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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • Love & Romance

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Girls & Women • School & Education

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If Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Prejudice & Racism, Social Topics, Love & Romance and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Misa Sugiura, Kacen Callender, Renée Watson, Gary Soto, and others.