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Queen Of The Sea

by Dylan Meconis

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Queen Of The Sea by Dylan Meconis appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, funny stuff, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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