The Power of One Heart
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A teenage girl, Sama, and her family moves states. They leave their happy, peaceful, accepting, town in Ohio and move to an unwelcoming, bigger, town in New York. When the partially Muslim family arrives in New York, big obstacles wait ahead for them. Will the family be forced to move back because of bigotry? Or will someone speak up from their heart and show the family acceptance?
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