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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials: Book 1)
The first of a trilogy, this book follows Lyra Belacqua, an orphan who lives with the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College. One day her uncle, Lord Asriel, visits and tells her of mystery and danger in the far North. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs.…
The Haj
This book follows the story of one Arab family in Palestine as they experience the historic events of the 1920s-1950s. It goes on to show how the family is affected by the proximity of a nearby kibbutz (a collective Jewish community based on…
The Hate U Give
"Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two very different worlds: one is her home in a poor black urban neighborhood; the other is the tony suburban prep school she attends and the white boy she dates there. Her bifurcated life changes dramatically when…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
This book follows an introverted, high school freshman, Charlie, who befriends two seniors, Patrick and Sam, and starts to experiment with alcohol, drugs, and smoking. As he manages his new social life and his feelings towards Sam, Patrick's…
The Satanic Verses
This book follows two protagonists, Gibreel Farishta, a Bollywood superstar who specializes in playing Hindu deities, and Saladin Chamcha, an emigrant who has broken with his Indian identity and works as a voiceover artist in England. The book opens…
Thirteen Reasons why
"Everything affects everything," declares Hannah Baker, who killed herself two weeks ago. After her death, Clay Jensen--who had a crush on Hannah--finds seven cassette tapes in a brown paper package on his doorstep. Listening to the tapes, Hannah…
This One Summer
"This graphic novel captures Rose's summer on the cusp of adolescence, caught between her younger friend's childish interests and the compelling (but confusing) adult world. Episodic vignettes, contextualizing flashbacks, and Rose's own musings-all…
To Kill a Mockingbird
Set in the 1930s in the fictional town Maycomb, Alabama, this book focuses on Scout Finch who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed, lawyer father, Atticus. Scout, Jem, and their friend Dill are interested in the reclusive neighbour,…
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textures of your pandemic experience
A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.