![]() ![]() We laughed anyhow, both of us helpless with it. There is also so much joy and excitement within these pages: Then I sort of just sit there on the floor with my back to the wall, wiping away tears and shaking all over. It takes me a full two, maybe three minutes to get ahold of myself. Tucked within these letters are deep and difficult topics like bullying, homophobia, relationship consent, substance use, and grief. The reader moves through the book not by chapters but by easy to read back-and-forth letters from one boy to the other. ![]() We Contain Multitudes is a book that leans into some difficult and important topics. ![]() This year, the Vermont Humanities picked this book for its Vermont Reads program and is encouraging all Vermonters across the state to read and then discuss together. Write the two teen boys to each other in the book We Contain Multitudes, by Sarah Henstra. Looking for your next book? Lizzy Lyons, Rural Grant- Children’s Advocacy Coordinator, reviews this year’s Vermont Reads pick ![]()
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Mathilde–now Madame Loisel–had always felt like she should have been upper class, and is unhappy in her married life: she hates their home, their food, and her lack of fine clothing and jewelry. Mathilde is born to a low-class family with no money for a dowry, she is married to Monsieur Loisel, a clerk from the Board of Education. ![]() ![]() Nearby wolves make Hawkeye fearful that the enemy is close. Hawkeye guides the group to safety rather than risk an encounter with enemy tribes. Attempts to capture the traitorous Huron are unsuccessful. Heyward and Hawkeye’s groups encounter each other. The hear a party is approaching on horseback. Hawkeye, the white hunter, and Chingachgook, a mohican, discuss current events while Uncas trails Maqua tribesmen. ![]() The group encounters an interesting stranger along the way. 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He was given a lifetime achievement award by the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock, Texas. He also received honorary doctorates from Hardin-Simmons University and Texas Tech University. In 1998 he received the first Lone Star award for lifetime Achievement from the Larry McMurtry Center for Arts and Humanities at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas. The Texas Legislature proclaimed Elmer Kelton Day in April 1997. In 1990 he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association. ![]() In 1987 he received the Barbara McCombs/Lon Tinkle Award for "continuing excellence in Texas letters" from the Texas Institute of Letters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reduced food intake was seen in some of the studies in overweight and obese populations, but this was less apparent in the studies in normal-weight populations. Mindfulness-based approaches may prevent weight gain. 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