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To solve this logic puzzle, we need to match each student with their book title, genre, and due date using the clues provided. Let's break it down step-by-step.

Step 1: Analyze Clue 6 and Clue 2
* Clue 6: "The Non-Fiction book is *Imaginary Borders*."
* So, Book: *Imaginary Borders* = Genre: Non-Fiction.
* Clue 2: "Kai is not reading the Non-Fiction book."
* So, Kai $\neq$ *Imaginary Borders*.

Step 2: Analyze Clue 4 and Clue 5
* Clue 4: "Maggie is reading the Mystery book."
* Student: Maggie = Genre: Mystery.
* Clue 5: "Kai’s book is due either on November 30th or on December 12th."

Step 3: Analyze Clue 7
* Clue 7: "*In Other Lands* is due before the historical book but after Maggie’s book."
* This gives us an order of due dates: Maggie’s Book < *In Other Lands* < Historical Book.
* We know Maggie reads a Mystery book. So: Mystery (Maggie) < *In Other Lands* < Historical.

Let's look at the available Due Dates: Nov 21, Nov 30, Dec 5, Dec 12.
Since there are three items in this sequence, they must fit into three of these four dates.

Step 4: Determine Maggie's Due Date
From Step 3, Maggie's book is the earliest in the sequence (Mystery < *In Other Lands* < Historical).
Could Maggie's due date be Nov 30?
* If Maggie is Nov 30, then *In Other Lands* is later (Dec 5 or 12), and Historical is even later.
* Let's check Clue 5 again: Kai is due Nov 30 or Dec 12.
* Let's check Clue 1: The students are Jordan, the one reading *The Book Thief*, the one reading Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and the one with the Nov 21 due date. This implies these are four distinct people/items.
* Person 1: Jordan
* Person 2: Reader of *The Book Thief*
* Person 3: Reader of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
* Person 4: Person with Nov 21 due date.
* This means Jordan does NOT read *The Book Thief*, does NOT read Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and does NOT have the Nov 21 due date.

Let's go back to the date sequence: Maggie (Mystery) < *In Other Lands* < Historical.

Possible Date Combinations for (Maggie, *In Other Lands*, Historical):
1. Nov 21, Nov 30, Dec 5
2. Nov 21, Nov 30, Dec 12
3. Nov 21, Dec 5, Dec 12
4. Nov 30, Dec 5, Dec 12

Let's test Combination 1: Maggie=Nov 21, *In Other Lands*=Nov 30, Historical=Dec 5.
* Maggie is due Nov 21.
* *In Other Lands* is due Nov 30.
* Historical is due Dec 5.
* Remaining Date: Dec 12.

Who is due on Dec 12?
* From Clue 5, Kai is due Nov 30 or Dec 12.
* In this scenario, Nov 30 is *In Other Lands*. Is Kai reading *In Other Lands*?
* We know Kai $\neq$ Non-Fiction (*Imaginary Borders*).
* We don't know the genre of *In Other Lands* yet.
* Let's look at Clue 3: "David’s due date is before the due date for the Historical book but after the due date for *Imaginary Borders*."
* Order: *Imaginary Borders* < David < Historical.
* In Combination 1, Historical is Dec 5.
* So David must be before Dec 5. Available dates before Dec 5 are Nov 21 and Nov 30.
* Maggie is Nov 21. So David cannot be Nov 21 (unless David is Maggie, which is false). So David would have to be Nov 30.
* If David is Nov 30, then *Imaginary Borders* must be before Nov 30. The only date before Nov 30 is Nov 21.
* But Nov 21 is Maggie (Mystery). And *Imaginary Borders* is Non-Fiction (Clue 6). Contradiction! Maggie reads Mystery, not Non-Fiction.
* Therefore, Combination 1 is invalid.

Let's test Combination 2: Maggie=Nov 21, *In Other Lands*=Nov 30, Historical=Dec 12.
* Maggie (Mystery) = Nov 21.
* *In Other Lands* = Nov 30.
* Historical = Dec 12.
* Remaining Date: Dec 5.

Check Clue 3: *Imaginary Borders* < David < Historical (Dec 12).
* David must be before Dec 12. Available dates: Nov 21 (Maggie), Nov 30, Dec 5.
* David cannot be Maggie. So David is Nov 30 or Dec 5.
* Also, *Imaginary Borders* < David.
* If David is Nov 30: *Imaginary Borders* must be Nov 21. But Nov 21 is Maggie (Mystery). *Imaginary Borders* is Non-Fiction. Contradiction.
* If David is Dec 5: *Imaginary Borders* must be before Dec 5. Available dates before Dec 5 are Nov 21 (Maggie/Mystery) and Nov 30 (*In Other Lands*).
* *Imaginary Borders* cannot be Nov 21 (Mystery vs Non-Fiction).
* So *Imaginary Borders* must be Nov 30.
* This means *In Other Lands* (due Nov 30) IS *Imaginary Borders*.
* So, Book: *Imaginary Borders* = Genre: Non-Fiction = Due: Nov 30.
* This fits! *Imaginary Borders* is Non-Fiction.
* So, David is due Dec 5.
* And *Imaginary Borders* (Nov 30) < David (Dec 5) < Historical (Dec 12). This works perfectly.

Let's verify the assignments so far in Combination 2:
1. Maggie: Due Nov 21, Genre Mystery. Book? Unknown yet.
2. Book *Imaginary Borders*: Due Nov 30, Genre Non-Fiction. Student? Unknown yet.
3. David: Due Dec 5. Book? Unknown. Genre? Unknown.
4. Historical Book: Due Dec 12. Student? Unknown. Title? Unknown.

Remaining Date: None used? Wait.
Dates: Nov 21 (Maggie), Nov 30 (*Imaginary Borders*), Dec 5 (David), Dec 12 (Historical). All dates assigned to specific slots/people.

Who is the student for *Imaginary Borders* (Nov 30)?
* Clue 5: Kai is due Nov 30 or Dec 12.
* Here, Nov 30 is occupied by *Imaginary Borders*.
* Could Kai be the student reading *Imaginary Borders*?
* Clue 2 says Kai is NOT reading Non-Fiction.
* *Imaginary Borders* IS Non-Fiction.
* So Kai CANNOT be the student due on Nov 30.
* Therefore, Kai MUST be due on Dec 12.
* So, Kai is due Dec 12.
* We established Dec 12 is the Historical book.
* So, Kai reads the Historical book.

Now we have:
* Maggie: Nov 21, Mystery.
* Student reading *Imaginary Borders* (Non-Fiction): Nov 30. Who is this? Not Kai (he's Dec 12). Not Maggie (she's Nov 21). Not David (he's Dec 5). So it must be Jordan or the remaining student.
* Wait, let's identify the students. We have Maggie, David, Kai. The fourth student is Jordan (from Clue 1).
* So the student due Nov 30 reading *Imaginary Borders* must be Jordan? Or is it someone else?
* Let's check Clue 1 again: "The four students are Jordan, the one reading *The Book Thief*, the one reading a Sci-Fi/Fantasy book, and the one with the November 21st due date."
* This implies:
1. Jordan
2. Reader of *The Book Thief*
3. Reader of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
4. Person with Nov 21 due date (Maggie)
* These are four distinct entities.
* So, Jordan $\neq$ Reader of *The Book Thief*.
* Jordan $\neq$ Reader of Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
* Jordan $\neq$ Maggie (Nov 21).

Let's place the students into the dates we found:
* Nov 21: Maggie (Mystery).
* Nov 30: *Imaginary Borders* (Non-Fiction). Student?
* Dec 5: David.
* Dec 12: Kai (Historical).

Who is the student on Nov 30?
It can't be Maggie, David, or Kai. It must be Jordan.
So, Jordan is due Nov 30, reads *Imaginary Borders*, Genre Non-Fiction.

Let's check if this contradicts Clue 1.
Clue 1 says Jordan is distinct from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy reader and *The Book Thief* reader.
Jordan reads Non-Fiction. So he is not the Sci-Fi/Fantasy reader. Good.
Is Jordan reading *The Book Thief*? No, he's reading *Imaginary Borders*. Good.

Now let's fill in the rest for David and Maggie.
Current Status:
* Maggie: Nov 21, Mystery, Book?
* Jordan: Nov 30, Non-Fiction, *Imaginary Borders*.
* David: Dec 5, Genre?, Book?
* Kai: Dec 12, Historical, Book?

Remaining Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. (Mystery, Non-Fiction, Historical are taken).
So David's genre must be Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

Check Clue 1 again: "The four students are Jordan, the one reading *The Book Thief*, the one reading a Sci-Fi/Fantasy book, and the one with the November 21st due date."
* We identified David as the Sci-Fi/Fantasy reader.
* So David is distinct from Jordan (yes), distinct from *The Book Thief* reader, and distinct from Nov 21 person (Maggie).
* This implies David does NOT read *The Book Thief*.

Remaining Books: *In Other Lands*, *The Book Thief*, *The Diviners*.
We know from Clue 7 that *In Other Lands* is due Nov 30? Wait.
Let's re-read Clue 7: "*In Other Lands* is due before the historical book but after Maggie’s book."
In our current setup:
* Maggie: Nov 21
* Historical (Kai): Dec 12
* So *In Other Lands* is between Nov 21 and Dec 12.
* The dates between are Nov 30 and Dec 5.
* We previously assigned *Imaginary Borders* to Nov 30.
* Does *In Other Lands* have a specific date assigned yet? No, just the relative position.
* However, we deduced that the book due on Nov 30 is *Imaginary Borders*.
* So *In Other Lands* CANNOT be Nov 30.
* Therefore, *In Other Lands* MUST be Dec 5.
* Who is due Dec 5? David.
* So, David reads *In Other Lands*.
* Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

So now we have:
* David: Dec 5, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, *In Other Lands*.

Check Clue 1 consistency:
* David is the Sci-Fi/Fantasy reader.
* Clue 1 says the Sci-Fi/Fantasy reader is distinct from the *The Book Thief* reader.
* David reads *In Other Lands*. So he is not reading *The Book Thief*. Consistent.

Remaining Students/Books/Genres:
* Maggie: Nov 21, Mystery, Book?
* Kai: Dec 12, Historical, Book?

Remaining Books: *The Book Thief*, *The Diviners*.
Remaining Genres: All assigned?
* Maggie: Mystery
* Jordan: Non-Fiction
* David: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
* Kai: Historical
Yes, all genres assigned.

Who reads *The Book Thief*?
Clue 1 says: "The four students are Jordan, the one reading *The Book Thief*, the one reading a Sci-Fi/Fantasy book (David), and the one with the November 21st due date (Maggie)."
This list identifies the four unique people.
1. Jordan
2. Reader of *The Book Thief*
3. David (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)
4. Maggie (Nov 21)

Since Jordan, David, and Maggie are already identified as specific roles, the "one reading *The Book Thief*" must be the fourth person, Kai.
So, Kai reads *The Book Thief*.

This leaves Maggie with the last book: *The Diviners*.

Let's double check everything.

Proposed Solution:
1. Maggie: Nov 21, Mystery, *The Diviners*
2. Jordan: Nov 30, Non-Fiction, *Imaginary Borders*
3. David: Dec 5, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, *In Other Lands*
4. Kai: Dec 12, Historical, *The Book Thief*

Verification against Clues:
1. *The four students are Jordan, the one reading The Book Thief (Kai), the one reading a Sci-Fi/Fantasy book (David), and the one with the November 21st due date (Maggie).* -> Yes, these are 4 distinct people.
2. *Kai is not reading the Non-Fiction book.* -> Kai reads Historical. Yes.
3. *David’s due date (Dec 5) is before the due date for the Historical book (Dec 12) but after the due date for Imaginary Borders (Nov 30).* -> Dec 5 < Dec 12 and Dec 5 > Nov 30. Yes.
4. *Maggie is reading the Mystery book.* -> Yes.
5. *Kai’s book is due either on November 30th or on December 12th.* -> Kai is due Dec 12. Yes.
6. *The Non-Fiction book is Imaginary Borders.* -> Jordan reads Non-Fiction/*Imaginary Borders*. Yes.
7. *In Other Lands (Dec 5) is due before the historical book (Dec 12) but after Maggie’s book (Nov 21).* -> Nov 21 < Dec 5 < Dec 12. Yes.

Everything fits perfectly.

Final Answer:
| Due Date | Student | Book Title | Genre |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| November 21 | Maggie | The Diviners | Mystery |
| November 30 | Jordan | Imaginary Borders | Non-Fiction |
| December 5 | David | In Other Lands | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| December 12 | Kai | The Book Thief | Historical |