Caleb's Crossing -- Geraldine Brooks
Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk was the first Native American to attend Harvard College, in the 1660s. The story is told from the point of view of Bethia Mayfield, the daughter of a Puritan preacher. Based on a true story, it is truly an amazing tale.
Silver Sparrow -- Tayari Jones
Dana and Chaurisse are sisters, but live very different parallel lives. Their father is married to Chaurisse's mother, who has no idea that her husband has a secret life. Dana and her mother "surveil" their competition. Inevitably, the girls' lives cross, with devastating consequences.
The Abstinence Teacher -- Tom Perrota
Ruth,a divorced mother of two girls, is a health teacher in a public high school. When she unknowningly runs afoul of the new sex education curriculum, she becomes embroiled in a controversy that divides her east coast town and the new fundamentalist church and its congregation.
Blood Red Road -- Moira Young
The Hunger Games meets Mad Max. Lugh, Saba's twin brother is kidnapped by violent horsemen who also kill their father. In a post-apocolyptic world Saba and her younger sister Emmi go in search of their brother. In their travels, they are enslaved, meet a band of women warriors and torment the self appointed "Sun King." They also meet Jack, a charming nomadic outlaw, to whom Saba is inextricably drawn. The first of a trilogy, this is a riveting tale.
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