Not So Pure and Simple social issues She shares her home with

She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon

She looks deeply into the fault lines of culture and freedom: the foreigner

Life’s not perfect

Pura Belpré Author Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)

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