Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading Catalog 2017–2018 FreshmanYearReads.com Dear FYE Committee Member, We are delighted to present the 2017 – 2018 Freshman Year Reading catalog from Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster publishes a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction titles that align with the core purpose of college and university programs across the country—to support students in transition, promote engaging conversations, explore diverse perspectives, and foster community during the college experience. If you don’t see a title that fits your program’s needs, we are ready to work with you to find the perfect book for your campus or community program. Visit FreshmanYearReads.com for author videos, reading group guides, and to request review copies. For questions about discounts on large orders, or if you’re interested in having an author speak on campus, please email [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! 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Table of Contents Featured Titles Page 4 African American Page 6 Classics Page 10 Fiction Page 12 Food, Environment, & Sustainability Page 18 History & Society Page 21 Immigrant Experience & Diversity Page 28 Jewish Interest Page 31 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Page 34 Life Lessons from Laughs Page 36 Memoir & Biography Page 38 Science & Technology Page 46 Social Change, Leadership, & Education Page 49 Writing & Creativity Page 56 Young Adult Page 59 FYE Seminar Page 62 Mindfulness Page 64 Campus Issues Page 66 Speakers Bureau Page 68 Index Page 69 Look for this symbol to find out which titles are also available as audiobooks. Visit FreshmanYearReads.com for our full catalog of titles and to request review copies. /SSHigherEd @SSHigherEd Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading FEATURED TITLES All American Boys A Novel Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely 9781481463348 Trade Paper y 336 pages y $9.99 y Atheneum BFYR FEATURED TITLES FEATURED Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this New York Times bestselling novel was a 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award. Two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their basketball team, community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. Fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter resisting arrest. There were witnesses: Quinn—Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent again. And again. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced Now in Paperback to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. YOUNG ADULT Reading Group Guide Available y Author Videos Available AllAmericanBoysNovel.com Barking to the Choir The Power of Radical Kinship Gregory Boyle 9781476726151 Hardcover y 256 pages y $26.00 y Simon & Schuster A moving example of unconditional love in difficult times, Father Gregory Boyle shares what three decades of working with gangs in Los Angeles has taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of radical kinship. In his first book, Tattoos on the Heart, Father Gregory Boyle introduced us to Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world. Now, Boyle returns with Barking to the Choir to reveal how compassion is transforming the neighborhood that boasts the highest concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles. In a nation deeply divided and a neighborhood plagued by poverty and violence, Barking to the Choir offers a snapshot into the challenges and joys of life in “the barrio.” Jose, arrested at nine, in a gang by twelve, and serving time shortly thereafter, now works with the substance-abuse team at Homeboy to help young boys find sobriety. Andre, abandoned by his family when he tried to attend school at age seven, New Title, Available November 2017 gradually finds forgiveness for his schizophrenic mother. These former gang members uplift the soul HISTORY & SOCIETY and reveal how bright life can be when filled with unconditional love and kindness. 4 Author Video Available The Fire This Time TITLES FEATURED A New Generation Speaks about Race Jesmyn Ward 9781501126352 Trade Paper y 240 pages y $16.00 y Scribner A surprise New York Times bestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about race— collected by National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation—are “an absolutely indispensable anthology” (Booklist, starred review). In this widely lauded collection, Jesmyn Ward gathers our most original thinkers and writers to speak on contemporary racism and race, including Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Edwidge Danticat, Kevin Young, Claudia Rankine, and Honoree Jeffers. The Fire This Time shines a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestles with our current predicament, and imagines a better future. Envisioned as a response to The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin’s groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, these contemporary writers reflect on the past, present, and future of race in America. We’ve made significant progress in the fifty-odd years since Baldwin’s essays were published, but America is a Now in Paperback long and painful distance away from a “post-racial society”—a truth we must confront if we are to AFRICAN AMERICAN continue to work towards change. “The Fire This Time is a compilation of smart writing and necessary perspectives. This book should be the freshman read at all colleges and universities as well as required reading by public servants of all echelons,” Lucy Kogler (Lit Hub contributor and columnist). SELECTED BY University of South Carolina—Upstate Run for Something A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself Amanda Litman 9781501180446 Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.99 y Atria Books From the email marketing director of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the cofounder of Run for Something comes an essential and inspiring guide that encourages and educates young progressives to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives. There are half a million elected officials in the United States. Why can’t you be one of them? Run for local office and become the change you want to see in the world. Forget about Congress. Forget about the Senate. Focus on the offices that get the real sh*t done: state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and mayors. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the first thing about running for office, or never even imagined you would. That’s what this book is for. New Title in Paperback Amanda Litman, experienced in hard-fought state SOCIAL CHANGE, and national election campaigns, is here to give you guidance as well as wisdom and insight from elected LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION officials and political operatives she interviewed for this book. Audio Available 5 Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading AFRICAN AMERICAN Never Caught The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Erica Armstrong Dunbar 9781501126390 y Hardcover y 304 pages y $25.00 y Atria/37 INK AFRICAN AMERICAN Forced to begin hard labor at the age of twelve, Ona Judge slowly worked her way to become the first attendant to Martha Washington. But what little pleasantries Judge was afforded under Mrs. Washington could never compare to the life of a free woman.This is the powerful journey of a twenty-two-year-old slave who dared attempt escape from one of the nation’s most powerful founding fathers. Themes: American History, African American The Black Male Handbook A Blueprint for Life Kevin Powell 9781416592242 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books In the tradition of bestselling books such as The Covenant by Travis Smiley, writer and activist Kevin Powell presents The Black Male Handbook, a collection of essays by influential black men for black males on surviving and thriving in America. Themes: African American Black Privilege Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It Charlamagne tha God 9781501145308 y Hardcover y 320 pages y $25.99 y Touchstone In this instant New York Times bestseller, Charlamagne Tha God—the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “hip-hop’s Howard Stern”—shares his unlikely success story as well as how embracing one’s truths is a fundamental key to success and happiness.