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NPR recently talked to Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. The debut work has been getting a lot of attention, and won the 2009 Bellwether Prize for being a work of fiction that addresses social justice issues.  Durrow was inspired by her own experience of searching for identity as she wrote the book.  To read more about The Girl Who Fell From the Sky and to read an excerpt, click here.