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Laws, ValerieLawson, MaryLethem,JonathanQuantum SheepIn 2002 Valerie spray-painted words ontothe fleeces of sheep from a nearby farm.As the flock milled about, the wordsrearranged and a new “poem” wascreated every time the sheep came torest.The Other Side of the BridgeTwo generations in the small townof Struan, Ontario, are tragicallyinterlocked, linked by fate andcommunity but separated by a war whichdevours its young men - its unimaginablehorror reaching right into the heart ofthis remote corner of an empire. Withher astonishing ability to turn the ratchetof tension slowly and delicately, Lawsonbuilds their story to a shocking climax.The Fortress of SolitudeThis is the story of two boys, Dylan Ebdusand Mingus Rude. They are friends andneighbors, but because Dylan is whiteand Mingus is black, their friendshipis not simple. This is the story of theirBrooklyn neighborhood, which is almostexclusively black despite the first whispersof something that will become known as“gentrification.”51