This week we are looking at Barbara Kingsolver's novel Demon Copperhead. In her book, Kingsolver examines the opioid crisis that is ongoing and how those involved are effected. She also takes a look at life in Appalachia and the people that inhabit it.

This week's curation:

• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
• Dubliners by James Joyce
• Raised for a Future that No Longer Exists (YouTube mini-documentary) by Vice // Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_6G9gab_f4
• The Damage is Terrifying by Hannah Marriott of The Guardian // Link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/05/the-damage-is-terrifying-barbara-kingsolver-on-trump-rural-america-and-the-recovery-home-funded-by-her-hit-novel

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This week we look at Percival Everett's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, James. Everett writes a companion piece to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the perspective and point of view of James.

Our curation this week:

• Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• I, Too by Langston Hughes

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This week, we are reviewing and curating Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. We'll take a brief look at his style, dialect use, and his craft of contrasts to pull out his message. We will also talk about how Twain uses this as a mirror for not just the America of his time but the America of today, and the importance of reading this with your child.

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