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Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of the trials one Japanese-American family faced when they were forced out of their home into the Ja...

"I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn't it. The house on Mango Street isn't it....

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, is a true story about the meat we eat and where it comes from. From tuna to turkey, Foer covers it ...

Dawn of Fear , by Susan Cooper, is the story of three young boys, Derek, Peter, and Geoffrey, living in a small town outside of London durin...

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman, is the story of the wife of one of the most beloved presidents of all time, Fra...

The Grapes of Wrath , by John Steinbeck, is the story of the Joad family, who have been forced off the farm they have lived on for generatio...

Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop , by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, tells the story of the man who was perhaps the most well-known artist in th...

Lord of the Flies , by William Golding, is the story of a group of schoolboys who are the only survivors of a plane crash. Stranded on a rem...

All Shook Up , by Glenn Altschuler, is a nonfiction book chronicling the story of rock n roll through the lives of famous rock n rollers, cr...

A Stillness at Appomattox , by Bruce Catton, is the story of the last year of the Civil War, from the second battle of the Wilderness to the...

Robert E. Lee , by James I. Robertson Jr., is a biography of one of the most respected American figures in history. Robert E. Lee grew up i...

Ulysses S. Grant, by Steven O'Brien, is a biography of one of the most interesting figures in American history. Grant has a reputation a...

For Love of Insects , by entomologist Thomas Eisner, is a book devoted to his discoveries about the lives of arthropods. Although the title ...

The Red Badge of Courage , by Stephen Crane, is one of the most famous Civil War stories ever published. Unlike most novels about this subje...

The Killer Angels , by Michael Shaara, is perhaps the best historical novel that I have ever read. It told the story of the Battle of Gettys...

To Be a Slave , by Julius Lester, is a collection of true stories told in the words of the slaves themselves. There are stories of how slave...