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Include your first name (state), title of book, author, and four or five sentences that will make us want to read the book. 

 

 

Roberta (no state) Infidel by  Ayaan Hirsi Ali. This memoir would be suitable for older teens and anyone dealing with the conflicting pulls of being an immigrant. (Ali lived in four countries as a child, and at least two more as an adult.)  The author is a tough and controversial politician and thinker, and I would recommend caution to librarians, but it contains powerful passages about the liberation that reading brought to her imprisoned girlhood.  Books and ideas are her lifeblood, and she makes it clear that education (including self-education, mainly freely chosen reading) is vital to the growth of the mind and spirit. She escaped her background.


 

 

Taylor (Iowa) The Lost Boy by: David Pelzer

 This book has great information on what people in foster care do, and how they live their lives. The details are so specific you almost feel like you're there. After you read this book, your views might change what you think about child abuse and foster families. I loved reading this book because it interested me from the very begining.

 


 

 

 

Dani (Iowa)--The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and cast. This play brings light to a topic not so well known. I strongly recommend you read this! You will walk away with better knowledge of what really goes on in the gay community.


 

...I read The Laramie Project, too. What a great book about respecting human rights and dignity. (C.VH)

 


 

Katie (Iowa) She Said Yes by Misty Bernall. She Said Yes is about a 17 year old girl whose life was taken at Columbine High School. You would think that she was a Christian during her life, but she wasn't. Check out the book and find out what her life was like without Christ.


 

Katie (Iowa) Annie's Baby edited by Beatrice Sparks. Annie's Baby is the true life story about a 14 year old who became pregnant. She is one of the many teenage girls who thought it could never happen to her, until it did. Annie spilled out every single feeling and aspect of her life into her diary, from when she first saw Danny and thought she had fould true love to when she made the toughest decision she would ever have to make, which showed how much she really cared for and loved her baby girl. If you don't read this book, you are really missing out.

 

Comments (2)

hcps-fiorillmt said

at 10:05 am on Jan 13, 2014

Troy (Virginia) Marley and Me by: John Grogan
If you've ever had a pet, “Marley and Me” is one of those books that will cause you to slowly and nostalgically wind your way down your own memory lane. It is impossible, in my opinion, not to find yourself relating to the experiences Grogan has, even if you have never had 'the world's worst dog'. I wasn't expecting the book to bring back to life so many of my own pet experiences and found that pleasantly surprising. I even found myself wishing I had paid more attention to the details that went into the time we shared together, as Grogan has by writing a memoir about it, because with time those details have seemed to fade. There are plenty of different questions you will ask yourself as you read through the book. The book was funny and sad, just like the back cover promises. There are moments that are not necessarily tied to Marley, but instead to Grogan and how his life is evolving, which easily answered my initial question of how we would be able to make it through an entire book that seems to be only about a dog and his owner. It's a very easy, quick read book. For all of it's light-heartedness, there is a nice amount of depth to it, allowing you to continue your own mind's journey with those that you have also loved and lost. This is probably one of my favorite books that I have actually sat down and read. I would have to say this is probably a five star book.

Erica Goode said

at 3:37 pm on Jan 12, 2014

Erica (Virginia) Ty Cobb by: Dan Holmes
The book was a well-organized life story of a baseball player known as Ty Cobb. It focused on his career before and during his professional years of baseball. It emphasized on how he was as a person and who he was. It was planned well with the order of the chapters from chapter one of his early years to the last chapter which was nine of Ty Cobbs legacy. It had very descripted points to where you could almost picture his actions and performance. This book really takes you step by step of his life. I would definitely recommend this book especially to someone who wants to be a professional baseball player. This book would point you in the right direction it tells you all of Cobbs mistakes and what he did wrong but it always told us his great moments. It didn’t beat around the bush this book didn’t make Cobb seem like this big baseball player hero it told us his real life story with details that aren’t all great. I believe I made a good choice in choosing this book and I would most definitely read it again.

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