Mother Ocean Father NationLAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD A brilliant debut novel. Joyce Carol Oates A brother and sisters paths diverge in the wake of political upheaval: one forced to leave, one left behind On a small Pacific island, two siblings tune in to a breaking news radio bulletin. It is 1985, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military coup. Now, fear and

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Life is simple and fulfilling—which of course means it’s time for complications to set in…

·         How do I express my feelings when the words won’t come out

Poppy feels as if her world has tipped sideways

But when a new kid named Luke starts hanging out with them

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‘Engaging…and fast-paced…I read this in a day’ Lisa

Davenport-Hines tells many stories of espionage

sweeping coming of age novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl—and falls in love

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The method encourages black boys and their parents to have a global view of the state of black people which enriches their view of themselves

Now Julia has disappeared—and no one knows for sure if she wants to be away