RAR #110: S.D. Smith Live

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RAR #110: S.D. Smith Live

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Oct 2, 2018

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You might know S.D. Smith as the author of the Green Ember series of books. He also happens to be hilarious – which makes this episode so much fun! At all five Great Homeschool Conventions in 2018, Sarah Mackenzie interviewed S.D. Smith live on stage. At one point, he flipped the whole thing on its […]
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