Worlds apart
Rush to Danger includes stories from this major 20th-century global conflict.
WW2
In My Brilliant Friend, Elena frequently reflects on the complex relationship she has with this childhood friend.
Lila
My Brilliant Friend was originally written in this language
Italian
The Book Club can never look at cherry printed clothing again, after this truly disturbing, but highly rated, book.
My Dark Vanessa
This Summer Will Be Different focuses it's time in these two Provinces.
Ontario and PEI
In the Great Alone, A gruff but warm-hearted neighbor, she teaches Leni and Cora how to survive in the Alaskan wilds and becomes their fiercest protector.
Large Marge
The original title of Weyward: A Novel plays on this archaic word meaning “fate” or “destiny.”
What is weird
In the 1980s, advertisements for missing children often appeared on this everyday item, which also inspired the title of this book about Janie Johnson, a teenager who uncovers a shocking truth about her childhood.
The Face on the Milk Carton
The events in Weyward: A Novel span across these three centuries.
What are the 17th, 20th, and 21st centuries?
Maddie struggles with her identity and independence in this novel.
Maame
Butter Honey Pig Bread features cultural references from Nigeria, where this language is commonly spoken.
Yoruba
In this story, Salama navigates the horrors of war, facing bullets, bombs, and moral dilemmas. Though sweet treats are only a distant memory, this type of tree stands as a powerful symbol of hope, resilience, and the enduring spirit of survival.
Lemon
The first short story in Never Whistle at Night is titled after this mysterious shape shifting creature that resembles the protagonist.
Kushtuka
We can't help but like, and perhaps, relate to Jolene in I hope this Finds you Well. Unfortunately, her irritating, incompetent coworkers, at this place of work, don’t seem to understand the importance of boundaries.
Supershops Inc.
In Mornings in Jenin the The Abulheja family’s displacement begins in 1948. This mass displacement is known what
The Nakba meaning catastrophe in Arabic
This book was read in year 1 of Book Club. While the Jaguar's Children left us all with a lingering sense of claustrophobia, the story centered around the use of GMOs and the destruction of this native food.
Corn
The Three-Body Problem explores contact with an alien civilization from this planet.
Trisolaris
Butter Honey Pig Bread features Kambirinachi, who believes she is this type of spirit from Igbo mythology.
Ogbanje
The original Chinese title of The Three-Body Problem references this aspect of physics.
What is three-body motion or celestial mechanics?
In this book, a young Pak Jun Do is give his first taste of power, by picking which parentless child eats first and which are lent out for manual labour.
The Orphan Master's Son