Reader Recommendations
Here are some titles our learners, tutors, and friends have recommended:
Biography
The Who-Was Series -recommended by Beth
Memoir
In the Belly of the Beast, Jack Abbot -recommended by Nathaniel
County of Kings, Lemon Andersen -recommended by Nathaniel
Even Silence Has an End Ingrid Betancourt -recommended by Nathaniel
A Boy Called “It,” Dave Pelzer -recommended by Nathaniel
The Lost Boy, Dave Pelzer -recommended by Nathaniel
A Man Named Dave, Dave Pelzer -recommended by Nathaniel
A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Bacca -recommended by Nathaniel
Novel
Seedfolks, Paul Fleishman -recommended by Beth
Shed So Many Tears, Roderick Bankston -recommended by Tina
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George -recommended by Beth
The Great Wide Sea, MH Herlong -recommended by Beth
Far North, Will Hobbs -recommended by Beth
Somewhere in Darkness, Walter Dean Myers -recommended by Kevin
Hatchet Series, Gary Paulsen -recommended by Kevin
Lost in the River of Grass, Ginny Rorby -recommended by Beth
The Great Death, John Smelcer -recommended by Beth
Deathwatch, Robb White -recommended by Kevin
One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams -Garcia-recommended by Megan
Orca Soundings Series -recommended by Beth
Poetry & Songs
Cold Feet, Tracy Chapman -recommended by Nathaniel
Give me One Reason, Tracy Chapman -recommended by Nathaniel
Desert Rose, Sting -recommended by Nathaniel
Short Stories
“Lamb to the Slaughter,” Roald Dahl -recommended by Megan
Non-Fiction
A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn - recommended by Tina
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander -recommended by Tina
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates -recommended by Tina
Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, Debby Irving -recommended by Tina
Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration, Michael Jacobson -recommended by Tina
Race, Incarceration and American Values, Glen C. Loury -recommended by Tina
Interview about race, incarceration and American values with Glen C. Loury -recommended by Tina
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, Marshall Rosenberg -recommended by Megan
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson -recommended by Tina