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America, My Love, America, My Heart

by Daria Peoples-Riley

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America, My Love, America, My Heart by Daria Peoples-Riley appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around identity & culture, the states we’re in, kids’ books, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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