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Oh the Places You’ll Go (Through Books)

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri once wrote, “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” Whether you find yourself in planes, trains, or automobiles traveling to experience new places and cultures or you’re sticking close to home this summer, books always make good companions. Even though the LFHS Library is closed for the…

LFHS freshman Sophia has a favorite read called Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch. She says, ¨It kept me interested and combined love and adventure in the perfect ratio!!!!!!! MUST READ! Best book I’ve ever read.¨

Goodread Synopsis:

¨Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her…

The best book of Elliott, LFHS Class of 2019, is The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng. He explains,¨The book explores relationships formed and broken in a setting during World War 2, taking place in Malaysia. The narrator’s voice matures throughout the story, as he witnesses the loss of loved ones to Japanese invasion and violent diplomacy.¨

Goodreads Synopsis:

¨Set during the tumult of World War…