The girl who fell from the sky
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Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.
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9781616200152, 1616200154
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278 pages ; 21 cm
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After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Durrow, H. W. (2011). The girl who fell from the sky. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Durrow, Heidi W., 1969-. 2011. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Durrow, Heidi W., 1969-, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.

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Durrow, Heidi W. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.

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