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2021 selection · Graphic novels
E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams, Volume One by Roye Okupe, illustrated by Sunkanmi Akinboye and Raphael Kazeem appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around comics & graphic novels, sci fi, fantasy & speculative fiction, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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