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By Kayleigh Voss | October 22 2018 | College & University Reads
A Memoir
9780399590504
Selected for common reading at:
Hardcover
- All-School Reads > College Readiness and Career Development > Coping with Transitions/Change
- All-School Reads > Inspiration > Overcoming Adversity
- All-School Reads > Inspiration > Resilience
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Coming-of-Age
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > Women's Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Professional Learning > Educational Policy
- All-School Reads > Professional Learning > Social-emotional Learning
- All-School Reads > Religion and Spirituality
- College & University Reads > College Success and Career Development > Coping with Transitions/Change
- College & University Reads > Inspiration > Overcoming Adversity
- College & University Reads > Inspiration > Resilience
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Coming-of-Age
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > Women's Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Religion and Spirituality
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Coming-of-Age
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > Women's Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Mental Health Stories
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A Novel
9781524763558
The inaugural acquisition for SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a masterful portrait of a family caught between two cultures, and a resonant story of faith, tradition, identity, and belonging from a gifted young storyteller.
Hardcover
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Immigrant, First-generation and Refugee Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Immigrant, First-generation and Refugee Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
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Losing and Finding Race in America
9780143131380
"Captivating... [a] heartfelt account of how newcomers carve a space for themselves in the melting pot of America."--Publishers WeeklyA first-generation immigrant's "intimate, passionate look at race in America" (Viet Thanh Nguyen), an American's journey into the heart of not-whiteness.
Paperback
9780670012107
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!
Hardcover
Age 14 and up
Grade 9 & Up
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > Women's Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Social Justice > Activism
- All-School Reads > Social Justice > Public Health
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Gender and Sexuality > More in Gender and Sexuality
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A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
9780399590856
A New York Times Notable Book
Paperback
- All-School Reads > Inspiration > Courage
- All-School Reads > Inspiration > Overcoming Adversity
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Immigrant, First-generation and Refugee Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) > Health & Medicine
- All-School Reads > Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) > The Environment > Pollution
- All-School Reads > Social Justice > Activism
- All-School Reads > Social Justice > Public Health
- All-School Reads > Social Justice > Service & Altruism
- College & University Reads > Inspiration > Courage
- College & University Reads > Inspiration > Overcoming Adversity
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Immigrant, First-generation and Refugee Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) > Medical Sciences
- College & University Reads > Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) > The Environment > Pollution
- College & University Reads > Social Justice > Activism
- College & University Reads > Social Justice > Public Health
- College & University Reads > Social Justice > Service & Altruism
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Immigrant, First-generation and Refugee Voices & Stories
- Community Reads > Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) > Health & Medicine
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A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
9780812987508
Selected for common reading at Western Washington University
Paperback
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- All-School Reads > Social Justice > Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Social Justice > Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Family and Community
- Community Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Asian American Voices & Stories
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Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South
9781590518601
A rare first-person account that combines a journalist's skilled, objective reporting and insightful writing with the raw emotion of a younger brother's heart-felt testimony of what his own family went through for decades after his eldest brother killed a man, pleaded guilty, and received a sentence of life in prison
Hardcover
- All-School Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Black Voices & Stories
- College & University Reads > Life Stories > Race & Cultural Identity in America > Black Voices & Stories
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- Community Reads > Social Justice > Criminal Justice & Law
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