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and he doesn’t even have time to show his mom his report (on which he received a perfect score) before she rushes off to her night job

bringing our own strengths wherever we roam

Neal Shusterman

The Coin: A Novel Elizabeth Dowsett vacuuming the lawnA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind The Coins narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is