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2020 selection · Young readers
Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America by Nora Shalaway Carpenter appears in NPR’s 2020 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around young adult, identity & culture, the states we’re in, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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