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We Are All That's Left
by Carrie Arcos
Ages: 14+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Philomel Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-399-17554-1
Keywords: Mothers and Daughters, Trauma, War, Bosnia
With her mother in a coma after an explosion at a farmer's market, Zara seeks to uncover her tragic past. Chapters alternate between modern Rhode Island and 1990s Bosnia.