Worlds Apart: Poverty and Politics in Rural America, CYNTHIA M. After a career move to Paris and the arrival of two more sons (the first of whom was born with CF), the parents learn to navigate unfamiliar health-care systems and their sons' chronic disease with hilarity and a heap of grace. When Biggar's first son was born with cystic fibrosis, doctors told her and her husband, Darryl, PhD '92, that chances were slim he'd reach age 30. The Upside of Down: A Memoir, SUSAN BIGGAR, MA '90 Transit Lounge Publishing, $28. Set in Yellowstone Park and narrated by Maggie, a clever magpie who becomes part of the wolf pack, the story centers on themes of friendship, integrity and the importance of being true to oneself. Don't miss the chapter in which his students come face-to-face with a giant mound of thatching ants.įirstborn, TOR SEIDLER, '72 Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $16.99. Chasing butterflies and falling for a coyote, Lamar, firstborn son of alpha wolf Blue Boy, isn't living up to his father's standards. Nisbet, a teacher, shares the rich history of the Pacific Northwest through stories on the area's geography, topography and biology, not to mention its people and their relationship with the land.
Tales of her youthful fits and starts could spark nostalgia even in those who didn't grow up romping around the woods with near-complete freedom.Īncient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest, JACK NISBET, '71 Sas quatch Books, $21.95. The Slow Farm, TARN WILSON, MA '94 Ovenbird, $18. Wilson takes a look back at her life as a daughter of hippie parents, antiestablishment escapists who set up camp on a remote island off British Columbia in the early 1970s. Lamar wants to make his family happy, but is doing what is expected of him worth losing the only true friend he’s ever had?įull of bite and beauty that will make you think of White Fang, then Ferdinand, this story cuts to the heart of what’s most important: being true to yourself, and being true to others.-ELIZABETH ROSNER, '81, in Electric City Counterpoint Press, $26. While the other infractions can be begrudgingly tolerated, this one cannot, and the unity of the pack is in jeopardy. Blue Boy grows increasingly dismayed at Lamar’s lack of wolf instincts, and then Lamar does the intolerable: he becomes attracted to a coyote. He has little interest in peacocking in front of other clans. He worries if his younger siblings fall behind in the hunt. But Lamar is not turning out the way his father hoped. Blue Boy, the alpha male of his pack, is the largest wolf many have ever seen, and his dream is to have a firstborn son who will take after him in every way. Born into rankings and expected to live up to their roles. A young wolf seeks the bravery to be himself in this “rich take on the wild that quickens the pulse and fills the heart” ( Kirkus Reviews), from the author of National Book Award Finalist Mean Margaret and The Wainscott Weasel.
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