With a growing appreciation for LGBTQ+ characters and stories, and such a compelling novel with engaging characters and stunning language, WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES has the potential to be a commercial and literary success. Two teenage boys develop a friendship that eventually grows into love, but must overcome homophobia. The literary languages and references throughout (particularly to Walt Whitman) bring to mind award-winning novels such as I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN, ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE, and more. We Contain Multitudes is a recommended book club book. WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES is the sort of novel that has readers falling in love with their characters, becoming so invested in their stories and conflicts that it's impossible to put the book down.

In this book, I want to show you what the animal kingdom really looks like. for our grasp of our own biology is greatly impoverished if we don’t.

But with homophobia, bullying, and familial abuse, Jonathan and Kurl must struggle to overcome their conflicts and hold onto their relationship, and each other. Start reading I Contain Multitudes for free online and get access to an unlimited library of academic and non-fiction books on Perlego. With each letter, the two begin to develop a friendship that grows into love.

Jonathan Hopkirk and Adam 'Kurl' Kurlansky are partnered in English class, writing letters to one another in a weekly pen pal assignment.

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