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October 19 at Lake Forest Park
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October 19 at Ravenna
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October 20 at Seward Park
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October 20 at Ravenna
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October 21 at Ravenna
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October 22 at Ravenna
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October 22 at Seward Park
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October 22 at Lake Forest Park
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October 23 at Lake Forest Park
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October 23 at Ravenna
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October 24 at Ravenna
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October 24 at Seward Park
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No two could be more different: Libby Strout, an obese girl who had to be cut out of her house a couple years ago, and Jack Masselin, who has face blindness, never able to recognize even family members without special "indicators". No one can not notice Libby's challenge, while no one knows about Jack, who is a skilled pretender. Because of a cruel prank in the high school cafeteria, punches are thrown, and both Libby and Jack are forced into community service. This is where each starts seeing beyond the other's facade, and a relationship is born. With Niven's spot-on, realistic dialogues and spellbinding, language, readers will love these two outstanding kids. Spirits lift, as Libby and Jack learn to be themselves!
In honor of 4/20.
Puff takes place on the night of a severe blizzard in Boston during the 1970s. John and Gully Sullivan masquerade as Red Cross rescue personnel in order to maneuver around the city, trying to score a bag of weed before the night is through. Their misadventures, written by stand-up comic Bob Flaherty, are a riotous good time.
A stunning debut pioneering in its accurate portrayal of a first generation Chinese immigrant family (refreshingly free of stereotypes) and the pressure of the expectations, both societal and familial, forced upon them in a contradiction of identity. Within the first page, I was drawn to Fu's lyrical writing and vibrant characters that gradually intertwined with quiet brilliance and wit.Fu explores the debacle of what life is when constricted to a suffocating outlook of self-denial - what are we willing to sacrifice and suffer though in order for a few sparing moments of authenticity and the happiness it brings? Is complacency all we can accept when faced with overwhelming fear?All in all, an essential and engrossing read from an author whose further works I will be keeping an eye out for.
