The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Henstra, Sarah

We Contain Multitudes

377 pp. | Little | May, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-52465-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-52464-3

(2) YA Henstra uses the epistolary format with great success in this novel about the burgeoning romance between sophomore Jonathan Hopkirk ("Jo"), an openly gay poetry and music lover, and senior football star Adam Kurlansky ("Kurl"). Perhaps there's melodrama in this couple's beautiful love, and in how spectacularly it's challenged by devastating conflicts, but this is what makes the book such an epic, sweeping romance--and gay teens deserve more of those.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2019