't that exactly what love is about? Maybe this book is sort of a valentine after all. A testament to handmade,