The latest stack of books from our go-to librarian will transport you to Newfoundland, New Orleans, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Massachusetts, and the British Isles.
Ashtabula, Ohio, was a thriving factory town in the 1950s, with a busy port where freighters brought iron ore to be used in the steel mills of Pennsylvania.
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Remains of La Pescaderia, a community center in Loiza, Puerto Rico. The island will receive nearly $20 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help rebuild after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017.
Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR
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