Western Reserve Academy

Summer Reading Program 2004

Western Reserve Academy English Department Summer 2004 Required Reading

ENGLISH I (Class of 2008):

All freshmen should read at least one of the following texts this summer. In September, all freshmen should bring their book to class and be ready to discuss and write on it.

Non-Fiction:

This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy

Fiction:

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

ENGLISH II (Class of 2007):

All members of the Class of 2007 should carefully the read the following text over the summer. Come to class in September with the book, ready to discuss and write about it.

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

ENGLISH III (Class of 2006):

All members of the Class of 2006 should carefully the read the following text over the summer. Come to class in September with the book, ready to discuss and write about it.

Selections from Stephen Crane: Prose and Poetry

ENGLISH IV (AP and non-AP) (Class of 2005):

Mrs. Campbell either Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela OR Tomorrow is Another Country by Allister Sparks

Mr. Davis Creation by Gore Vidal AND The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene AND Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Mr. Donnelly Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Mr. Fry A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving AND Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Mr. Haile EITHER Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth OR Grendel by John Gardner (your choice) AND The Elizabethan World Picture by E.M.W. Tillyard

Mr. Hoffman This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mr. Moodey Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat- Moon

If you have any questions about these summer reading requirements, please contact Peter Fry (English Department Chair) at (330) 650-5822 or at [email protected]. Western Reserve Academy Summer Reading 2004 Most members of the Reserve community find pleasures in reading. For those of us tied to the academic calendar, summers and holidays give us what we need most – time. With that in mind, we offer students a booklet of recommended books for summer reading. Several of these titles have been suggested over the years by WRA students, faculty members and their families, and the WRA librarians. Other titles are recommended by the American Library Association for Young Adults.

This list is updated and titles rotated annually by the John D. Ong Library staff and is intended to provide some variety: classic to recently published titles, relatively easy to challenging reading levels, fiction and non-fiction selections covering diverse topics, and a list of recommended websites for further suggestions for award-winning books and titles in a specific genre. In general, books that are included in the WRA curriculum are not included. A few titles have frank passages that mirror some aspects of life explicitly. Therefore, we urge parents to explore the titles your teenagers choose and discuss the book as well as the choice with them.

This list is accessible on the WRA website from the Library home page. Last year’s Summer Reading List is accessible as well.

We hope every student will find several books that peak his curiosity or expand his horizon. Enjoy your summer, your free time, and try to spend some of it reading.

All the books on this list should be available in libraries and/or bookstores. The John D. Ong Library is open mornings in the summer 2-3 days per week, and stu- dents are welcome to use its facilities. Hours are posted on the library website.

Enjoy! The John D. Ong Library Staff

Table of Contents

Recommended Summer Reading for Ninth/Tenth Graders...... 1 Recommended Summer Reading for Eleventh/Twelfth Graders...... 18 Something for Everyone: Informational Titles for Teenagers...... 36 Poetry, Anyone?...... 37 Looking for a Good Book? Some Websites to Help You...... 40 Title Index...... 41 Author Index...... 47 Summer Reading for Ninth/Tenth Graders

Fiction:

All That Remains (Bruce Brooks, 2001) In three novellas, Brooks highlights Read teens whose lives are affected in various ways by a death in the family.* Animal Farm (George Orwell, 1946) This satire on dictatorship focuses on the overthrow of a farmer by the animals on his farm.

At All Costs (John Gilstrap, 1998) That Federal agents happened to be looking for someone else didn’t matter once they learned that Jake and his wife, Carolyn, were on their Ten Most Wanted List. They try to prove their innocence as they go on the run with their 13-year-old son in this terrific nail-biter.*

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie, 2001) Set in Mao’s China, this book examines the lives of two Chinese boys taken from their wealthy families and sent to a remote village to be “re-educated.” There they dis- cover a suitcase of Western literature with which they feed their minds and cre- ate their own education.

Black Mirror (Nancy Werlin, 2001) Sixteen-year-old Frances, an outsider at school, grapples with questions about her older brother’s suicide, which leads back to school cliques and power games.*

Brave New World (Aldous Huxley, 1932) In a chilling vision of the future, babies are produced in bottles and exist in a mechanized world without a soul.*

Call of the Wild (The) (Jack London, 1906) Buck is stolen from his life as a beloved pet. His life then changes drastically as he is abused as a Klondike sled dog. He later enjoys life with a loving master, John Thornton, and finally he becomes the leader of a pack of dogs in the wild.

Count of Monte Cristo (The) (Alexander Dumas, 1844) One of the greatest thrillers of all time tells the tale of young Edmond Dantes, who, falsely accused of treason and arrested on his wedding day, escapes from prison to seek revenge on his enemies.*

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (The) (Mark Haddon, 2003) Fifteen-year-old Christopher is an autistic math genius determined to find out who killed his neighbor’s poodle. Haddon’s debut novel is an inventive mystery about self-discovery and living with illness.*

The staff of the John D. Ong Library includes, from top left, Archivist Tom Vince, Library Director Martha Regula, Tracy Schooner, Holly Bunt, Jacque Miller, Melissa Slager, Paula Campanelli and Sue Donnelly, and in front, Jane Spencer and Melissa Darling. 1 Dead Man’s Gold and Other Stories (Paul Yee, 2002) Drawing on ghost stories Five People You Meet in Heaven (The) (Mitch Albom, 2003) The author of told among early Chinese immigrants in Canada and the U.S., Yee brings the super- Tuesdays with Morrie offers a terrific novel about an 83-year-old man who dies natural right into daily life, setting the harsh facts on the edge of horror or redemp- while trying to save a child. A story of reflection and a bit of whimsy, he imag- tion. His plain, beautiful words speak with brutal honesty in 10 short stories about ines what happens when you get to heaven. the immigrant struggle: the backbreaking work in the gold mines, on the railroads, in the forests, laundries, kitchens; the anguish of leaving home, and of being left For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway, 1940) Set in the Spanish Civil behind; the dreams of riches and reunion; the shock of prejudice and betrayal.* War, this is a classic story of war and personal honor. One of the best war novels of the 20th century. Detective/Crime Mystery Writers: Try any book by the following mystery writers: Agatha Christie (for the classic British mystery); Elizabeth Peters Foundation Series (The): Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second (featuring Edwardian Egyptologist Amanda Peabody); Ellis Peters (mysteries of Foundation (Isaac Asimov) Written originally as a series of magazine novel- the medieval monk, Brother Cadfael); Gillian Roberts (featuring amateur sleuth lettes or novellas over an eight year period and later published in novel form, Amanda Pepper, a prep school English teacher); Lilian Jackson Braun (featur- Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), and Second Foundation ing journalist/philanthropist James Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, Koko and (1953) were then collected as a trilogy under one cover in 1963. Winner of the Yum Yum); Diane Mott Davidson (featuring a caterer with a nose for trouble; Hugo Award for the Best All-Time Science Fiction Series. delicious recipes are also part of the reading bargain); or Les Roberts (featuring Cleveland private detective Milan Jacovich). Frankenstein (Mary Shelley, 1818) Despite being trivialized by cartoons, spoofs, and toys, this powerful story is a portrayal of the pride of a scientist and Ellen Foster (Kaye Gibbons, 1987) Casting an unflinching yet humorous eye on the consequences of his abuse of power. her situation, eleven-year-old Ellen survives her mother’s death, an abusive father, and uncaring relatives to find for herself a loving home and a new mama.* Freewill (Chris Lynch, 2001) Why are you carving statues, Will? Do you think it’s causing the suicides? Are you doing it of your own free will? Will you ever Every Time a Rainbow Dies (Rita Williams-Garcia, 2001) A 16-year-old boy know?* witnesses a rape from his roof. He helps the naked, injured girl, and afterward, he tries to get to know her. Stark and moving, this book will stay with readers for a Gabriel’s Story (David Anthony Durham, 2002) In this powerful coming-of-age long time.* story about two post-Civil War African American teens who leave home to become cowboys, Durham formulates his own slant on the settlement of the Eyre Affair (The) (Jasper Fforde, 2002) Meet Thursday Next, a literary detec- American West—one that speaks directly to the multicultural character of the tive for England’s Special Operations Network. Her mission: to stop a serial killer nation.* who enters books and kills literary characters. Mr. Quaverly has already disap- peared from copies of Martin Chuzzlewit. Jane Eyre, beware! It’s mystery, sci- Girl in Hyacinth Blue (Susan Vreeland, 1999) Reading Vreeland’s book is like ence fiction, and social satire. It’s also lots of fun.* opening up a Chinese box: each chapter reveals a new layer of meaning and import. The “novel” follows the trail of an “unknown” painting by the Dutch Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury, 1953) Books are for burning in this future soci- master Vermeer—The Girl in Hyacinth Blue—from the present day to the time of ety where thinking and reading are crimes. its creation in seventeenth-century Holland.*

Feeling Sorry for Celia (Jaclyn Moriarty, 2001) Composed entirely of letters, Giver (The) (Lois Lowry, 1993) When he turns 12, Jonas is given his life assign- Moriarty’s first novel explores the essence of a lonely 15-year-old Australian girl, ments from the committee of elders—to become the receiver of memories from Elizabeth Clarry. Amidst all [the] instability in her life, Elizabeth’s main source far-past times—and discovers the horrible secret that his society has hidden for of companionship is her neurotic friend Celia, who is a habitual runaway with a the “safety and happiness” of its citizens.* fondness for dramatic escapes that leave Elizabeth shaken and worried for her safe return. Moriarty poignantly captures the trials of adolescent friendships and Great Gatsby (The) (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) Narrator Nick Carraway tells the the bittersweet evolution of the teenage subconscious.* story of Jay Gatsby and the Buchanans and the lives of the Long Island wealthy during the decadence of the 1920’s. Considered a masterpiece of American liter- ature and probably the best known of Fitzgerald’s works.

2 3 Great Santini (The) (Pat Conroy, 1976) Marine fighter pilot Bull Meecham rules Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Patrick O’Brian, 1970) his home with an iron fist. The novel focuses on his son Ben’s efforts to rebel This is the first in the long series of novels featuring Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N. against his father’s tyranny and become his own man. and Stephen Maturin, ship’s surgeon and intelligence agent, set in the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Beautifully written with fascinating charac- Grendel (John Gardner, 1971) In a unique interpretation of the Beowulf legend, terizations. the monster Grendel relates his struggle to understand the ugliness in himself and mankind in the brutal world of fourteenth-century Denmark.* Morbid Taste for Bones (A) (Ellis Peters, 1991) The first of the Brother Cadfael medieval murder mysteries, this whodunit introduces the battle-scarred crusader Hotel Honolulu (Paul Theroux, 2001) Theroux perfectly captures Hawaii’s turned Benedictine monk who is the Sherlock Holmes of twelfth-century unique cultural and racial amalgam in the rich tale of a funky hotel owned by the Shrewsbury. outrageous Buddy Hamstra and managed by a bookish stranger who chronicles the hotel’s dicey goings-on.* Moth Diaries (The) (Rachel Klein, 2002) A studious, thoughtful 16-year-old believes she is losing roommate Lucy’s friendship to the quiet, mysterious new House on Mango Street (The) (Sandra Cisneros, 1983) In short, poetic stories, girl at their boarding school, Ernessa. Lucy contracts a mysterious wasting ill- Esperanza describes life in a low-income, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood ness. Is Ernessa a vampire? Menace permeates this portrayal of how much obses- in Chicago.* sion and fear of the supernatural are alike.*

I Am the Cheese (Robert Cormier, 1977) A victim of amnesia, and under the Motherland (Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, 2001) Maya was born in India, but she influence of drugs administered by mysterious and unidentified questioners, considers herself all-American. When her parents send her back to India to visit teenager Adam searches through haunting memories that must not be recalled or her grandmother for the summer, she rediscovers her homeland, receives an offer revealed if he is to survive.* of marriage, and uncovers a family secret.*

Jim the Boy: A Novel (Tony Earley, 2000) Set in 1934…this is a deceptively Neanderthal (John Darnton, 1996) Two paleoanthropologists receive a most gentle, nostalgic look at childhood during an era when life was by turns harsh and unusual message from a missing colleague—the skull of a Neanderthal who, tests hopeful. Jim is a real boy who can be selfish and stubborn and then determined reveal, lived a mere 25 years ago. Thus begins a fantastic journey that stimulates and giving. Earley offers an understated, poetic tribute to those families whose the imagination and leaves one wondering if the Neanderthal could have survived pride in and love for one another helped them face hard times.* into modern times.

Life of Pi (Yann Martel, 2002) Pi Patel, a young man from India, tells how he Nectar in a Sieve (Kamala Markandaya, 1954) Natural disasters, an arranged was shipwrecked and stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for 227 days. This marriage, and industrialization of her village are the challenges Rukmani must outlandish story is only the core of a deceptively complex three-part novel about, face as the bride of a peasant farmer in southern India.* ultimately, memory as a narrative and about how we choose truths.* Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck, 1955) This is a story of the down-trodden, Lord of the Flies (William Golding, 1954) A group of English schoolboys the lonely people we do not often encounter in our lives. Set on a ranch, we see marooned on an uninhabited island test the values of civilization. the tough choices George must make to protect Lenny, his mentally challenged friend.* Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The): The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkein, 1954…) Hobbits Bilbo Old School (Tobias Wolff, 2003) In a 1960s New England boarding school, an and Frodo and their elvish friends get swept up into a mighty conflict with the aspiring writer longs to fit in with his privileged classmates. Wolff’s clear, pre- dragon Smaug, the dark lord Sauron and the awful power of the magical Ring.* cise prose articulates the anxieties and yearning of adolescence.*

Martyrs’ Crossing (Amy Wilentz, 2001) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at the On the Fringe (Don Gallo [ed.], 2001) An anthology of short stories written by center of this gripping novel that focuses on individual people on all sides, includ- a talented [group] of YA authors already familiar to many teen readers. The sub- ing an Israeli border guard and a young Palestinian mother whose child needs ject is outsiders, and to be sure, the stories come complete with moral underpin- medical help.* nings. They are, however, sufficiently different to keep interest high.*

4 5 One More for the Road: A New Story Collection (Ray Bradbury, 2002) One Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe, 1906) During one of his several adventurous of the masters of science fiction and of the short story, Bradbury shows why he voyages in the 1600’s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck is considered among the best in this collection of 25 short stories that span his and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. writing career including 17 that have never before been published. Rooster (Beth Nixon Weaver, 2001) Frustrated by her responsibilities, which Pillars of the Earth (The) (Ken Follett, 1989) A change from his usual con- include taking care of a senile grandmother and Rooster, the mentally handi- temporary novels of international suspense and intrigue, this historical novel capped son of some neighbors, Kady becomes enamored with wealthy, popular, focuses on the building of a 12th century English cathedral and the lives of the and unscrupulous Jon.* people involved. Follett’s trademark action, intrigue, bloodshed, and betrayal remain in this entertaining adventure. Rover (The) (Mel Odom, 2001) Combining farce and derring-do, Odom pushes the conventions of fantasy to the max in a rip-roaring, laugh-out-loud romp with Postcards from No Man’s Land (Aidan Chambers, 2002) [This] novel is part wonderful characters and nonstop action.* thrilling WWII love story and part edgy, contemporary coming-of-age fiction. Chambers weaves together past and present with enough plot, characters, and Run With the Horsemen (Ferrol Sams, 1982) This is an elegant and humorous ideas [and] with such mastery that all the pieces finally come together, with com- story of a boy growing up in rural Georgia during the Depression. pelling discoveries about love, courage, family, and sexual identity.* Sand-Reckoner (The) (Gillian Bradshaw, 2001) Around the few facts that are Prey (Michael Crichton, 2002) Micro-robots are the predators, and man is the known about Archimedes (287?-212 B.C.), well-regarded historical novelist prey in this exciting novel. Focusing on nanotechnology, i.e. the manufacturing Bradshaw has fashioned an interesting and informative tale of love, war, and fam- of manmade machinery on a microscopic level, Crichton weaves a fascinating ily responsibilities. Her novel provides a vivid picture of the life and times of the and scary story exploring the possible ramifications of this new technology. greatest mathematical and engineering mind in the classical world.*

Quiver (Stephanie Spinner, 2002) Atalanta takes a vow of chastity to the god- Second Summer of the Sisterhood (The) (Ann Brashares, 2003) The sequel to dess Artemis, who has granted her exceptional athletic and hunting abilities. But The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, four lifelong high-school friends and a when Aphrodite steps in, Atalanta falls in love with a beautiful runner and threat- magical pair of jeans continue their summer journeys to discover love, disap- ens her vow. The feminist slant and comic relief enliven this taut reinterpretation pointment, and self-realization.* of the Greek myth.* Secret Life of Bees (The) (Sue Monk Kidd, 2002) Kidd’s warm debut is set in Rag and Bone Shop (The) (Robert Cormier, 2001) Terse and terrifying, this final the sixties, just after the civil rights bill has been passed. Fourteen-year-old Lily book from Cormier will leave a lasting impression. When the seven-year-old girl Owens is haunted by the accidental death of her mother 10 years earlier, which who lives next door is murdered, Jason is horrified. He was the last one to see her left her in the care of her brutal, angry father and Rosaleen, a strong, proud black alive—and a detective has Jason in his sights as the murderer.* woman. After Rosaleen is [arrested] for standing up to a trio of racists, Lily helps her escape from the hospital where she is being kept, and the two flee to Tiburon, Ransom Trilogy (The): Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That a town [to which] Lily believes her mother had a connection.* Hideous Strength (C.S. Lewis, 1938) This science fiction trilogy features a Cambridge University scholar, Dr. Elwin Ransom, who gets caught up in a strug- Separate Peace (A) (John Knowles, 1959) This is the story of two young men— gle with the forces of evil. Gene, lonely and introverted, and Phineas, handsome and athletic—and their friendship during their last two years at a boarding school. Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson, 1993) An imaginative story of Mars colonists pitted against an overpopulated Earth. A fantastic look at the subject of inter- Shades of Simon Gray (Joyce McDonald, 2001) Was the terrible crash that put planetary colonization. Readers may want to follow this up with Robinson’s Blue Simon in a coma really an accident, or was it an attempt to end the guilt he felt Mars and Green Mars. because of the failure of his illegal computer project?*

6 7 Shadow of the Hegemon (Orson Scott Card, 2001) This sequel to Ender’s Step from Heaven (A) (An Na, 2001) Young Ju’s parents don’t want her to Shadow (and the sixth installment in the Ender’s series) continues the exploits of become too American, and Young Ju is ashamed of them. It’s the classic immi- Bean, Ender’s strategist and friend, juxtaposing them with the deadly challenges grant child conflict, told here in the present tense with the immediacy of the girl’s faced by 14-year-old Petra Arkanian, another member of Ender’s team.* voice. This coming-of-age drama will grab teens and make them think of their own conflicts between home and outside.* Shield of Three Lions (Pamela Kaufman, 1983) Set in the Middle Ages around the time of Richard the Lion-heart, an 11-year-old girl loses her parents and best Tale of Two Cities (A) (Charles Dickens, 1859) The classic novel of imprison- friend at the hands of marauding Scots near the border of England. To get back ment, injustice, violence, love, and redemption by the master. Set during the the estate she should have inherited, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out to French revolution, Dickens spins a dramatic tale centered on the fortunes of one find the King and reclaim her land. family.

Shizuko’s Daughter (Kyoto Mori, 1993) In the years following her mother’s Tales (Edgar Allan Poe, 1952) One of the many compilations of tales from the suicide, Yuki develops the inner strength to cope with a distant father, her resent- master of horror—mysterious, complex, sometimes horrifying, occasionally psy- ful stepmother, and her haunting, painful memories.* chotic, and always suspenseful. Look for Poe’s stories and poems in a variety of collections of works by the author. Shylock’s Daughter (Mirjam Pressler, 2001) Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice finds new life in this novel, which reexamines the characters’ complex motives To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee, 1960) A young girl tells of life in a small and illuminates the opulence and oppression of sixteenth-century Venice.* Alabama town in the 1930s and her father’s defense in court of an African American accused of raping a white woman.* Siddhartha (Herman Hesse, 1951) Emerging from a kaleidoscope of experi- ences and tasted pleasures, Siddhartha transcends to a state of peace and mystic Touching Spirit Bear (Ben Mickaelsen, 2001) Cole Matthews is a 15-year-old, holiness in this strangely simple story.* baby-faced con. The child of wealthy, abusive alcoholic parents, Cole has been getting into trouble most of his life. One day he beats a fellow student so severe- Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark ly the boy suffers permanent physical damage. [This] novel is the story of Cole’s Expedition (James Alexander Thom, 2000) This novel is based on the perspec- redemption; it is also a look at an unusual justice system.* tive of George Drouillard, the half Shawnee/half French hunter/scout, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition. Told from the Native True Account (The): A Novel of the Lewis and Clark and Kinnesan American perspective, Drouillard gives the expedition a different slant as he rec- Expeditions (Howard Frank Mosher, 2003) The Lewis and Clark expedition ognizes that this journey is the beginning of the end for the Native American way inspires a wild, funny spin-off in this tale about an eccentric Vermont uncle and of life in the West. his nephew who race across the American landscape, determined to beat the famous explorers.* Songcatcher (The) (Sharyn McCrumb, 2001) Third generation Appalachian McCrumb offers her sixth “Ballad” novel which are her novels that weave togeth- True Believer (Virginia Euwer Wolff, 2001) In this poetic sequel to Make er folklore, legends and pieces of everyday life in Appalachia. This novel focus- Lemonade, LaVaughn finds that her changing goals and relationships bring both es on singer Lark McCourry, who is in a plane crash on her way home to see her pain and joy.* dying father. Interwoven is the tale of one of Lark’s ancestors who was kidnapped when he was nine years old by English seamen. The other “Ballad” novels Truth and Bright Water (Thomas King, 2000) The story of Native American include The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, The Rosewood Casket, She Walks teenage cousins, Tecumseh and Lum, and one summer full of mystery and unpre- These Hills, If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O, and The Ballad of Frankie Silver. dictable family relations on the Indian Reservation. This series is highly recommended. Waifs and Strays (Charles De Lint, 2002) A showcase for the diversity of a pop- ular fantasy writer, this collection includes 16 stories that evoke a sense of magic just beyond the ordinary world, whether in Ottawa, Bordertown, or the made-up city of Newton, somewhere in North America.*

8 9 Water Dancers (The) (Terry Gamble, 2003) From WWII to the Vietnam War, this family saga tells a moving story of prejudice and the friction between class- es. The story begins with teenage Native American Rachel, who falls in love with a wealthy heir.* EAD Whale Talk (Chris Crutcher, 2001) Adopted, biracial high-school senior Tao R Jones is well-adjusted on the surface. A smart, likable kid with a great sense of humor and athletic ability, he decides to accept the offer [from] the swim coach R to anchor the swim team. Through it all shines Crutcher’s sympathy for teens and their problems.* E What My Mother Doesn’t Know (Sonya Sones, 2001) Writing in free verse, Sophie describes her first experiences with boyfriends, love and various hazards in her search for Mr. Right.*

Winterkill (C. J. Box, 2003) Joe Pickett, game warden of Wyoming’s Twelve A Sleep County, is caught in a mountain blizzard with a dead body beside him in his pick-up truck. The body belongs to a much-hated federal bureaucrat, who may have been killed by a group of survivalists calling themselves the Sovereigns. A superb mystery series [including Open Season and Savage Run] with an urgent D message for troubled times.*

Wolves of Savernake (The) (Edward Marston, 1993) The first volume of his Derek McKechnie ’04 Academic Dean John Haile nine Domesday Books series (to date), Marston offers us a mystery set in William the Conqueror’s eleventh century England. A Norman lord and a Saxon clerk uncover the truth behind the murder of a merchant who is attacked by a wolf. Later novels in this medieval mystery series include Lions of the North, Stallions of Woodstock, Wildcats of Exeter, and The Foxes of Warwick. EA Z for Zachariah (Robert C. O’Brien, 1974) In a peaceful valley, two survivors L READ of an atomic holocaust are brought together—one a self-sufficient young girl, the other a killer bent on killing again.*

Non-fiction:

Almost A Woman (Esmeralda Santiago, 1998) In this sequel to her book When I Was Puerto Rican, the author focuses on her adolescent years and young wom- anhood as she describes her life as a daughter growing up in two cultures.*

Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child (Elva Trevino Hart, 1999) Hart’s bittersweet recollections about growing up as one of six children in a migrant family that made the circuit from Texas to Minnesota each year.*

10 Faculty master (Spanish) James Fraser Rachel Garzarelli ’03 & Liza Holmes ’03 Beet Fields (The): Memories of a Sixteenth Summer (Gary Paulsen, 2000) Girls of Summer (The): The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It The coming-of-age autobiography of the well known Young Adult author. The Changed the World (Jere Longman, 2000) This is the story of the women’s author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after run- team, their rise to world dominance and, ultimately, the World Cup ning away from home at sixteen. Championship in 1999, and their struggle with the United States Soccer Federation (U.S.S.F.) for the support, respect, and salary they deserve.* Birds of Heaven (The): Travels with Cranes (Peter Matthiessen, 2001) Matthiessen writes eloquently of his journeys in search of all the crane species Hidden Evidence: Forty True Crimes and How Forensic Science Helped and of his conversations with the scientists working to understand and preserve Solve Them (David Owen, 2002)The evolution of forensic science and crime them. Matthiessen is among the most outstanding nature writers of our time, and investigation is detailed in this study that includes famous cases, from Jack the his latest book more than amply displays his talents.* Ripper and presidential assassinations to crimes by recent serial killers.*

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth (Richard Wright, 1945) Wright High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never (Barbara Kingsolver, 1995) recalls his pre-World War II youth when racial and personal obstacles seemed Twenty five essays by the acclaimed author on life—family, community and insurmountable.* nature—as she observes the world around her.

Charles Dickens (Jane Smiley, 2002) Her intelligent biography examines Ice Master (The): The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk (Jennifer Niven, Dickens’ life through his work, starting not with his birth but rather the begin- 2000) This is the riveting adventure drawn from the diaries and firsthand nings of his literary career. Smiley’s superb and thoughtful analysis should appeal accounts of the scientists and crew on the ship trapped in a giant ice floe. Readers to anyone familiar with the great author’s work.* will be thrilled by the immediacy of the survival story.*

Chess: From First Moves to Checkmate (Daniel King, 2001) King’s attractive Indian Summer: The Tragic Story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the First introduction to the game of chess, which covers rules, strategy, famous players, Native American in Major League Baseball (Brian McDonald, 2003) history, and chess notation, combines understandable explanations with stunning McDonald’s biography of Louis Francis Sockalexis, a full-blooded Maine computer graphics.* Penobscot, focuses on anecdotal information about the little-known player who played professional baseball in Cleveland in the late 1890s and for whom the Counting Coup: The True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Bighorn team renamed themselves the Cleveland Indians.* (Larry Colton, 2000) A girls’ high-school basketball team on the Crow reservation in Montana is the focus of this realistic account of the players’ lives, on and off the Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West (Timothy P. Egan, 1998) Egan exam- court. Colton finds grim social conditions but also joy, humor, and ethnic pride.* ines myths and realities of the Old West and the New West in 14 essays, each set in one of the 11 states west of the one-hundredth meridian. The essays are con- Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey, 1968) This iconoclastic defender of wild America nected by more than just location, as Egan’s easy, humorous style and occasional describes his experiences as a ranger in Arches National Park Abbey writes of his references to previous essays tie the pieces together and give the sense of being fondness for the desert and his determination to keep our wilderness untamed. guided by a friend through a fascinating but sometimes frightening environment.*

Doll’s House (A) (Henrik Ibsen, 1890) Changing modern drama, Ibsen’s play, Left for Dead (Peter Nelson, 2002) While watching the classic bragging scene considered scandalous when first presented, critically focuses on the male-domi- in the movie Jaws, 11-year-old Hunter Scott grew curious about one character’s nated, authoritarian society of the day. reference to the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Discovering that history usually glossed over or omitted the story, Scott began a six-year crusade, gathering information Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest from the survivors and, eventually, ensuring that their mission and their unjustly Mathematical Problem (Simon Singh, 1997) A Princeton professor pursues a maligned captain were appropriately honored. Narrative combines with inter- lifelong dream of solving a 350-year-old mathematical puzzle.* views between Scott and the soldiers to give individualized synopses of the 1945 sinking and rescue, ensuing court-martial, crusade, and exoneration.* Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II (Michael Cooper, 2000) The Japanese American experience in the U.S. and on the front lines is revealed in this thoughtful book about World War II.*

12 13 My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban (Latifa, 2002) Latifa was Player (The): Christy Mathewson, Baseball, and the American Century (Philip only 16 when the Taliban overran Kabul, changing her life dramatically. A mov- M. Seib, 2003) This is the biography of the first real national “star” the game of ing firsthand account with a real sense of immediacy.* baseball saw, who preceded Babe Ruth and the 1919 World Series scandal. Not just about baseball, this is about a man who lived to the highest of moral and ethical My Losing Season (Pat Conroy, 2002) Conroy goes autobiographical in this standards amongst a pretty raucous crowd, both in baseball and society. poignant account centering on his senior year at The Citadel where he was a bas- ketball player on scholarship and when he first recognized the beginning of the Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution (Ji-Li Jiang, 1997) A man and writer he would become. While the book focuses on a losing season, it young Chinese girl must make difficult choices when the government urges her demonstrates how, in fact, lessons learned from losing and adversity can be more to repudiate her ancestors and inform on her own parents.* important and more character building than those learned from winning. Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois (Jan Greenberg and Sandra Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Jordan, 2003) Challenging art [is] accessible and exciting in this beautifully Himself (Frederick Douglass, 1845) Former slave and famed abolitionist designed biography of Franco-American sculptor Bourgeois. Clear, elegant prose Frederick Douglass describes the horrors of his enslavement and eventual escape. juxtaposes stories about the artist’s life with relevant artworks, often described in Bourgeois’ own words. Crisp reproductions and personal photos illustrate.* Needles (Andie Dominick, 1998) This is a memoir about the author’s older sis- ter who was a diabetic. The author recalls the exacting routines, the doctors, the Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Laura Hillenbrand, 2001) This is the true story hospitals, and the struggle for normalcy that shaped her older sister’s life and later of the squat, homely racehorse with a crooked foreleg who becomes America’s leg- ruled her own.* endary hero during the American Depression years. While Seabiscuit is the heart of the story, Hillenbrand does a magnificent job of portraying the atmosphere of Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves horseracing during the 1930s: the shameful treatment of jockeys, the public’s love (Farley Mowat,1963) This classic is a fascinating look at the “real” lives of wolves of the sport, and the rivalry among the participants in the world of horseracing. in the Canadian Arctic. As a young man, Mowat was sent by the Canadian govern- ment to investigate why wolves were decimating the caribou population. What Search for King Arthur (The) (David Day, 1995) A fresh interpretation of the Mowat discovered in this remarkable story is just the opposite of what the govern- legend of King Arthur. Day carefully sorts facts from fancy as he traces the his- ment wanted or expected while he developed a sincere respect and love for these torical roots of King Arthur to the fifth century champion Artorius Dux Bellorum much-maligned creatures. A wonderful story filled with compassion and humor. and then analyzes the social and political forces that turned him into one of the “world’s most popular heroes.”* Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Mariane Satrapi, 2003) Using the format of comics, the great-granddaughter of Iran’s last emperor offers an unforgettable, Secret House (The): The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day (David personal view of her experiences as an early adolescent during the Ayatollah Bodanis, 2003) The unseen world around us is shown in vivid detail as Bodanis Khomeini’s authoritarian regime and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war.* take us through an average day in and around the average house.

Photography: An Illustrated History (Martin Sandler, 2002) Sandler’s terrific Shadow Warriors (The): Inside the Special Forces (Tom Clancy, 2002) Best photography compendium introduces history and practice, using exciting images, known for his spy thrillers, Clancy departs from fiction and takes a third outing both archival and contemporary, to bring the technology to life.* into nonfiction with a U.S. commander, in this case General Carl Stiner. The book focuses on the history of U.S. Special Forces including the Rangers, SEALs, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard, 1998) The Pulitzer Prize winning book Delta Force, Green Berets and other groups and their various roles in World War of the naturalist author’s observations on life, science, God, and other mysteries II, Vietnam, Panama, Iraq and Desert Storm, to name a few. A fascinating account as she views life in her own backyard. of these unique groups.

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi, 2001) The shocking true story of one family’s fight to survive an unjus- tified and lengthy political imprisonment in Morocco.

14 15 Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture (Katha Pollitt, 2001) Based on Pollitt’s popular columns for The Nation, these witty, passionate, irreverent essays open up many issues that affect young people.*

This Boy’s Life: A Memoir (Tobias Wolff, 1989) In and out of trouble in his youth, this charter member of the “Bad Boy’s Club” survives a boyhood that stretches from Florida to the Pacific Northwest.* Truman (David McCullough, 1992) A biography of the President who earned R America’s respect by helping end World War II and reshaping the world for peace.*

Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist (Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, 2001) Was he crazy? Gifted? Or simply an irascible eccentric? Greenberg and Jordan search for answers in an outstanding investigation that unveils the truth behind the legend.*

Walk in the Woods (A): Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Bill Bryson, 1998) The hilarious story of middle-aged Bryson and his college friend who plan to walk the entire 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail. This book E recounts their experiences, explores the history of the trail, examines the flora and fauna, and details their unexpected challenges.

We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust (Jacob Boas, 1995) Drawing on the unfinished diaries of five Jewish teenagers, Holocaust survivor Boas bears witness to ordinary families as they were crowd- ed into ghettos, persecuted, and murdered. Wilderness Family: At Home With Africa’s Wildlife (Kobie Kruger, 2001) A Kruger eagerly embraced her husband’s assignment to a remote ranger station in South Africa, where her life revolved around temperamental hippos, rambunc- tious badgers, and three beautiful, willful daughters. What she didn’t count on was the starving lion cub that her husband brought home.*

Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity and Growing-Up Asian American (Vickie Nam [ed.], 2001) Young women of Asian descent detail their experiences growing up in America.* D Zoya’s Story: An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom (Zoya, 2002) After both her parents were killed by the predecessors of the Taliban, the Mujahideen, Zoya took up her mother’s work in RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan and, with her grandmother, journeyed to Pakistan, where she could receive an education at a school run by RAWA. A few years later, Zoya returned to Afghanistan to help her people and get firsthand accounts of the horrors of the Taliban reign. A stirring memoir by an uncompromisingly brave woman.*

Headmaster Henry Flanagan Jr. 16 Summer Reading for Eleventh/Twelfth Graders Bloody Chamber (The) (Angela Carter, 1990) A collection of stories that retell the great fairy tales with vivid detail and flawless style—from a uniquely femi- Fiction: nine point of view.

All Loves Excelling (Joseph Bunting, 2001) The pressure to get into a presti- Body and Soul (Frank Conroy, 1993) Claude Rawlings, a musical prodigy grow- gious college is the drama in this realistic, contemporary story of a hardworking ing up in the 1940s in New York City, is neglected by his poverty-stricken moth- high-school student who is driven to a breakdown by the expectations of her par- er but is taken under the wing of a Park Avenue maestro who helps him uncover ents and herself.* and develop his musical genius.

Alms for Oblivion: A Shakespearean Murder Mystery (Philip Gooden, 2003) Bondwoman’s Narrative (The) (Hannah Crafts, 1850?; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It’s 1602, in the midst of the plague; Elizabeth I’s health is failing, and [ed.], 2002) According to Harvard professor Gates (who purchased, edited, and Shakespeare is flourishing as a playwright and murder strikes. Gooden devises a published the original manuscript), this is probably the first novel written by a fiendishly intricate mystery, featuring Nick Revill, a poor player and sometime female slave and possibly the first written by a black woman. The story is the fic- sleuth in Shakespeare’s company, in a well-realized historical and literary setting.* tional autobiography of Hannah Crafts and her slave life on a plantation in North Carolina and her flight to freedom in the North. Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (The) (Michal Chabon, 2000) A story about the inventive and comforting world of comic-book superheroes, those Bonesetter’s Daughter (The) (Amy Tan, 2001) A multigenerational story that masked men with mysterious powers who were born in the wake of the Great looks at the dynamics between first-generation Americans and their immigrant Depression, and who carried their fans through the horrors of war with the guar- parents. The story focuses on Ruth, her tumultuous relationship with her mother, antee that good always triumphs over evil.* LuLing, who has Alzheimer’s, and LuLing’s upbringing in China during the 1920’s. Readers may also enjoy Tan’s Joy Luck Club (1989) about four Chinese Amy (Mary Hooper, 2002) In a chilling story about the dangers of Internet dat- immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters who tell their individual ing, lonely teenager Amy finds company in Internet chat rooms, and an online stories and history in a family epic that covers 40 years. romance flourishes with Zed. Their face-to-face meeting, however, is far from idyllic as her recorded statement to the police reveals.* Book of Jamaica (The) (Russell Banks, 1980) A modern-day New England pro- fessor and novelist goes to Jamaica to study the Maroons, descendants from Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (William T. African slaves who escaped to the mountains and fought the British in the 17th Vollmann, 2001) This is the third installment of the Seven Dreams series, and 18th centuries, and ends up living with them. Vollmann’s highly creative novels about the European conquest of North America. This novel focuses on the founding of the colony of Jamestown, Bucking the Tiger (Bruce Olds, 2001) This fictional collage picturing the life of Virginia. Doc Holliday—constructed from newspaper clippings, interviews, poetry, and personal narrative—is ultimately a meditation on the Old West.* As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner, 1930) The Bruden family treks across Mississippi to take their recently departed matriarch, Addie, to the town where Cairo Trilogy (The): Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Alley she wished to be buried. Each family member reveals his thoughts along the way (Naiguib Mahfouz, 1956…) Paralleling the politics of early 20th century Egypt, in this dark comic novel. this is an extensive but rewarding series about a merchant-class family steeped in Islamic tradition. Bel Canto (Ann Patchett, 2001) Readers curious about the emotional flow between hostages and their takers should cotton to this novel based on the 1996 Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1963) One of the early works by the satiric Tupac Amaru takeover of the Japanese ambassadorial residence in Lima, Peru. It genius of folly, the novel presents the chaotic story of the family of a leading traces the hostages’ adjusting attitudes during the torpor of a months-long siege.* atomic scientist who helped develop the first generation of nuclear bombs. Diversions keep shifting the focus to cult mysticism, Caribbean politics, profes- Beloved (Toni Morrison, 1998) Preferring death over slavery for her child, Sethe sional rivalries, and odd individuals, while the ultimate weapon of mass destruc- murders her infant, Beloved, who later mysteriously returns as a young woman tion heads toward final realization. and almost destroys her mother’s life.

18 19 Catch-22 (Joseph Heller, 1961) Set in the closing months of World War II, this Detective/Crime Mystery Writers: Try any book by the following mystery is the classic satire of the absurdity of war featuring bombardier Yossarian, a writers: Nevada Barr (featuring National Park Ranger Amanda Pigeon; novels character like no other. are set in various U.S. National Parks); Henning Mankell (books set in Sweden featuring police detective Kurt Wallender); Sue Grafton (featuring female sleuth Caves of Steel (The) (Isaac Asimov, 1954) Spacers live in space colonies in lux- Kinsey Millhone); Dick Francis (featuring a variety of sleuths and locations); ury aided by robots. Earthlings live on a disease-ridden, overpopulated Earth and Robert B. Parker (featuring hard-boiled Boston detective Spenser); Linda are despised by the Spacers. A Spacer is killed outside one of Earth’s cities, and Barnes (featuring Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle); Daniel Silva Detective Lije Bailey must find the murderer. (featuring Israeli art restorer by day/Mossad spy by night Gabriel Allon; or Steve Womack (WRA alumnus whose novels feature Nashville reporter turned private Chang and Eng (Darin Strauss, 2000) This truly remarkable first novel is both investigator, Harry James Denton). a brilliant conjuring of a historical reality and a wonderful piece of storytelling based on the sad evidence and disturbing myths of the historic Siamese twins Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams, 1987) Richard Chang and Eng, born in 1811.* MacDuff must save humanity from extinction with the assistance of Reg, a time- traveler and elderly Cambridge professor who can no longer remember where he Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier, 1997) Inman, a wounded Civil War soldier, came from, and Dirk Gently, a private detective and psychic. endures the elements, The Guard, and his own weakness and infirmity to return to his sweetheart, Ada, who is fighting her own battle to survive while farming Divine Wind (The): A Love Story (Gary Disher, 2002) Set in a small northwest the mountainous North Carolina terrain.* Australian coastal town, this World War II story is about friends and enemies close to home, racism, love and family heartaches, betrayal, and discovering per- Complete Stories (The) (Flannery O’Connor, 1971) She was not just the best sonal courage.* “woman writer” of the South. O’Connor also expressed something secret about America. These stories about characters and misfits who live in small towns have Dream of Scipio (The) (Iain Pears, 2002) Pears’ grand-scale historical thriller the effect of an electric shock. juggles three radically different periods—the fall of the Roman Empire in the fourth century, the spread of the plague in the fourteenth, and World War II in the Corrections (The) (Jonathan Franzen, 2001) Franzen has taken a potentially twentieth. Pears’ elaborate narrative triptych is dazzling.* sentimental framework, a Midwestern woman’s desire to have all three of her adult children home for Christmas before their father succumbs to Parkinson’s Einstein’s Dream (Alan Lightman, 1993) Focusing on three key months of disease, and transformed it into a highly imaginative, empathic, caustically Albert Einstein’s life in 1905 when he is working as a patent clerk at the Swiss funny and moving saga about the absurdity of life as lived within our rampant Patent Office in Bern, Lightman re-creates the dreams that allegedly lead Einstein global culture.* to his spectacular conclusions about the nature of time.

Crooked River Burning (Mark Winegardner, 2001) Set in 1950’s and 1960’s Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton, 1911) This classic novel is the story of New Cleveland, Ohio, this highly entertaining novel charts the rise and fall of an aging England farmer who finds himself in a loveless marriage. His world is turned industrial center and profiles its inhabitants both real and imagined.* upside down when his wife’s cousin comes to visit and he finds himself falling in love setting in motion a hopeless situation for all involved. Dante Club (The) (Matthew Pearl, 2003) Pearl’s gripping debut novel, set in Boston in 1865, begins with the discovery of the maggot-ridden, dead body of Fall of Rome (The) (Martha Southgate, 2002) The author delves deeply into the Judge Artemus Healey… Expertly weaving period detail, historical fact (the social and emotional elements that unite and divide us. Issues of race, identity, Dante Club did indeed exist), complex character studies, and nail-biting sus- and integrity are intensely explored through a tragic human triangle comprising pense, Pearl has written a unique and utterly absorbing tale.* the lone African American instructor at an exclusive boys’ boarding school in Connecticut, a promising African American student from New York City, and a white divorcée.*

20 21 Feed (Matthew T. Anderson, 2002) In this strange, disturbing future world, teens In Country (Bobbi Ann Mason, 1985) After her father is killed in the Vietnam travel to the moon for spring break, live in stacked-up neighborhoods with artifi- War, Sam Hughes lives with an uncle whom she suspects suffers from the effects cial blue sky, and are bombarded by a constant advertising and media blitz through of Agent Orange. She struggles to come to terms with the war’s impact on her their feeds. The young people are bored unthinking pawns of commercialism, family.* speaking only in obnoxious slang, ignoring or disrespecting the few adults around. Many teens will feel a haunting familiarity about this future universe.* In the Time of Butterflies (Julia Alvarez, 1994) A thought-provoking novel about three sisters growing up in an upper middle-class family during the Trujillo Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier, 2000) A speculative novel about dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, about whom little is known. The story cen- ters on Vermeer’s household and a sixteen-year-old girl who is hired as a servant. Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison, 1952) A young African American seeking identi- ty during his high school and college days, and later in New York’s Harlem, God in Ruins (A) (Leon Uris, 1999) This is another of the author’s vast and relates his terrifying experiences.* vigorous novels about politics and history, right and wrong, love and loss. This time his country of choice is the United States, on the eve of the 2008 presiden- Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth (Michael Cart [ed.], 2001) Michael Cart tial election.* has collected 10 stories from a stellar roundup of familiar writers for young adults who explore, with candor and heart, how passion, sex, crushes, and commitment Grass Dancer (The) (Susan Power, 1994) Ending in the 1980’s with the love alter and influence teens’ lives.* story of Charlene Thunder and grass dancer Harley Wind Soldier, this multigen- erational tale of a Sioux family is told in the voices of the living and the dead.* Moor’s Last Sigh (The) (Salman Rushdie, 1995) The last member of the family line, nicknamed the “Moor,” narrates this four-generational saga that takes place Hazards of Good Breeding (The) (Jessica Shattuck, 2003) Caroline Dunlap has in southern India. [The book is] an epic look at the fabric of Indian culture and graduated college and returned to her father’s house in the genteel upper-class history.* world of suburban Boston for lack of a better option. Her sensitive, 10-year-old brother, Eliot, is quietly launching a search for his baby-sitter, Rosita, whom his Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf, 1925) Exploring the relationships between men father, Jack, summarily fired six months ago. Faith, Jack’s ex-wife, who is still in and women, this novel centers on one day in the life of society matron Clarissa the process of recovering from the nervous breakdown that precipitated the end Dalloway. Readers may also be interested in The Hours by Michael Cunningham of her marriage, is in town to see a play Eliot is starring in and visit some friends. (2000), a novel that both pays homage to Woolf and Mrs. Dalloway and makes The characters are all stuck in a sense, in need of a push to disrupt their apathy.* them integral to Cunningham’s story.

Human Factor (The) (Graham Greene, 1978) A spy novel and something more. Namesake (The) (Jhumpa Lahiri, 2003) Ashoke Ganguli, a doctoral candidate at A British MI agent watches a plot of murder and even genocide unfold. All he MIT, chose Gogol as a pet name for his and his wife’s first-born because a vol- wants is to have his evening drink with his South African wife and to watch their ume of the Russian writer’s work literally saved his life, but, in one of many con- son grow up in a world without prejudices. fusions endured by the immigrant Bengali couple, Gogol ends up on the boy’s birth certificate. Unaware of the dramatic story behind his unusual and, eventu- Human Stain (The) (Philip Roth, 2000) With the help of his alter ego, Nathan ally, much hated name, Gogol refuses to read his namesake’s work, and just Zuckerman, Roth continues the inquiry into the state of the American soul during before he leaves for Yale, he goes to court to change his name to Nikhil.* the second half of the twentieth-century. Fueled by the story of his magnetic hero, Coleman Silk, it roars, with heart-revving velocity, through a literary landscape Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman, 1997) Helping a young woman who lies dirty and that embraces the politics of race and sex, the Vietnam War, the absurdity of bleeding in the street leads Richard Mayhew into London Below, a subterranean extreme political correctness, the dumbing down of the academy, and President collage of long-forgotten parts of historic London—a sort of Oz overrun by mani- Clinton’s impeachment. * acs and monsters that can be as exhilarating as it is terrifying.*

Iliad (The) (Homer, c. 800 B.C.) One of the greatest epic poems and war stories Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham, 1915) The classic story of Philip of all time, this is the sweeping account of Achilles, Agamemnon, Helen, Hector, Carey, an orphan with a clubfoot who is raised by religious relatives. At eighteen, and others in the Trojan War. he leaves home and looks for adventure abroad.

22 23 Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway, 1953) Awarded the Pulitzer Prize Prayer for Owen Meany (A) (John Irving, 1989) Narrator John Wheelright for Fiction in 1953, this classic novel is the story of an aging Cuban fisherman, reflects on his early life and the influence of his best friend Owen Meany. When Santiago, who pursues and battles the catch of a lifetime—a magnificent marlin. the boys are 11, Owen hits a foul ball and accidentally kills John’s mother. This is a story of human courage, endurance, triumph. Convinced that he is now “God’s instrument”, Owen believes he is destined to perform a sacrificial deed. On the Road (Jack Kerouac, 1957) Considered to be one of Kerouac’s finest works and the classic work of the Beat Generation, this novel follows narrator Sal Red Tent (The) (Anita Diamant, 1997) Biblical history is told from the woman’s Paradise and his best friend Dean Moriarity as they travel cross-county looking point of view in this sweeping novel. Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, narrates the emo- for the meaning of life. tionally charged stories that are exchanged between the women in her father’s household. Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood, 2003) Jimmy is struggling to stay alive on a wreckage-littered Earth besieged by a brutal sun and overrun with smart and Remains of the Day (The) (Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989) An original, funny, and mov- vicious test-tube-bred predators. Now calling himself Snowman (as in ing short novel of manners set in pre-World War II England, the story focuses on Abominable), he’s preparing for an arduous scavenger expedition back to the for- its ironically unreliable narrator, a middle-aged English butler whose efforts to merly high-tech compound in which he lived and worked until the bioengineer- present a polished image of himself and his employer only serve to underscore ing industry ran amok and a catastrophic event put an end to civilization. their blemished and significant failures. Rigorous in its chilling insights and riveting in its fast-paced “what if” dramati- zation, Atwood’s superb novel is as brilliantly provocative as it is profoundly Rock (The): A Seventh-Century Tale of Jerusalem (Kanan Makiya, 2001) engaging.* Immersing the reader in seventh-century Jerusalem, Makiya brings to life K’ab, a Jewish advisor to the fourth caliph of the Islamic empire, who converted to Islam Passion of Artemesia (The) (Susan Vreeland, 2002) The author tells a vivid fic- without abandoning Judaism and taught Muslims about the Jewish holy sites.* tionalized version of the life of Artemesia Gentileschi, known for her significant contributions to Renaissance art.* Roman Fever and other Stories (Edith Wharton, 1990) A collection of tales about the lives of the well-to-do at the turn of the 20th century. Peace Like A River (Leif Enger, 2001) Readers will find themselves immersed in an exceptionally heartfelt and moving tale about the resilience of family rela- Romance of Tristan and Iseult (Joseph Bedier, 1930) This is Bedier’s interpre- tionships in this tale of Reuben, who was an adolescent in Minnesota in the tation of one of the greatest love stories in Western literature. After defeating a 1960s, when his brother, Davy, shot and killed two young men who were harass- famous Irish warrior and gaining the favor of his uncle, King Marc of Cornwall, ing the family.* the Cornish warrior Tristan sets out a great mission: to bring home a queen for his uncle. A story of doomed love and heartache. Pearl (The) (John Steinbeck, 1947) Greed, treachery and loss are the focus of this story of a poor Mexican pearl diver who finds a priceless pearl. Schindler’s List (Thomas Keneally, 1982) Oskar Schindler, a rich factory owner, risks his life and spends his personal fortune to save Jews listed as his Pickup (The) (Nadine Gordimer, 2001) Gordimer takes a postapartheid South workers during World War II.* African woman out to a widening world in this story of Julie Summers—rich, white, and guilty—who follows her Arab immigrant lover home to his desert vil- Sea and Poison (The) (Shusaku Endo, 1958) Morality is the focus in this novel lage and suddenly finds herself the immigrant.* of three characters set in World War II: an American prisoner of war, a Japanese medical intern, and the son of a wealthy doctor. Poisonwood Bible (The) (Barbara Kingsolver, 1998) This intriguing and spell- binding story begins when a missionary, Nathan Price, takes his family to the Sense of Honor (A) (James A. Webb, 1981) A top midshipman guides a plebe Belgian Congo in 1959 as the country is in the midst of its struggle for inde- through the rigors of his first year at the Naval Academy. pendence from Belgium. Sheltered Quarter (The): A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca (Hamza Bogary, 1991) The Saudi author grew up in the Holy City before the development of oil. He recaptures a bygone way of life in this descriptive novel.

24 25 Shoeless Joe (W. P. Kinsella, 1982) Inspiration for the movie Field of Dreams, Trojan Odyssey (Clive Cussler, 2003) This novel offers precisely what readers this is a novel of myth and fantasy that uses baseball as a means to tell us more have come to expect from a Dirk Pitt adventure: danger, heroics, villains, heroes. about who we are and what we need.* A hurricane threatens an undersea resort hotel; meanwhile, Dirk Pitt’s twin off- spring are trapped at the bottom of the ocean in Pisces, an underwater laboratory. Single & Single (John Le Carre, 1999) Ex-spy Le Carre offers another fascinat- Oh, and Dirk himself swoops in to rescue the hotel, and its guests—but what ing spy thriller as an English lawyer is shot in Turkey by business associates, five about his children? * million English pounds mysteriously appears in a girl’s trust fund, police board a Russian freighter, and a London banker disappears. The master weaves all of this Troy (Adele Geras, 2001) The plot of Homer’s Iliad serves as backdrop to this together in a novel you can’t put down. sweeping, vividly detailed epic that imagines the lives of Trojan women and shows the dramas of love and work at home while the battles raged.* Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson, 1994) On San Piedro Island in Puget Sound, a community responds to the murder of a local fisherman. Guterson Turn of the Screw (The) (Henry James, 1898) This famous classic and terrify- ing ghost story is about a governess who sees ghosts—or does she? Are the chil- blends a court case, an interracial love story, and a WWII chronicle into a novel dren in her charge being manipulated by these spirits of two former servants? that explores how Americans abuse, retreat from, or manipulate their histories. Can she save them from their evil influence? To be sure, it is a fascinating and chilling tale. Songs of the Kings (The) (Barry Unsworth, 2003) Join Unsworth on another one of his greatly atmospheric visits to times past, in this case, ancient Greece on the Ulysses (James Joyce, 1934) Voted top novel of the twentieth century, Ulysses is eve of the Trojan War. Adverse winds are keeping the allied forces of King usually reserved for college classrooms. Tackling such a rambling novel can be Agamemnon from sailing across the Aegean Sea in their planned siege of Troy, fun, if you have a guide book: check your local bookstore. Recounting the day wherein inhabits Paris, who stole the beautiful Helen, wife of Agamemnon’s in the life of an Irish Jew named Leopold Bloom, the novel contains humor, brother, Menelaus.* strong language, stream-of-consciousness writing, drama-like passages, and inti- mate details of people’s lives. Sound and the Fury (The) (William Faulkner, 1929) This book is about the decline and fall of the aristocratic Compson family in Faulkner’s fictional War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy, 1865) This epic historical novel of early 19th cen- Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi.* tury Russia is considered a masterpiece. Dealing primarily with the histories of five aristocratic families, the novel presents Russian social life during the war Stillwater (William F. Weld, 2002) A powerful, poignant coming-of-age story against Napoleon (1805-14). novel set in rural western Massachusetts in 1938. Fifteen-year-old Jamieson nar- rates the events surrounding the flooding of the Swift River Valley as the people What Masie Knew (Henry James, 1897) Subtle and sophisticated story-telling living there cope with the event that will change their lives forever. about a young girl, Masie, who can’t understand what the adults are saying and doing, but whose impressions and comments are uncannily accurate—a funny, Stories of John Cheever (The) (John Cheever, 1978) Suburbia, cocktail parties, but unsettling story. swimming pools, gin, infidelities, and love—the urbane Cheever captures America in the 40’s and 50’s like no other writer. White Doves at Morning (James Lee Burke, 2002) This historical fiction novel is a gripping, poignant and graphic novel of the Civil War. Set in the New Iberia parish in Louisiana, Burke describes the impact of the war on those Louisiana Story of B (The) (Daniel Quinn, 1996) Continuing the thought-provoking philo- men and boys who joined Louisiana Confederate regiments and on those civilians sophical construct that he set up in Ishmael, Quinn provides an even deeper and left behind, including two women who help slaves escape to freedom. more wide-ranging story: Is the guru known as B the Antichrist? Disturbing and intelligent, it is an enormously readable novel with several shocking plot twists.* Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (The) (Haruki Murakami, 1997) From one of Japan’s most popular writers comes the brilliant and bizarre story of Toru Okada. Bad Things They Carried (The): A Work of Fiction (Tim O’Brien, 1990) These things come in threes for him. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his poignant stories follow Tim O’Brien’s platoon of American soldiers through a wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him variety of personal and military encounters during the Vietnam War.* to a bizarre collection of characters, including two psychic sisters, a possibly unbalanced teenager, an old soldier who witnessed the massacres on the Chinese mainland at the beginning of the Second World War, and a very shady politician.*

26 27 World According to Garp (The) (John Irving, 1978) A comic novel interweav- Blue Latitudes: Going Boldly Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Tony ing the halting struggles of male maturation and feminist independence. The Horwitz, 2002) This is a thoroughly entertaining and informational book by the story follows the growth of a son through prep school and beyond as he deals Pulitzer Prize winning journalist that takes an insightful look at one of most with writing, parenthood, marital problems, and friendship with a transsexual for- important, if not under-appreciated, maritime explorers, circumnavigator James mer tight end for the Philadelphia eagles. At the same time, his unwed mother Cook. Part biography, part travelogue, Horwitz offers a detailed, humorous, and emerges as a feminist author and activist for women. balanced look at Cook and his legacy. He “follows the steps” of Cook’s three his- toric 18th century voyages of the Pacific, interweaving written historical Year of Ice (The) (Brian Malloy, 2002) Malloy’s first novel is a memorable story accounts of the trips, including Cook’s, Joseph Banks’ (a wealthy botanist who of the emotional complexities of American families and the complications of signed on for the first voyage), and other ship’s officers’ and seamen’s. coming of age. High-school senior Kevin Doyle is literally skating on thin ice: a self-described “alpha male,” he is secretly gay and increasingly estranged from Book of Honor (The): Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA (Ted his father, who has a secret of his own.* Gup, 2000) WRA alumnus Gup has written a powerful book about the real lives of secret agents in an unprecedented attempt to bring to light the names of those Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague (Geraldine Brooks, 2001) A year after agents who died in the line of duty, but whose identities have never been publicly the plague strikes her village, Anna reflects on how the townsfolk handled their revealed by the CIA. Gup pens a compelling and controversial must-read. minister’s request to remain in town to prevent the illness from spreading. Faith, then healing herbs and potions, keep everyone going—until doubt creeps in, and Botany of Desire (The): A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (Michael Pollan, witch-hunting, greed, and madness take over. 2001) Pollan intertwines history, anecdote, and epiphany in this paradigm-alter- ing view of the mutually beneficial relationship between humans and four plants Non-fiction: that have thrived under cultivation and satisfied specific desires: apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes. Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth…and Beyond (Lawrence M. Krauss, 2001) Surpassing even Blake’s vision of the world in a Burning (The): Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 grain of sand, Krauss offers readers the entire cosmos in a mere atom. A rigorous, (Tim Madigan, 2001) Madigan provides a riveting account of one of the most intellectually exciting book.* shameful episodes in the troubled history of race relations in the U.S. On June 1, 1921, a mob of angry white citizens descended on Greenwood, the prosperous Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X with the Assistance of Alex Haley, black quarter of Tulsa, Oklahoma, burning the thriving community and torturing 1965) A great and controversial Black Muslim figure relates his transformation and killing African American residents. from street hustler to religious and national leader.* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas that Shaped Our View of (Dee Brown, 1970) Here’s another side of America’s western expansion: the one the Universe (Rocky Kolb, 1996) Kolb delivers a witty and lively history of seen through Native American eyes.* astronomy and cosmology.* Catfish and Mandela: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World’s Most Precious Memory of Vietnam (Andrew X. Pham, 2000) Certainly not your typical trav- Stones (Greg Campbell, 2003) Diamonds lose some of their luster in this graph- elogue, this book is a dramatic memoir of a Vietnamese American characterized ic account of the illegal diamond trade in the war-ravaged country of Sierra Leone by startling revelations, insights, images and emotions. The author recounts his in western Africa and the efforts of the diamond industry to minimize and dis- memories alternating chapters between his youth in Vietnam, his life in America, tance itself from the problem. and his travels on a year long bicycle journey.

Code Book (The): The Evolution Of Secrecy From Mary, Queen Of Scots To Quantum Crytography (Simon Singh, 1999) Singh takes us into the world of secret codes and code breaking. He provides insight into how codes work and then describes several examples of successful decipherment throughout history in this illuminating book.

28 29 Creole Mutiny (The): A Tale of Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship (George and Flyboys: A True Story of Courage (James Bradley, 2003) Bradley brings to light Willene Hendrick [ed.], 2003) This is an account of the slave revolt under the lead- the circumstances around and following the downing of eight U.S. pilots and air- ership of Madison Washington aboard the slave ship Creole in the early 1840s as men by the Japanese military at Chichi Jima in 1944-45, including former she headed to New Orleans from the east coast of the U.S. The Hendricks use court President George H. W. Bush. While Bush’s story is known (he was the only sur- records and insurance documents to detail this little known story. vivor), Bradley exposes the fate of the others as documented in the recently revealed war-crimes trials of the Japanese officers in command. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (Bernard Edelman [ed.], 1985) Actual letters sent home by American G.I.s stationed in Vietnam bring alive var- Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-made ied aspects of that war. Landscape (James Howard Kunstler, 1993) Since the first settlers came to America, communities formed as a result of function, safety, style and conven- Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams (Lynne Withey, 2001) Truly a ience. Kunstler argues that convenience is now the primary goal in this country, remarkable person, Abigail Adams was not afraid to express her views on gov- and the independent spirit and increasing mobility of its citizens prevents indi- ernment, slavery and women’s issue in the 18th century when women had little viduals from devoting time and talent toward the public good. role outside the home. Her husband, President John Adams, welcomed and val- ued the opinions of his political wife who carried on her life with energy, intelli- Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic gence and determination. Mission (Hampton Sides, 2001) Among the plenitude of wartime horrors, the Japanese treatment of POWs in World War II was among the most horrific, the Edith’s Story: Courage, Love, and Survival During World War II (Edith Bataan Death March being one of the most notorious examples of the victors’ Velmans-Van Hessen, 1999) This is the teenage diary of a Holocaust survivor in brutality. By January 1945 a few hundred survivors were in a squalid work camp Holland. Unlike Anne Frank’s diary that focused on events in hiding, the author on Luzon. Sides’ book recounts a gung-ho military raid to rescue them—and to recounts events living in full view of the Germans. As her family’s situation dra- assuage American humiliation for their surrender in 1942.* matically worsens, she is forced to pose as a Gentile in order to survive. Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and other Edward Abbey: A Life (James M. Cahalan, 2001) Cahalan offers a meticulous Indestructible Writers of the Western World (David Denby, 1996) Denby, a portrait of writer Abbey, whose satiric fiction and high-voltage nature writing film critic for New York magazine, returned to Columbia at age 48 to participate were fueled by a deep love for the Southwest, and who became a radical and as an observer in two core courses he had taken there as an undergraduate: enormously influential person.* Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization. When he realized that “I no longer knew what I knew,” Denby took his wife’s dare to reread and rethink Endurance (The): Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing, 1985) the classics in an academic milieu. This is a fascinating blend of memoir, journal, What Earnest Shackleton and his men survived, endured and struggled through in reporting, exegesis, and soul-searching.* their 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition is almost beyond comprehension in this modern era. This is by far one of the most amazing stories lived through to be Gum-Dipped: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town (Joyce Dyer, 2003) told. Dyer’s memoir reads like a novel and builds to a surprising, but magnificent end- ing. A tribute to her father, Dyer captures life in the company town of Akron, Everest: Summit of Achievement (The Royal Geographical Society, 2003) Ohio, in the 1950’s and ‘60’s. Spectacular photographs and gripping text commemorate nine historical Everest expeditions. The climbers’ physical accomplishments are balanced by thought- Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond, 1997) provoking discussion of how Westerners and Tibetans differ in their views of the A fascinating look at the development of human society focusing on geographi- mountain.* cal and environmental factors and dismantling racially biased theories.

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Loung Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (A) (Dave Eggers, 2000) A very per- Ung, 2000) Written by a young witness of the Cambodian atrocities by the Khmer sonal and revealing memoir of how the author’s parents both died within a year of Rouge, this is a book that will shock with its unrelenting violence and brutality. each other when he was just 22 and how he became responsible for raising his 8-year- Ung’s narrative, however, displays her eloquence and strength as she survives the old brother, Toph. Inherently tragic, but written with a sense of humor and apprecia- devastation of war. tion for the ridiculous demonstrates Eggers’ ability to overcome his pain and anger.

30 31 Hiroshima (John Hershey, 1946) Six Hiroshima survivors reflect on the after- Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling (Ross King, 2003) This book focuses math of the first atomic bomb.* specifically on the period 1508-1512 when Pope Julius II coerced Michelangelo into an undertaking the intimidated and yet challenged the well-known sculptor: Illustrated Longitude (The) (Dava Sobel, 1998) This is an illustrated update of the frescoing of the Sistine Chapel. A reluctant employee at best, Michelangelo the 1995 acclaimed book Longitude. It tells the story of how longitude was “dis- was plagued by money, health, technical and personality difficulties throughout covered”. It all started as a nationally sponsored contest with a big payoff to the the seemingly never-ending project. person who could develop an accurate method to determine east-west location at sea. The battle to win between scientist and clockmaker William Harrison and his Mummy Congress (The): Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead rival Maskelyne is riveting. (Heather Pringle, 2001) A fascinating book about the Mummy Congress—indi- viduals who devote their career and/or personal time to the study of mummies— John Adams (David McCullough, 2001) McCullough’s masterpiece of biogra- as well as the fascinating array of mummy specimens from around the world to phy brings John Adams out from the shadow of his predecessor in the presiden- whom they devote their lives. cy, the Founding Father George Washington. This is a wonderfully stirring biog- raphy; to read it is to feel as if you are witnessing the birth of a country firsthand.* Naturalist (Edward O. Wilson, 1994) This is the autobiography of Edward Wilson, Harvard University professor and winner of two Nobel Prizes. Lady (The): Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma’s Prisoner Considered one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, his career (Barbara Victor, 1998) Victor, a journalist nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, has represents both a blueprint and a challenge to those who seek to explore the fron- written the first biography of Daw Aung Sau Suu Kyi, winner of the Nobel Peace tiers of scientific understanding. His writing about himself and his science is Prize for her resistance against Burma’s military junta. Called “the Lady” by lighthearted and understandable. authorities in an effort to trivialize her, she endured six years of house arrest and deprivation.* Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001) This is social critic Ehrenreich’s on-the-job study of how a single mother Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life (Queen Noor, 2003) The for- (or anyone else) leaving welfare could survive without government assistance in mer Lisa Halaby, Queen Noor details her early life, her courtship with and mar- the form of food stamps, Medicaid, housing and child-care subsidies. To find the riage to Jordan’s King Hussein and the political and emotional dealings of King answers, Ehrenreich left her home in Key West and traveled from Florida to Hussein and his attempts over many years to achieve peace in the Middle East. Maine and then to Minnesota, working in low-paying jobs. Read this fascinating account. Lexus and the Olive Tree (The) (Thomas Friedman, 1999) Friedman’s subject is globalization and his intent is to explain exactly what it is and what it means. On the Rez (Ian Frazier, 2000) WRA alumnus Frazier has written a touching, International relations, global markets, and the power of individuals is explored. humorous story of the history of Oglala Sioux nation and life on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America (Nathan McCall, 1994) A harrowing, disturbing look at the world in which the author grew up. This Path Between the Seas (The): The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 memoir vividly depicts gangs, drugs, and crime and how they impacted McCall (David McCullough, 1997) If you’re interested in history, politics, diplomacy, who was a good student, yet unable to stay out of trouble. He recounts how he medicine, engineering, or just a good story (which happens to be based on truth), turned his life around, yet his accomplishments have not diminished the problems you’ll enjoy this book. It’s an account of the building of the Panama Canal, filled of a black man succeeding in a white world.* with improbable events and colorful figures.

Man and His Symbols (Carl Jung, 1964) Jung’s book is an excellent explana- President in the Family (A): Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas tion of symbolism, its sources, and its meaning in our lives, “a psychiatrist intro- Woodson (Byron W. Woodson, 2001) Woodson conveys the pain, pride, and per- duces the concept of the collective unconscious.” sistence of a remarkable family that faced nearly 200 years of denial of their descent from the first-born son of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings. An important contribution to the honest presentation of American history.*

32 33 Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World Silent Spring (Rachel Carson, 1962) This landmark book is credited with giv- (Jan Goodwin, 1994) Goodwin set out to investigate the status of women in 10 ing birth to the environmental movement. Islamic countries after being shocked and appalled at the brutal treatment of a nine-year-old girl she befriended while living in Peshawar, a frontier town on the Spinster and the Prophet (The): H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Goodwin takes pains to present balanced and the Plagiarized Text (A.B. McKillop, 2002) This is a fascinating story of liter- well-documented information, making her revelations all the more alarming.* ary theft. Florence Deeks’s manuscript about the feminist history of the world is rejected by the publisher Macmillan. Several months later, in 1920, an astonish- Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black ingly similar work, The Outline of History by the well-known author H. G. Wells, Market (Eric Schlosser, 2003) Schlosser provides an engaging, thoughtful book is published by Macmillan. Is it coincidence or plagiarism? The contrast of and focusing on three segments of the underground economy in the United States: insight into these two very different individuals is compelling and gripping as marijuana production and sales, the migrant labor issue in California’s produce Deeks seeks justice. fields, and the production and distribution of pornography. Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century (Carl Jensen Remembering the Boys: A Collection of Letters, A Gathering of Memories [ed.], 2000) This collection centers on the major muckraking stories of the twenti- (Lynna Piekutowski [ed.], 2000) A poignant, touching collection of letters eth century, providing some biographical and background information along with between alumni of the Western Reserve Academy serving in WW II and its head- samples of each writer’s work. All of the included writers and their words have in master, Joel Hayden. These letters reveal the loneliness, boredom, hardships and some way—culturally, socially, or politically—altered the course of history. dangers of military life on the frontlines and the active war effort of those left behind at the Academy. A wonderful look at a special time in WRA history. Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris, 2001) Yes, TR’s reputation is based on carrying the Big Stick and sending the Great White Fleet around the World to impress every Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union (Robert C. Roger nation with American might; however, let’s not forget that he was a diplomat as Cottrell, 2001) Historian Cottrell’s involving biography reveals the deep contradic- well and won the Nobel Peace Prize for settling the 1905 Russo-Japanese War.* tions embodied in Harvard-educated Boston Brahmin Roger Nash Baldwin, the unlikely individual most identified with the Egalitarian civil liberties crusade.* This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland (Gretel Ehrlich, 2001) Nature writer Ehrlich began traveling to Greenland during her recovery from a nearly Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril (Timothy Ferris, 2002) fatal lightning strike, and her keen, often poetic responses to the beauty of the Differentiating between the nature of stargazing done by professionals in well- frigid landscape and the warmth of Innuit families, combined with a profound equipped observatories and the work of backyard scientists using homemade tel- immersion in Greenland history, infuse her captivating account with both drama escopes, Ferris invites teens to join the scientific community by tracing the con- and reflection.* tributions of amateur astronomers, ranging from Copernicus to Brian May.* Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Shadow of the Sun (The) (Ryszard Kapuscinski, 2001) This book sums up the Through Time (Richard J. Gott, 2001) Gott well understands the complexities Polish journalist’s African experiences beginning with his arrival in Africa in that attend any attempt to turn time travel from an idle dream into a theoretical pos- 1957. He talks about the physical world as well as the spiritual, the years of polit- sibility. Yet in this treatment, these complexities yield their secrets to the nonspe- ical instability and bloodshed, and the two major changes impacting Africa cialist—and even lend themselves to entertaining glosses from popular culture.* today—the arrival of AIDS and the departure of the white man. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith (Anne Lamott, 2000) The daughter of Short History of Nearly Everything (A) (Bill Bryson, 2003) Confessing to an nonreligious California parents, Lamott longed for a context for her innate spirituali- aversion to science dating to his 1950s school days, Bryson here writes for those ty, especially after experiencing a “lurch of faith” in college, but instead sought escape of like mind, perhaps out of guilt about his lack of literacy on the subject. Making from psychic pain in alcohol and drugs for many lonely years until she happened on science less intimidating is Bryson’s essential selling point as he explores an a music-filled church in Oakland and found her spiritual family. Squeezing every last atom; a cell; light; the age and fate of the earth; the origin of human beings. drop of meaning out of even the smallest things, Lamott writes agilely about such Bryson’s organization is historical and his prose heavy on humanizing anecdotes watershed events as the deaths of her father and closest woman friend, and the about the pioneers of physics, chemistry, geology, biology, evolution and paleon- birth of her son and life as a single mother, all the while tracing her slow crawl tology, or cosmology.* back to faith with wonder, gratitude, and an irrepressible love of a good story.*

34 35 Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Letters: Letters of Life, Love, and of the American West (Stephen Ambrose, 1996) Lewis and Clark brave the Learning (Jack Canfield [ed.], 2001) Revealing and insightful letters from wilds of North America in this vivid account of exploration and adventure.* teens, parents, and teachers to the authors of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul provide an education in themselves. What If? The World’s Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (Robert Cowley [ed.], 2000) This book offers an exercise in taking How Rude! The Teenager’s Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, & history out of the textbooks and giving the lessons of history a twist. If you know Not Grossing People Out (Alex J. Packer, 1999) This is a funny, information what happened during a certain historical event and think you can’t learn anything packed book full of practical advice that guides the reader through the world of from it, step back and consider “what if?” it hadn’t happened that way at all. manners. It’s a great resource for avoiding etiquette blunders.

Woman Who Watches over the World: A Native Memoir (Linda Hogan, Make Yourself Heard: Teen Power Politics (Sara Jane Boyers, 2000) This 2001) This is a haunting, courageous memoir by Chickasaw novelist Hogan, book is a terrific introduction to the importance of teen political power and how much of it about young people who are lost, broken, and strong.* teenagers can really make a difference. It provides a thought-provoking look at how teenagers’ views are shaped, outlining methods to refine and voice them.* Writing Life (The) (Annie Dillard, 1990) Author Dillard offers insights into her writing and her life while offering some thoughts to other writers about the writ- Purpose-Driven Life (The): What On Earth Am I Here For? (Rick Warren, ing process and the commitment it requires. 2002) Applying a purpose-driven framework to the individual, this book guides the reader through a 40-day spiritual journey designed to answer life’s important Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise (Sally Cline, 2003) Once the hoyden- question: What on earth am I here for? ish belle of Montgomery, Alabama, then the notorious flapper wife of the famed novelist who coined the very term jazz age, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was as artis- Teenage Survival Manual: How to Reach 20 in One Piece (And Enjoy Every tic as she was bold and beautiful. Sadly, she lost her footing, suffering several Step of the Way) (H. Sam Coombs, 1998) This book offers a focused look at breakdowns and enduring long periods of institutionalization. Cline not only serious subjects impacting teens. It discusses ways to take charge of one’s life clarifies many heretofore misunderstood aspects of Zelda’s life, she also cele- and to solve problems. Included in this fully revised edition are such issues as brates her unique style of whimsical and sardonic artistic expression.* sexual health and orientation, violence, suicide, addiction, multiculturalism, eco- logical issues, the search for self-identity, alienation, and rebellion. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Robert Pirsig, 1974) More than just the autobiography of a man who motorcy- Tipping Point (The): How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference cles across the country with this son, this classic delves into the mind and the (Malcolm Gladwell, 2000) Gladwell offers an incisive and piquant theory of meaning of life. Pirsig takes us on a philosophical journey that can change the social dynamics that is bound to provoke a paradigm shift in our understanding way you view, think and feel about life. of mass behavioral change. Defining such dramatic turnarounds as the abrupt drop in crime on New York’s subways, or the unexpected popularity of a novel, Something for Everyone: Informational Titles for Teenagers as epidemics, Gladwell searches for catalysts that precipitate the “tipping point,” or critical mass, that generates those events.* 26% Youth Solution (The) (Wendy Schaetzel Lesko, 2000) A product of the nonpartisan Activism 2000 Project, this book is a social activism guide. Poetry, Anyone? Instructions are included for a variety of activities, and examples of teenage activism are highlighted.* Ariel (Sylvia Plath, 1965) An insightful collection of poems by the acclaimed poet. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (The): The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide (Sean Covey, 1998) Based on his father’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Body Eclectic (The): An Anthology of Poems (Patrice Vecchione [ed.], 2002) Effective People, Sean Covey has taken the same principles and applied them to Hand, blood, elbow, breast—this international anthology celebrates the body in teenagers in a book that is readable, clever, imaginative, and entertaining. raw, beautiful poems by contemporary and classic poets.* Practical step-by-step approaches are offered, and real life stories bring the dis- cussions closer to home.

36 37 Book of Love Poetry (A) (Jon Stallworthy [ed.], 1987) You can experience love, United States of Poetry (The) (Joshua Blum [ed.], 1996) Contemporary poems throughout the ages, as expressed in the past 2000 years of poetry.* enhanced by outstanding photographs highlight poets ranging from Nobel laure- ates to rappers.* Earth-Shattering Poems (Liz Rosenberg [ed.], 1998) Poets from around the world and through the centuries express the emotional intensity of life’s experi- Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry ences.* (Maria M. Gillan [ed.], 1994) This poetry feast challenges stereotypes about who or what is American.* Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth Century American Art (Jan Greenberg [ed.], 2001) Specially commissioned, original poems celebrate *These annotations have been reproduced from the American Library some of the finest twentieth-century American art in this beautiful, surprising Association’s World Wide Website. ãCopyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, volume.* 2002, 2003, 2004 American Library Association.

In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry The American Library Association is providing information and services on the (Ethelbert E. Miller [ed.], 1994) From spirituals to rap to classic works by World Wide Web in furtherance of its non-profit and tax-exempt status. famous poets, this presentation delights the senses.* Permission to use, copy and distribute documents delivered from this World Wide Web server and related graphics is hereby granted for private, non-com- Movin’: Teen Poets Take Voice (Dave Johnson [ed.], 2000) Budding poets will mercial and education purposes only, and not for resale, provided that the above be inspired by this collection of poems by teenagers.* copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear. All other rights reserved. Sailing Alone Around the Room (Billy Collins, 2001) The U.S. poet laureate illuminates the landscape of the ordinary with humor and intelligence.*

Slam (Cecily Von Ziegesar [ed.], 2000) Find out all about slam poetry in this entertaining book.

Split Image: A Story in Poems (Mel Glenn, 2000) Award-winning poet Mel Glenn weaves a brilliant web of authentic voices in this riveting story, told in poetry, about what happens when one teenage girl is denied the freedom to deter- mine her own identity. Other poetry novels by the author include Foreign Exchange: A Mystery in Poems and The Taking of Room 114: A Hostage Drama in Poems.

Spoken Word Revolution (The): Slam, Hip-Hop, and the Poetry of a New Generation (Marc Smith and Mark Eleveld [ed.], 2003) This vibrant collection of spoken-word poetry captures the raw street-savvy language of rap and hip-hop and the aggressive energy of slam poems, as well as other poetry, all meant to be read out loud. A welcome anthology that reflects a growing movement with a large youth following.*

Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls (Betty Franco [ed.], 2001) A companion to You Hear Me (2000), this collection of sto- ries and poems by teen girls reveals the truth about boyfriends, body image, and being female.*

38 39 Looking for A Good Book? Some Websites to Help You Title Index

Below are some websites that offer recommended books in a number of cate- 26% Youth Solution (The), 36 Blood Diamonds: Tracing the gories. While by no means all-inclusive, we hope to give you some useful sug- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Deadly Path of the World’s Most gestions of where to start looking… (The): The Ultimate Teenage Precious Stones, 28 Success Guide, 36 Bloody Chamber (The), 19 AllReaders.com All Loves Excelling, 18 Blue Latitudes: Going Boldly (http://allreaders.com) Look for books by plot, theme, character or setting. Book All That Remains, 1 Where Captain Cook Has Gone reviews are also available. Almost A Woman, 10 Before, 29 American Library Association Alms for Oblivion: A Body and Soul, 19 (http://www.ala.org) This website offers a selection of booklists for people of all Shakespearean Murder Mystery, Body Eclectic (The): An Anthology ages. Booklists can be found by selecting on “Issues and Advocacy” from the 18 of Poems, 37 menu bar at the top of the page and then selecting “Literacy” from the menu on Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Bondwoman’s Narrative (The), 19 the left. Under “Other Resources” are links to several excellent lists for teenagers Clay (The), 18 Bonesetter’s Daughter (The), 19 including Best Books for Young Adults and Outstanding Books for the College Amy, 18 Book of Honor (The): Covert Lives Bound. Animal Farm, 1 and the Classified Deaths at the Edgar Awards Argall: The True Story of CIA, 29 (http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars) The annual awards by the Mystery Writers Pocahontas and Captain John Book of Jamaica (The), 19 of America for achievement in the mystery field. Smith, 18 Book of Love Poetry (A), 38 Ariel, 37 Botany of Desire (The): A Plant’s Horror Writers Association As I Lay Dying, 18 Eye View of the World, 29 (http://www.horror.org) Look under “Awards” for a variety of awards presented At All Costs, 1 Brave New World, 1 by the Horror Writers Association including the annual Bram Stoker Awards for achievement in horror writing. Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bucking the Tiger, 19 Bang to Life of Earth…and Burning (The): Massacre, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Beyond, 28 Destruction, and the Tulsa Race (http://www.kiriyamaprize.org) Annual awards given to “books that will con- Autobiography of Malcolm X, 28 Riot of 1921, 29 tribute to greater understanding among peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim.” Balzac and the Little Chinese Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Seamstress, 1 An Indian History of the National Book Critics Circle: Awards Barefoot Heart: Stories of a American West, 29 (http://www.bookcritics.org) Prestigious awards given for the year’s best books in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, criticism, poetry, and Migrant Child, 10 Cairo Trilogy (The), 19 biography/autobiography. Beet Fields (The): Memories of a Call of the Wild (The), 1 Sixteenth Summer, 12 Cat’s Cradle, 19 Pulitzer Prizes Bel Canto, 18 Catch-22, 20 (http://www.pulitzer.org) Annual awards for distinguished writing by The Beloved, 18 Catfish and Mandala: A Two- Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Birds of Heaven (The): Travels Wheeled Voyage Through the with Cranes, 12 Landscape and Memory of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (http://www.sfwa.org) Look for the Nebula Awards for excellence in science fic- Black Boy: A Record of Childhood Vietnam, 29 tion and fantasy writing. and Youth, 12 Caves of Steel (The), 20 Black Mirror, 1 Chang and Eng, 20 Western Writers of America Spur Award Blind Watchers of the Sky: The Charles Dickens, 12 (http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/spur.htm) The annual awards for distinguished writing People and Ideas that Shaped Chess: From First Moves to about the American West. Our View of the Universe, 28 Checkmate, 12

40 41 Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Ethan Frome, 21 God in Ruins (A), 22 In the Time of Butterflies, 23 Letters: Letters of Life, Love Everest: Summit of Achievement, Grass Dancer (The), 22 Indian Summer: The Tragic Story and Learning, 37 30 Great Books: My Adventures with of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the Code Book (The): The Evolution of Every Time a Rainbow Dies, 2 Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and First Native American in Secrecy From Mary, Queen of Eyre Affair (The), 2 other Indestructible Writers of Major League Baseball, 13 Scots to Quantum Fahrenheit 451, 2 the Western World, 31 Invisible Man, 23 Crytography, 29 Fall of Rome (The), 21 Great Gatsby (The), 3 Jim the Boy: A Novel, 4 Cold Mountain, 20 Feed, 22 Great Santini (The), 4 John Adams, 32 Complete Stories (The), 20 Feeling Sorry for Celia, 2 Grendel, 4 Lady (The): Aung San Suu Kyi: Corrections (The), 20 Fellowship of the Ring (The), 4 Gum-Dipped: A Daughter Nobel Laureate and Burma’s Remembers Rubber Town, 31 Count of Monte Cristo (The), 1 Fermat’s Enigma: The Quest to Prisoner, 32 Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates Counting Coup: The True Story of Solve the World’s Greatest Lasso the Wind: Away to the New of Human Societies, 31 Basketball and Honor on the Mathematical Problem, 12 West, 13 Hazards of Good Breeding (The), Little Bighorn, 12 Fighting for Honor: Japanese Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Creole Mutiny (The): A Tale of 22 Americans and World War II, 12 Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Unexpected Life, 32 Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship, 30 First They Killed My Father: A Left for Dead, 13 Crooked River Burning, 20 Genius (A), 31 Daughter of Cambodia Heart to Heart: New Poems Lexus and the Olive Tree (The), 32 Curious Incident of the Dog in the Remembers, 30 Inspired by Twentieth Century Life of Pi, 4 Night-Time (The), 1 Five People You Meet in Heaven American Art, 38 Lord of the Flies, 4 Dante Club (The), 20 (The), 3 Hidden Evidence: Forty True Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The), 4 Dead Man’s Gold and Other Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, Crimes and How Forensic Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth, Stories, 2 31 Science Helped Solve Them, 13 23 Dear America: Letters Home from For Whom the Bell Tolls, 3 High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Make Yourself Heard: Teen Power Vietnam, 30 Foundation, 3 Now or Never, 13 Politics, 37 Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Foundation and Empire, 3 Hiroshima, 32 Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Adams, 30 Foundation Series (The), 3 Hotel Honolulu, 4 Black Man in America, 32 Desert Solitaire, 12 Frankenstein, 3 House on Mango Street (The), 4 Man and His Symbols, 32 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Freewill, 3 How Rude! The Teenager’s Guide Martyrs’ Crossing, 4 Agency, 21 Gabriel’s Story, 3 to Good Manners, Proper Master and Commander: The Far Divine Wind (The): A Love Story, Geography of Nowhere: The Rise Behavior, & Not Grossing People Side of the World, 5 21 and Decline of America’s Man- Out, 37 Michelangelo and the Pope’s Doll’s House (A), 12 Made Landscape, 31 Human Factor (The), 22 Ceiling, 33 Dream of Scipio (The), 21 Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Human Stain (The), 22 Moor’s Last Sigh (The), 23 Earth-Shattering Poems, 38 I Am the Cheese, 4 Story of World War II’s Most Morbid Taste for Bones (A), 5 Edith’s Story: Courage, Love, and Ice Master (The): The Doomed Dramatic Mission, 31 Moth Diaries (The), 5 Survival During World War II, 1913 Voyage of the Karluk, 13 Girl in Hyacinth Blue, 3 Motherland, 5 30 Iliad (The), 22 Girl with a Pearl Earring, 22 Movin’: Teen Poets Take Voice, 38 Edward Abbey: A Life, 30 Illustrated Longitude (The), 32 Girls of Summer (The): The U.S. Mrs. Dalloway, 23 Einstein’s Dream, 21 In Country, 23 Women’s Soccer Team and How Mummy Congress (The): Science, Ellen Foster, 2 In Search of Color Everywhere: A It Changed the World, 13 Obsession and the Everlasting Endurance (The): Shackleton’s Collection of African-American Giver (The), 3 Dead, 33 Incredible Voyage, 30 Poetry, 38

42 43 My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Pickup (The), 24 Rooster, 7 Silent Spring, 35 Under the Taliban, 14 Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 14 Rover (The), 7 Single & Single, 26 My Losing Season, 14 Pillars of the Earth (The), 6 Run with the Horsemen, 7 Slam, 38 Namesake (The), 23 Player, The: Christy Mathewson, Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Snow Falling on Cedars, 26 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Baseball, and the American Bourgeois, 15 Songcatcher (The), 8 Douglass, an American Slave, Century, 15 Sailing Alone Around the Room, 38 Songs of the Kings (The), 26 Written by Himself, 14 Poisonwood Bible (The), 24 Sand-Reckoner (The), 7 Sound and the Fury (The), 26 Naturalist, 33 Postcards from No Man’s Land, 6 Schindler’s List, 25 Spinster and the Prophet (The): H. Neanderthal, 5 Prayer for Owen Meany (A), 25 Sea and Poison (The), 25 G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and Nectar in a Sieve, 5 President in the Family (A): Seabiscuit: An American Legend, the Case of the Plagiarized Text, Needles, 14 Thomas Jefferson, Sally 15 35 Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Hemings, and Thomas Search for King Arthur (The), 15 Split Image: A Story in Poems, 38 Story of Life Among Arctic Woodson, 33 Second Foundation, 3 Spoken Word Revolution (The): Wolves, 14 Prey, 6 Second Summer of the Sisterhood Slam, Hip-Hop, and the Poetry Neverwhere, 23 Price of Honor: Muslim Women (The), 7 of a New Generation, 38 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Lift the Veil of Silence on the Secret House (The): The Step from Heaven (A), 9 Getting By in America, 33 Islamic World, 34 Extraordinary Science of an Stillwater, 26 Of Human Bondage, 23 Purpose-Driven Life (The): What Ordinary Day, 15 Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Of Mice and Men, 5 On Earth Am I Here For?, 37 Secret Life of Bees (The), 7 Desert Jail, 15 Old Man and the Sea, 24 Quiver, 6 Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stories of John Cheever (The), 26 Old School, 5 Rag and Bone Shop (The), 6 Stargazers Are Probing Deep Stories that Changed America: On the Fringe, 5 Ransom Trilogy (The), 6 Space and Guarding Earth Muckrakers of the 20th Century, On the Rez, 33 Red Mars, 6 from Interplanetary Peril, 34 35 On the Road, 24 Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Sense of Honor (A), 25 Story of B (The), 26 One More for the Road: A New Cultural Revolution, 15 Separate Peace (A), 7 Subject to Debate: Sense and Story Collection, 6 Red Tent (The), 25 Shades of Simon Gray, 7 Dissents on Women, Politics, and Oryx and Crake, 24 Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Shadow of the Hegemon, 8 Culture, 16 Out of the Silent Planet, 6 Cheap Labor in the American Shadow of the Sun (The), 34 Sugar Alley, 19 Palace of Desire, 19 Black Market, 34 Shadow Warriors (The): Inside the Tale of Two Cities (A), 9 Palace Walk, 19 Remains of the Day (The), 25 Special Forces, 15 Tales, 9 Passion of Artemesia (The), 24 Remembering the Boys: A Sheltered Quarter (The): A Tale of Teenage Survival Manual: How to Path Between the Seas (The): The Collection of Letters, A a Boyhood in Mecca, 25 Reach 20 in One Piece (And Creation of the Panama Canal, Gathering of Memories, 34 Shield of Three Lions, 8 Enjoy Every Step of the Way), 37 1870-1914, 33 Return of the King (The), 4 Shizuko’s Daughter, 8 That Hideous Strength, 6 Theodore Rex, 35 Peace Like A River, 24 Robinson Crusoe, 7 Shoeless Joe, 26 Things I Have to Tell You: Poems Pearl (The), 24 Rock (The): A Seventh-Century Short History of Nearly Everything (A), 34 and Writing by Teenage Girls, 38 Perelandra, 6 Tale of Jerusalem, 25 Shylock’s Daughter, 8 Things They Carried (The): A Persepolis: The Story of a Roger Nash Baldwin and the Siddhartha, 8 Work of Fiction, 26 Childhood, 14 American Civil Liberties Union, 34 Sign-Talker: The Adventure of This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, 16 Photography: An Illustrated Roman Fever and Other Stories, 25 George Drouillard on the Lewis This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons History, 14 Romance of Tristan and Iseult, 25 and Clark Expedition, 8 in Greenland, 35

44 45 Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe: What If? The World’s Foremost Author Index The Physical Possibilities of Military Historians Imagine Abbey, Edward, 12 Clancy, Tom, 15 Enger, Leif, 24 Travel Through Time, 35 What Might Have Been, 36 Adams, Douglas, 21 Cline, Sally, 36 Faulkner, William, 18, Tipping Point (The): How Little What Masie Knew, 27 Albom, Mitch, 3 Collins, Billy, 38 26 Things Can Make a Big What My Mother Doesn’t Know, Alvarez, Julia, 23 Colton, Larry, 12 Ferris, Timothy, 34 Difference, 37 10 Ambrose, Stephen, 36 Conroy, Frank, 19 Fforde, Jasper, 2 To Kill A Mockingbird, 9 White Doves at Morning, 27 Anderson, Matthew T., Conroy, Pat, 4, 14 Fitoussi, Michele, 15 Touching Spirit Bear, 9 Wilderness Family: At Home with 22 Coombs, H. Sam, 37 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 3 Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts Africa’s Wildlife, 16 Asimov, Isaac, 3, 20 Cooper, Michael, 12 Follett, Ken, 6 on Faith, 35 Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (The), 27 Atwood, Margaret, 24 Cormier, Robert, 4, 6 Francis, Dick, 21 Trojan Odyssey, 27 Winterkill, 10 Banks, Russell, 19 Cottrell, Robert C., 34 Franco, Betty, 38 Troy, 27 Wolves of Savernake (The), 10 Barnes, Linda, 21 Covey, Sean, 36 Franzen, Jonathan, 20 True Account (The): A Novel of the Woman Who Watches Over the Barr, Nevada, 21 Cowley, Robert, 36 Frazier, Charles, 20 Bedier, Joseph, 25 Crafts, Hannah, 19 Frazier, Ian, 33 Lewis and Clark and Kinnesan World (The): A Native Memoir, Blum, Joshua, 39 Crichton, Michael, 6 Friedman, Thomas, 32 Expeditions, 9 36 Boas, Jacob, 16 Crutcher, Chris, 10 Gaiman, Neil, 23 True Believer, 9 World According to Garp (The), 28 Bodanis, David, 15 Cussler, Clive, 27 Gallo, Don, 5 Truman, 16 Writing Life (The), 36 Bogary, Hamza, 25 Darnton, John, 5 Gamble, Terry, 10 Truth and Bright Water, 9 Year of Ice (The), 28 Box, C. J., 10 Davidson, Diane Mott, Gardner, John, 4 Turn of the Screw (The), 27 Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Boyers, Sara Jane, 37 2 Gates Jr., Henry Louis, Two Towers (The), 4 Plague, 28 Bradbury, Ray, 2, 6 Day, David, 15 19 Ulysses, 27 Yell-oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Bradley, James, 31 Defoe, Daniel, 7 Geras, Adele, 27 Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Explore Culture, Identity, and Bradshaw, Gillian, 7 De Lint, Charles, 9 Gibbons, Kaye, 2 Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Growing Up Asian American, 16 Brashares, Ann, 7 Denby, David, 31 Gillan, Maria M., 39 Opening of the America West, 36 Z for Zachariah, 10 Braun, Lilian Jackson, 2 Diamant, Anita, 25 Gilstrap, John, 1 Brooks, Bruce, 1 Diamond, Jared, 31 Gladwell, Malcolm, 37 United States of Poetry (The), 39 Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Brooks, Geraldine, 28 Dickens, Charles, 9 Glenn, Mel, 38 Unsettling America: An Anthology Paradise, 36 Brown, Dee, 29 Dillard, Annie, 14, 36 Golding, William, 4 of Contemporary Multicultural Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle Bryson, Bill, 16, 34 Disher, Gary, 21 Gooden, Philip, 18 Poetry, 39 Maintenance: An Inquiry into Bunting, Joseph, 18 Dominick, Andie, 14 Goodwin, Jan, 34 Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Values, 36 Burke, James Lee, 27 Douglass, Frederick, 14 Gordimer, Nadine, 24 Artist, 16 Zoya’s Story: An Afghan Woman’s Cahalan, James, 30 Dumas, Alexander, 1 Gott, J. Richard, 35 Waifs and Strays, 9 Struggle for Freedom, 16 Campbell, Greg, 28 Durham, David Grafton, Sue, 21 Walk in the Woods (A): Canfield, Jack, 37 Anthony, 3 Greenberg, Jan, 15, 16, Rediscovering America on the Card, Orson Scott, 8 Dyer, Joyce, 31 38 Appalachian Trail, 16 Carson, Rachel, 35 Earley, Tony, 4 Greene, Graham, 22 War and Peace, 27 Cart, Michael, 23 Edelman, Bernard, 30 Gup, Ted, 29 Carter, Angela, 19 Egan, Timothy P., 13 Guterson, David, 26 Water Dancers (The), 10 Chabon, Michael, 18 Eggers, Dave, 31 Haddon, Mark, 1 We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Chambers, Aiden, 6 Ehrenreich, Barbara, 33 Haley, Alex, 28 Teenagers Who Died in the Cheever, John, 26 Ehrlich, Gretel, 35 Hart, Elva Trevino, 10 Holocaust, 16 Chevalier, Tracy, 22 Eleveld, Mark, 38 Heller, Joseph, 20 Whale Talk, 10 Christie, Agatha, 2 Ellison, Ralph, 23 Hemingway, Ernest, 3, Cisneros, Sandra, 4 Endo, Shusaku, 25 24

46 47 Hendrick, George, 30 Lee, Harper, 9 O’Brien, Tim, 26 Silva, Daniel, 21 Wolff, Virginia Euwer, Hendrick, Willene, 30 Lesko, Wendy O’Connor, Flannery, 20 Singh, Simon, 12, 29 9 Hershey, John, 32 Schaetzel, 36 Odom, Mel, 7 Smiley, Jane, 12 Womack, Steve, 21 Hesse, Herman, 8 Lewis, C. S., 6 Olds, Bruce, 19 Smith, Marc, 38 Woodson, Byron W., 33 Hillenbrand, Laura, 15 Lightman, Alan, 21 Orwell, George, 1 Sobel, Dava, 32 Woolf, Virginia, 23 Hogan, Linda, 36 London, Jack, 1 Oufkir, Malika, 15 Sones, Sonya, 10 Wright, Richard, 12 Homer, 22 Longman, Jere, 13 Owen, David, 13 Southgate, Martha, 21 X, Malcolm, 28 Hooper, Mary, 18 Lowry, Lois, 3 Packer, Alex J., 37 Spinner, Stephanie, 6 Yee, Paul, 2 Horwitz, Tony, 29 Lynch, Chris, 3 Parker, Robert B., 21 Stallworthy, John, 38 Zoya, 16 Huxley, Aldous, 1 Madigan, Tim, 29 Patchett, Ann, 18 Steinbeck, John, 5, 24 Ibsen, Henrik, 12 Mahfouz, Naguib, 19 Paulsen, Gary, 12 Strauss, Darin, 20 Irving, John, 25, 28 Makiya, Kanan, 25 Pearl, Matthew, 20 Tan, Amy, 19 Ishiguro, Kazuo, 25 Malloy, Brian, 28 Pears, Iain, 21 Theroux, Paul, 4 James, Henry, 27 Mankell, Henning, 21 Peters, Elizabeth, 2 Thom, James Jensen, Carl, 35 Markandaya, Kamala, 5 Peters, Ellis, 2, 5 Alexander, 8 Jiang, Ji-Li, 15 Marston, Edward, 10 Pham, Andrew X., 29 Tolkien, J.R.R., 4 Johnson, Dave, 38 Martel, Yann, 4 Piekutowski, Lynna, 34 Tolstoy, Leo, 27 Jordan, Sandra, 15,16 Mason, Bobbie Ann, 23 Pirsig, Robert, 36 Ung, Loung, 30 Joyce, James, 27 Matthiessen, Peter, 12 Plath, Sylvia, 37 Unsworth, Barry, 26 Jung, Carl, 32 Maugham, W. Poe, Edgar Allen, 9 Uris, Leon, 22 Kapuscinski, Ryszard, Somerset, 23 Pollan, Michael, 29 Vecchione, Patrice, 37 34 McCall, Nathan, 32 Pollitt, Katha, 16 Velmans-Van Hessen, Kaufman, Pamela, 8 McCrumb, Sharyn, 8 Power, Susan, 22 Edith, 30 Keneally, Thomas, 25 McCullough, David, 16, Pressler, Mirjam, 8 Victor, Barbara, 32 Kerouac, Jack, 24 32, 33 Pringle, Heather, 33 Vijayaraghavan, Kidd, Sue Monk, 7 McDonald, Brian, 13 Quinn, Daniel, 26 Vineeta, 5 King, Daniel, 12 McDonald, Joyce, 7 Roberts, Gillian, 2 Vollmann, William T., King, Ross, 33 McKillop, A. B., 35 Roberts, Les, 2 18 King, Thomas, 9 Mickaelsen, Ben, 9 Robinson, Kim Stanley, Von Ziegesar, Cecily, Kingsolver, Barbara, Miller, Ethelbert E., 38 6 38 13, 24 Mori, Kyoto, 8 Rosenberg, Liz, 38 Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt, 19 Kinsella, W. P., 26 Moriarty, Jaclyn, 2 Roth, Philip, 22 Vreeland, Susan, 3, 24 Klein, Rachel, 5 Morris, Edmund, 35 Royal Geographical Warren, Rick, 37 Knowles, John, 7 Morrison, Toni, 18 Society (The), 30 Weaver, Beth Nixon, 7 Kolb, Rocky, 28 Mosher, Howard Frank, Rushdie, Salman, 23 Webb, James A., 25 Krauss, Lawrence M., 9 Sams, Ferrol, 7 Weld, William F., 26 28 Mowat, Farley, 14 Sandler, Martin, 14 Werlin, Nancy, 1 Kruger, Kobie, 16 Murakami, Haruki, 27 Santiago, Esmeralda, 10 Wharton, Edith, 21, 25 Kunstler, James Na, An, 9 Satrapi, Mariane, 14 Wilentz, Amy, 4 Howard, 31 Nam, Vickie, 16 Schlosser, Eric, 34 Williams-Garcia, Rita, Lahiri, Jhumpa, 23 Nelson, Peter, 13 Seib, Philip M., 15 2 Lamott, Anne, 35 Niven, Jennifer, 13 Shattuck, Jessica, 22 Wilson, Edward O., 33 Lansing, Alfred, 30 Noor, Queen, 32 Shelley, Mary, 3 Winegardner, Mark, 20 Latifa, 14 O’Brian, Patrick, 5 Sides, Hampton, 31 Withey, Lynne, 30 Le Carre, John, 26 O’Brien, Robert C., 10 Sijie, Dai, 1 Wolff, Tobias, 5, 16

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