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@BarbaraBB Here is a book local to me, although set in my parent‘s generation. Billy Casper is a young boy in a small Yorkshire town with little prospect of achieving anything in life, he like so many others will go to work in the coal mines. Billy finds love and companionship with a kestrel, he names Kes, but he soon learns that he has allowed his dreams to fly too high. #ThinkLocalGiveAway

Congratulations on the Litsyversary, @BarbaraBB and thank you for hosting the #ThinkLocalGiveAway. I realized that I haven‘t reading anything set in Oregon which I need to rectify. However, I usually recommend the tagged fictional book set in India. It is one of my favorites as it focuses on the political history from the time that India gained independence in 1947 but the characters reimagined from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata.

Hi @BarbaraBB ! Congratulations on your 3 year Litsyversary. This is a super fun idea of a giveaway! 🥳 Thankee!

I read this book when i was 16, which i think was too young an age to understand this multifaceted, complex story. Don't remember much now, which tells me that i should re-read it. Set in Kerala in India, it's a tale of forbidden love, family, childhood bonds, hope. #thinklocalgiveaway

Congrats @BarbaraBB ! You always have the greatest post! I am recommending "The Good Neighbor". Mr. Roger's is an icon in western PA. And especially now, his wisdom is sorely needed.
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Thank you for your giveaway opportunity @BarbaraBB and cheers to three years! 🥂

This book was written by a former admin in our school district about the time she spent as our first “diversity practitioner.” It‘s such a relevant read and I‘m thankful that she had the courage to speak out. It‘s doesn‘t get more local than this. #thinklocalgiveaway

@BarbaraBB ! I almost forgot to enter your #ThinkLocalGiveAway!

This Canadian novel is set in Vancouver‘s Chinatown in the 1940s and tells the story of three siblings growing up as immigrants when their family is still very much a part of ‘Old China‘.

Vancouver is not my hometown (it‘s in the next province) but I‘ve spent a lot of time there (and in Chinatown, as well). This is a beautiful first novel and I highly recommend it.

There are too many fantastic books set in NYC, most of which you've already read (10:04). So, I am recommending a book set in the state where I grew up: Minnesota. Tim O'Brien wrote one of my favorite 1001 books (The Things They Carried) and I also enjoyed this mystery.

One of the things I am missing this summer is my vacation to visit family in the Twin Cities and the few days we'd spend at the lake.

#ThinkLocalGiveaway @BarbaraBB

The Gilbreth family in Cheaper by the Dozen lives in Montclair, NJ, one town over from where i grew up. Throughout grad school, I worked in Montclair and @mollyrotondo and i frequent Montclair when the world isn't shut down due to covid

#ThinkLocalGiveaway @BarbaraBB

I had some trouble coming up with a local book @BarbaraBB!! No one ever sets books just in the middle of Ohio. 😂 But when I read Ready Player One I was delighted to find Columbus as the future hub of technology & the place everyone was dying to live!! 😁 Thanks for having the #ThinkLocalGiveaway!!!