This year’s book, We Contain Multitudes explores themes of love, friendship, and survival through the growing the relationship between two high school boys. Author Sarah Henstra is a professor of English at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, and the author of two previous novels, Mad Miss Mimic and The Red Word, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award in Canada. 7 rows · · "We Contain Multitudes is an emotional journey, both heartbreaking and healing. A true love letter Brand: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Write the two teen boys to each other in the book We Contain Multitudes, by Sarah Henstra. This year, the Vermont Humanities picked this book for its Vermont Reads program and is encouraging all Vermonters across the state to read and then discuss together. We Contain Multitudes is a book that leans into some difficult and important topics.
#books #bookreviewFor my written review of this book, please visit my blog: bltadwin.ru Epistolary novels have a long tradition in literature, and even young adult novels like Sarah Henstra's We Contain Multitudes have gotten in on the act. Given their younger audiences, however, authors writing for teens often incorporate new technologies or other clever twists on the epistolary form. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets I'll Give You the Sun in an exhilarating and emotional novel about the growing relationship between two teens boys, told through the letters they write to one another. Jonathan Hopkirk and Adam "Kurl" Kurlansky are partnered in English class, writing letters to one another in a weekly pen pal assignment.
bookshelf. 1. WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES. by Sarah Henstra ‧RELEASE DATE: . An archaic form of communication, a contemporary setting, and the timeless lure of love. Jo and Kurl attend the same Minnesota school and are pen pals by class assignment. “We Contain Multitudes” by Sarah Henstra Canadian author Sarah Henstra has written a beautiful, challenging novel styled in epistolary form that will resonate with readers in many ways. We Contain Multitudes is the story of two high school boys who discover friendship, and then love, through letters to each other. Write the two teen boys to each other in the book We Contain Multitudes, by Sarah Henstra. This year, the Vermont Humanities picked this book for its Vermont Reads program and is encouraging all Vermonters across the state to read and then discuss together. We Contain Multitudes is a book that leans into some difficult and important topics.
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