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Global Stories That Have Expanded the “Great American” Literary Canon

The following illustrations are from America is Immigrants, by Sara Nović, illustrated by Alison Kolesar

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Excerpted from America is Immigrants by Sara Nović, illustrated by Alison Kolesar. Copyright © 2019 by Sara Nović and Alison Kolesar. Excerpted by permission of Random House. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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