Register for the 2019 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Author Events!

By Kayleigh Voss | October 22 2018 | College & University Reads

 Penguin Random House Author Events at the 38th Annual First-Year Experience® Conference

Las Vegas, NV, February 16-19, 2019

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Clemantine Wamariya

Casey Gerald

Abdi Nor Iftin

Scott Harrison

Zachary Wood

Educated
A Memoir
978-0-399-59050-4
Selected for common reading at: 
Hardcover

A Place for Us
A Novel
978-1-5247-6355-8
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

Not Quite Not White
Losing and Finding Race in America
978-0-14-313138-0
"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

SHOUT
978-0-670-01210-7
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

Thirst
A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
978-1-5247-6284-1
From the founder of the world-renowned nonprofit "charity: water," and one of Fast Company's "most creative people in business," a narrative about redemption, second chances, and the transformative power in all of us.
Hardcover

What the Eyes Don't See
A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
978-0-399-59085-6
A New York Times Notable Book
Paperback

Futureface
A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
978-0-8129-8750-8
Selected for common reading at Western Washington University                
Paperback

Uncensored
My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America
978-1-5247-4245-4
Rooted in his own powerful personal story, twenty-two-year-old Zachary Wood shares his dynamic perspective on free speech, race, and dissenting opinions--in a world that sorely needs to learn to listen.
Paperback

My Brother Moochie
Regaining Dignity in the Face of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South
978-1-59051-860-1
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