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Mexikid

by Pedro Martín

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Mexikid by Pedro Martín appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, comics & graphic novels, kids’ books, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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