Captain America: The Truth – Red, Black, and White
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Captain America: The Truth shows the true origins of the super serum that gave Steve Rogers his powers — but the truth is a reality of black and white.
Fiction
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The Illegal by Lawrence Hill: A Canada Reads Finalist
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With the Syrian refugee crisis dominating current headlines, Lawrence Hill’s new book The Illegal is a timely look at at topics surrounding refugees and undocumented immigrants. But does it work as a story? That’s not as clear.
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Pen Pal by Francesca Forrest: A Stunning Self-Published Novel
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Em is a 12-year-old girl in a floating community off the Gulf Coast. Kaya is a political activist in a terrifying prison. They are pen pals. And Pen Pal by Francesca Forrest is the story of their correspondence.
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Clariel by Garth Nix: An Old Kingdom Prequel
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Clariel is a prequel looking at the backstory of a villain from the original Old Kingdom trilogy, but this origin story falls way short of expectations.
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Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
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Elysium combines the alternate reality concept of The Matrix with the gender-switching concept of Orlando and the retelling-Roman-history aspect of Julian Comstock to create something deeply inventive.