Live on the airwaves were three fifth grade students from Belvedere Elementary School in Falls Church, who made an appearance on an episode of the Book Club for Kids podcast that is geared toward middle grade readers. The students (from left to right) Diego Chavez, Callie Petit and Valeria Vargas-Perez discussed Lindsey Eager’s novel Hour of Bees on the podcast, where the talked about how the book addresses the droughts that occur in the southwestern U.S., a prickly grandfather and especially bees. (Photo: Kitty Felde)

74 U.S. Representatives Warn Trump Administration To Halt Potentially Illegal Mass Firings Of Federal WorkersRepresentatives demand comes ahead of reported purge of State Department workers
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