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We Contain Multitudes
by Sarah Henstra
Ages: 12+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-52465-0
Keywords: Child Abuse, Diversity, Dysfunctional Families, LGBTQ, Poetry, Teenagers, Social/Emotional Learning, Friendship
A high school English assignment is the genesis for an unexpected friendship which develops into an even less expected romance in this epistolary novel.