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MAY STAFF FAVORITES
BELONG TO ME
By Marisa De Los Santos
You will fall in love with these characters, laugh and cry. What more could you ask for?
—Andy, Literary Duck
SEEDFOLKS
By Paul Fleischman
A book about gardening, hope and the healing and magic that happens when people work together. —Heidi, Literary Duck
BLUE STAR
By Tony Earley
If you loved Jim the Boy, you will want to read this sequel of Jim in love. —Andy, Literary Duck
MUDBOUND
By Hillary Jordan
Very satisfying novel about the post-World War II South and returning soldiers facing racism. —Andy, Literary Duck
EGG & I
By Betty Bard MacDonald
Warm, light-hearted memoir of chicken farming in the Pacific Northwest. Full of humor, rain and mud. —Penny, Literary Duck
OLIVE KITTERIDGE
By Elizabeth Strout
Told in connected stories, this is an exquisitely crafted novel full of compassion, honesty and insight. —Andy, Literary Duck
THE THIRD ANGEL
By Alice Hoffman
Told in reverse chronological order, the last sections cast the first in an entirely new light. —Andy, Literary Duck
THE GIRL WITH NO SHADOW
By Joanne Harris
A page-turning sequel to Chocolat that is magical and seductive from cover to cover! —Shirley, Literary Duck
ATTACK OF THE THEATER PEOPLE
By Mark Acito
Portland author Acito's goofball adventure/love story was the funniest book I’ve read in ages. —Bruce, Literary Duck
REPUBLIC OF PIRATES
By Colin Woodward
The astonishing true story of the Pirates that inspired all the books and movies. Fascinating. —Lee Ann, Literary Duck
