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Main Library and Fairfield Woods Branch Library will be closed for Presidents' Day.

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Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/08/28/mondays-not-coming-by-tiffany-d-jackson/
TW: child abuse/neglect, miscarriage, homophobia The novel Monday’s Not Coming is complex. The novel focuses on the mysterious disappearances of black children and the faulty system that frequently causes the kids to fall between the cracks. These are two extremely serious themes. The narrative...

Hani and Ishi’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/07/01/hani-and-ishis-guide-to-fake-dating-by-adiba-jaigirdar/
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating manages to be light and romantic, while simultaneously dealing with the issues and perspective of a culture that rarely sees the light of day in Western storytelling. The dual-perspective plot follows two Bengali (one Indian, one Bangladeshi)...

IVY ABERDEEN’S LETTER TO THE WORLD by Ashley Herring Blake

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/10/31/ivy-aberdeens-letter-to-the-world-by-ashley-herring-blake/
Since the birth of her twin brothers, twelve year-old Ivy feels increasingly invisible and things get only worse after a devastating tornado rips through her town, completely destroying her home. Not only does Ivy try to make sense her living situation, her distant family,...

Dumplin’

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/10/06/dumplin/
Title: Dumplin’ Author: Julie Murphy Summary: Willowdean Dickson is waiting for that moment when her life will really start. Living in a small Texas town famous for it’s beauty pageant as a fat girl isn’t always easy, but Will knows that she is who...

I’ll Give You the Sun

https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/03/03/ill-give-you-the-sun/
Title: I’ll Give You the Sun Author: Jandy Nelson Summary: Vibrant, outgoing Jude and shy, artistic Noah are twins. They may not be identical, but they have been together forever. Despite petty jealousies over their parents’ affection, their mother’s ambition for both of them to attend a prestigious...