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The Girl Who Lost Her Smile is a Middle Eastern children’s story recognized with Parent Magazine’s Gold Award for best children’s book and shortlisted for the Kentucky Book Award in 2002.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Karim Alrawi
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