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2022 selection · Young readers
Attack of the Black Rectangles
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, eye-opening reads, kids’ books, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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