Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace
By: Ger Duany
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier to an international peace a…
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1. How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
By: Sandra Uwiringiyimana , Abigail Pesta
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this powerful memoir, Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, te… read more
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- africa
- biography
- memoir
- history
- war
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"It's okay to express yourself. It doesn't mean you're weak"-Sandra Uwiringiyimana, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
"I knew the sounds of war before I knew how to do a cartwheel."-Sandra Uwiringiyimana, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
2. Ashes (Seeds of America, #3)
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.35
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Freedom for one, freedom for all? That’s the question that burns in Isabel’s mind as she and Cur… read more
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- war
3. Salem Falls
By: Jodi Picoult
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Jack buries his past, content to become the mysterious stranger who has appeared out of the blue. A… read more
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4. Forge (Seeds of America, #2)
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O'Dell … read more
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- war
5. Prisoner B-3087
By: Alan Gratz
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, … read more
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6. Redshirts
By: John Scalzi
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more
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"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
7. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
By: Malala Yousafzai , Patricia McCormick
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Hardcover
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai … read more
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8. Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesme… read more
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9. Home of the Brave
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 364 pages,
Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never … read more
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10. The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
By: None
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildl… read more
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11. The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)
By: John Scalzi
3.33
Format: 153 pages, Hardcover
Hugo-award winning author, John Scalzi returns to his best-selling Old Man's War universe with the … read more
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12. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
By: Jean Craighead George
2.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the soli… read more
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13. Milkweed
By: Jerry Spinelli
4.02
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He's a boy who l… read more
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14. Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.96
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirte… read more
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15. Yerba Buena
By: Nina LaCour
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, following two wo… read more
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"How special it was, that first sip, and each sip that came after. How it had settled and warmed her, made her feel that she was welcome. That's what Sara did."-Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena
"I was a vase. The thought struck her as she gazed at the wall of them. She had been a vessel; it was true. She'd stepped into this shop, introduced herself, asked for a job, hoped it would fill her. …"-Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena
16. Queen of the Tiles
By: Hanna Alkaf
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen gi… read more
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17. When Stars Are Scattered
By: Victoria Jamieson
4.62
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered
18. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.23
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best… read more
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"You are Bob, untamed and undaunted."-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)
"Seems to me there are lots of ways to be brave, Bob," he said."-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)
"When you've been through the worst with someone, you appreciate the best."-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)
"Maybe it's easier to forgive others once you've learned how to forgive yourself."-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)
20. The Waters
By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
3.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the sou… read more
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"Maybe lions keep their promises not to eat your lambs just until they get hungry."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"This is a dog town. A dog gets forgiven for his crimes here. A cat has to pay the price for every transgression. Meow."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"Like any medicine, a tattoo would have its secondary side effect eventually--- might establish who you were or might transform you. Might even poison you."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"Titus is going to come milk Delilah after seven." There was a long silence before Herself said grimly, "Don't tell me I raised the kind of girl who waits for a man to milk her cow."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
21. Sea Prayer
By: Khaled Hosseini
4.10
Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition
A short, powerful, illustrated book written by Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee c… read more
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- war
"I pray the sea knows this. Inshallah."-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer
"I wish you remembered Homs as I do, Marwan."-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer
"All of us inpatient for the sunrise, all of us in dread of it. All of us in search of home."-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer
"You know a bomb crater can be made into a swimming hole. You have learned dark blood is better news than bright."-Khaled Hosseini, Sea Prayer
22. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more
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"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
23. The Bridge Home
By: Padma Venkatraman
4.27
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more
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"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home
24. A Life Without Water (A Life Without #1)
By: Marci Bolden
3.96
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
Healing can take a lifetime... Carol Denman divorced her husband over twenty years ago and has n… read more
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25. Resistance
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.32
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more
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"In the knowing, there was peace."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance
"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance
26. Across the Way (The Neighbors #3)
By: Mary Monroe
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
In this captivating Depression-era set novel by New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe, two … read more
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27. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
By: Curtis Chin
3.80
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more
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- biography
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28. The Lion Women of Tehran
By: Marjan Kamali
4.50
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more
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"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran
29. Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace
By: Ger Duany
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier to an international peace a… read more
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- africa
- biography
- memoir
- history
- war
- autobiography
- nonfiction
30. Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Born to Fly is the gripping story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies—and beyond. … read more
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