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• The Boy Who Loved Too Much

  a True Story of Pathological Friendliness

  Latson, Jennifer,

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  January 30 - Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Homegoing

  Gyasi, Yaa,

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  February 27 - Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Circe

  a Novel

  Miller, Madeline,

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  March 27 - Circe is not powerful like her father Helios, nor viciously alluring like her mother Perse. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power-- the power of witchcraft, which can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braving the Wilderness

  the Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

  Brown, Brené,

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  April 24 - Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives -- experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. Now Brown redefines…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Island of Missing Trees

  Shafak, Elif, 1971-

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  May 29 - Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House in the Cerulean Sea

  Klune, TJ,

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  June 26 - Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Weyward

  a Novel

  Hart, Emilia,

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  July 31 - 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Euphoria

  a Novel

  King, Lily,

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  August 28 - English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the Territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hijab Butch Blues

  a Memoir

  H, Lamya,

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  September 25 - Fourteen years old and growing up in the Middle East, Lamya is an overachiever and a class clown, qualities that help her hide in plain sight when she realizes she has a crush on her teacher--her female teacher. She's also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Women Were Dragons

  a Novel

  Barnhill, Kelly Regan,

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  October 30 - Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours. But this version of 1950's America is characterized by a significant event: The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tulalip, From My Heart

  An Autobiographical Account of a Reservation Community

  Dover, Harriette Shelton, 1904-1991

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  November 20 - Born in 1904, Harriet Shelton Dover grew up hearing the elders of her tribe tell of the hardships involved in moving from their villages to the reservation on Tulalip Bay: inadequate supplies of food and water, harsh economic…Read moreRead more of this annotation