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Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
Nora Shalaway Carpenter (ed)
Illustrator: Graphic Short Stories illustrated by Veeda Bybee and Randy DuBurke; B&W Spot Illustration by NasuÄĦraq Rainey Hopson
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1210-5
Keywords: cities and towns, communities, identity, race, gender, sexuality
Authors explore and celebrate issues of identity and growing up in rural America. Includes two black-and-white graphic shorts and one spot illustration.