Owl Book Group Selections: 2017-2018Like this list

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• Another Brooklyn

  a Novel

  Woodson, Jacqueline,

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  Torn between the fantasies of her youth and the realities of a life marked by violence and abandonment, August reunites with a beloved old friend who challenges her to reconcile past inconsistencies and come to terms with the difficulties that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Commonwealth

  a Novel

  Patchett, Ann,

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  After Beverly Keating and Bert Cousins unexpectedly decide to blend families, their children forge a lasting bond based on shared disillusionment with their parents during summers spent together in Virginia.

• Class Matters

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  Uses real life examples to explore class inequities in American society and to describe how factors such as education, occupation, and income all contribute to creating real differences in social mobility and opportunity.

• Rooftops of Tehran

  Seraji, Mahbod

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  In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends one perfect, stolen summer with his beautiful neighbor, Zari, until he unwittingly guides the Shah's secret police to their target: Zari's intended. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire

  How a Visionary and the Glaciers of Alaska Changed America

  Heacox, Kim

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  Follows the life and legacy of John Muir, an environmental preservationist whose work led to the foundation of the Sierra Club and the National Park System.

• The Sellout

  Beatty, Paul,

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  A biting satire by the author of The White Boy Shuffle traces a young man's isolated upbringing and a racially charged trial that sends him to the Supreme Court.

• The Soul of An Octopus

  a Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness

  Montgomery, Sy,

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  Naturalist Montgomery admirably demonstrates the complexity, intellect, and personalities of the octopuses she has come to know at the Boston Aquarium - sweet-natured Athena, steadfast Octavia, and mischievous Kali - without ever resorting to easy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Moor's Account

  a Novel

  Lalami, Laila, 1968-

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  Moroccan slave Estebanico barely survives his early 16th-century expedition's encounters with storms, disease and hostile natives while traveling to the Gulf Coast and beyond.

• Swing Time

  Smith, Zadie,

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  Two dark-skinned dancers with very different talents share a complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in early adulthood.

• The Sympathizer

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.

• Lab Girl

  Jahren, Hope

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  A debut memoir by an award-winning paleobiologist traces her childhood in her father's laboratory, her longtime relationship with a brilliant but wounded colleague, and the remarkable discoveries they have made both in the lab and during extensive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hillbilly Elegy

  a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

  Vance, J. D.,

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  Shares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past.