Utopia, Iowa

Utopia, IowaBy: Brian Yansky Jack Bell has an unusual giftor curse, depending on your point of view. And hes not the only one. In Utopia, Iowa, anything can happen. For the most part, aspiring screenwriter Jack Bell is just your typical Midwestern kid. Hes got a crush on his hot best friend, Ash. Hes coping with a sudden frostiness between his once crazy in love parents. Hes debating where to go to college next yearor whether to go at all. But then theres his

Can girls be strong

Bruce Feiler travels from the Garden of Eden in Iraq to the Sistine Chapel in Rome

but her memories are tattered fragments

who invite their friends Peg and Cat to check it out

Evie secretly sends her letters

perfect for reading and enjoying together — all while sparking plenty of important conversations

even a generation later

Patrick Chamoiseau gives us Texaco (winner of the Prix Goncourt

Brendan decides to give Morgan a chance

he listens in on things he’s heard himself saying in private and in public at critical points in his life–from the turbulence of the sixties

former co-chair of GLAAD and author of She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders

they are a loving one