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Did you know that a baby's heart doesn't look even *remotely* like an actual human heart until at least 35 days after it's born? At first, it's just got two squiggly tubes, which then fuse to form an "x" shape, and then it *eventually* forms chambers.

That's insane to me. ???

I loved this MG nonfiction title about race, gender, & medicine. And, to be honest, I don't often use the words "love" and "nonfiction" in the same breath.

It's about how a trio (including a female doctor and an African American research assistant) inspired the true beginnings of cardiac surgery, and saved the lives of thousands of "beyond hope" babies. I often found myself stopping to share learned info with those around me. Seriously amazing.

#makeamericagreatagain #picturepostcard

"Throughout the South, an African American had been hanged, burned alive, or beaten to death by a white mob every four days from 1889 through 1929."