The Dogear
Cover of Swift River

Swift River

by Essie Chambers

2024

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
4/5

Set in

  • ★
    Western Massachusetts · United States
    All-white New England mill town Swift River; Diamond is the only Black person after her father's disappearance, 1987
    ★ primary

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