A teenager is building a reading community by starting her own bookstore

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  • Family

  • Thursday, 23 Nov 2023

Halley has opened her own bookshop at 14. — Photos: JENNA THOMPSON/The Kansas City Star/TNS

ON PAPER, the new bookshop in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, is owned by Halley Vincent’s mum.

But the 14-year-old will tell you it was all her idea, the culmination of her bake sales and handing out books in front of Shawnee City Hall.

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