#TheLastChairlift is a #JohnIrving 800 pg tome which focuses on a ski instructor single mother & her son. Exploring ussues of sexual identity & politics, interesting people enter (and exit) their lives challenging the conventional norms of family, marriage & relationships.
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#JohnIrving returns to the orphanage of Cider House Rules in #QueenEsther - an orphaned Jewish girl whose life has been shaped by antisemitism. The story shifts to her son James as it explores other themes. Events from the middle east conflict shape the ending of the book.
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#ShelbyVanPelt brings together on older woman grieving the loss of a son & husband, a young man in search of his father & a stable life, & a smart octopus in #RemarkablyBrightCreatures They all meet at a small aquarium in NW WA & gradually their connections are revealed.
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#TheShards is by #BretEastonEllis. With himself as a central yet unreliable narrator, it follows his friends in senior yr who may be targeted by a serial killer who might be the new student. Set in the 80s in SoCal, Ellis themes of sex, drugs & crime are prevalent thruout.
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#JacquelineWoodson has a verse novel about a boy Lonnie (nicknamed #Locomotion ) who is coping with the tragic loss of his parents, entry into the foster care system & separation from his sister. He must develop a new sense of what home & family mean.
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#AndrewClements focuses on free speech rights in #TheLandryNews. When a new girl posts an editorial criticizing her burnt out teacher, a chain reaction starts. Hands on learning takes place & motivates the teacher to change. #BrianSelnick illustrates.
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