24 books that you should read this summer, according to local experts

Another collection of short stories that shouldn’t be missed is this one, set in a Native community in Maine, according to Flynn. The stories center on a boy and his family and friends over the decades of living on and off “the rez.” “It talks about family and tradition and purpose,” Flynn said. “And also the test of the Native community in the face of modernity and all of that … It’s really well written and beautiful.”