Selected Further Reading for "You Are Here"
"You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited and introduced by Ada Limón is The Seattle Public Library's 2025 Seattle Reads selection. Librarians have suggested these poetry, nonfiction and fiction titles for adults and teens that connect to the themes of "You Are Here."
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The Light Eaters
Drawing on the latest botanical research, science writer Schlanger explores the complex and incredible strategies that plants have developed in order to adapt and survive on this planet. This work challenges our conceptions of consciousness and invites us to reexamine our relationships with plants.
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Open Throat
In this imaginative and melancholy novella, a queer mountain lion lives a precarious existence under the Hollywood sign, observing the puzzling behaviors of the humans of el lay, aka Los Angeles.
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Migrations
In a near-future ravaged by climate change, Franny Stone, a passionate but troubled environmentalist, convinces a fishing boat captain to help her track the last remaining flock of Arctic terns on their flight home.
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The Overstory
Trees – and the desire to save them from destruction – connect the lives of nine characters from very different walks of life in Powers’ sweeping novel of ecological activism.
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Pink Slime
Toxic red algae is the source of a devastating epidemic in this bleak but lyrically written dystopian novel from Uruguayan author Trías.
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The Seed Keeper
Returning to her family’s homeland after the death of her husband, a Dakota woman finds solace by reconnecting with the seeds and soil of her people in this atmospheric and thought-provoking novel.
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The Words in My Hands
In a dystopian world where people’s relationships to nature have been severed, a deaf teen builds their own relationship to the natural world through gardening.
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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Adapted by Monique Gray Smith with illustrations from Nicole Neidhardt, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults explores our reciprocal relationship with the earth through sharing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and lessons from the plant world.
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A Snake Falls to Earth
A teen Lipan Apache girl from our world and a cottonmouth snake from the Reflecting World are brought together by environmental change and centuries of family ties.
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Poems to Live your Life by
Artist and writer Chris Riddell has curated a lovely illustrated collection that will sustain readers as they grow up. The book includes works from both famous and lesser-known poets -- from selections of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to lyrics to an indie rock song by Phoebe.
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