Category Archives: Multicultural
“Lies My Teacher Told Me”
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen This book was originally published in 1994 and was revised in 2007. I’d been thinking about reading it for a long time, but … Continue reading
Posted in Multicultural, Non-fiction, Over 375 pages
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“A Golden Age” Student Review 2009
The following is a student review of “A Golden Age” by Tahmima Anam. Genre: Bangladesh revolution Pages: 288 Reviewer: Tasnuva H. It starts off with a single mother who has a 17 year old daughter Maya, and a nineteen year … Continue reading
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“Things Fall Apart” Student Reviews 2009
The following reviews by COHS students are on “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe Genre: Classic African Novel Pages: 181 Reviewer: Raven W. This novel is about a man named Okonkwo, who strived to be better than his poor, undependable … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Fiction, Multicultural
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‘Like Water for Chocolate” Student Review 2009
The following are reviews by COHS students for “Like Water for Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel. Genre: Magical Realism Pages: 246 Reviewer: Alejandra Q. Like water for Chocolate is a story about a girl, Tita De La Garza, who wants to … Continue reading
“The Ginger Tree”
The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd (294 pp.) When Mary Mackenzie is sailing from Great Britain to China in order to marry her fiancé, she finds herself feeling restless. Her chaperone is too rigid, and Mary must even hide the … Continue reading
“Fallen Angels”
“Fallen Angels” by Walter Dean Myers 309 pp. Richie Perry is an African-American boy who goes to Vietnam. His experiences there change his perception of the world. On his first day out, another new recruit is blown apart when he … Continue reading
“The Rock and the River”
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon 1968: Racial tensions are escalating in cities across America, including fourteen-year-old Sam’s hometown of Chicago. The struggle for racial equality has even divided Sam’s own family—his father is a civil rights activist, … Continue reading
“This Full House”
This Full House by Virginia Euwer Wolff LaVaughn, a high school senior, is finally seeing her hard work pay off . She’s just been accepted to WIMS (Women in Medical Science), a prestigious after-school program for girls from impoverished areas … Continue reading
“Same Kind of Different as Me”
“Same Kind of Different as Me” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent Ms. G here at COHS recommended this book to me because it was so moving that she couldn’t put it down. It’s quite a tale—and … Continue reading
“Before We Were Free”
“Before We Were Free” by Julia Alvarez Life under a repressive dictator is hard for some of us to imagine. “Before We Were Free” shows us such a life—in the 1960s Dominican Republic—from the point-of-view of a twelve-year-old girl. Anita … Continue reading
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