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Blood in the Water

by Tiffany D. Jackson

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, mysteries & thrillers, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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