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Bright Island
Yearling

Bright Island

Mabel L. Robinson, Lynd Ward

A coming-of-age novel about a girl from a Maine island who must attend school on the mainland and reconsider her future through family and friendships. The book carefully balances seaside life with the unease of leaving home.

Just Mary: A Memoir
Gill & Macmillan

Just Mary: A Memoir

Mary O'Rourke

A frank political memoir that mixes public life with private memory. Mary O’Rourke writes about family, power, success, disappointment, and the emotional cost of a long career in public life.

Corpse Whale (Sun Tracks)
Univ of Arizona Pr

Corpse Whale (Sun Tracks)

Dg Nanouk Okpik, Arthur Sze

An experimental poetry collection that folds mythic sensibility and contemporary experience together from an Inupiat perspective. Memory of land and community intersects in sharp, vivid images.

This Is Not My Hat (The Hat Trilogy)
Candlewick

This Is Not My Hat (The Hat Trilogy)

Jon Klassen

After a tiny fish steals a hat from a much larger fish, the contrast between innocent self-justification and quiet illustrations creates the humor. With minimal text, the book lightly conveys guilt and the sense of looming consequences.

Stag's Leap
Jonathan Cape

Stag's Leap

Sharon Olds

A highly personal collection that looks directly at divorce, grief, memory, and the possibility of renewed freedom.

Books to Die For
Emily Bestler Books / Atria Books

Books to Die For

John Connolly

This anthology gathers major mystery writers to write about the novels and traditions they love. Through criticism and essays, it offers a broad guide to the pleasures and history of detective fiction.