Red at the Bone
A Novel
by Jacqueline Woodson
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appears in Coming of Age.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of OPRAH MAGAZINE'S "BEST BOOKS OF 2019" A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off." Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, in The Atlantic"An exquisite tale of family legacy....The power and poetry of Woodson's writing...
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