Category Archives: Non-fiction
Adult Books for Teens: “Lean In”
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg is an enormously successful businesswoman who is now the COO (chief operating officer) of Facebook. She decided to write Lean In to argue that in the … Continue reading
Adult Books for Teens: Memoir: “My Beloved World”
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Sotomayor is one of the first women (the third) and the first Hispanic to become a Supreme Court justice. Her memoir, My Beloved World, is not quite an autobiography because she stops the … Continue reading
Adult Books for Adults and Teens: “Team of Rivals”
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin I know this is a long shot, but I’m hoping there’s a student who will take me up on this. Summer reading for the truly motivated! While the focus of Team of Rivals … Continue reading
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Family Problems, Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Movie Tie-In, Non-fiction, Over 375 pages
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, book reviews, Civil War, Dred Scott case, Edwin Stanton, Emancipation Proclamation, Frances Seward, Kansas Nebraska Act, Kate Chase, Mary Todd Lincoln, Missouri Compromise, movie tie-in, Salmon Chase, slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, US History, William Seward
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A good nonfiction follow-up to FiOS: “Regine’s Book”
Regine’s Book: A Teen Girl’s Last Words by Regine Stokke Regine Stokke, a seventeen year old living in Norway, was diagnosed with a particularly virulent form of leukemia (a blood cancer)—acute myelogenous leukemia or AML—in 2008. She decided that … Continue reading
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Non-fiction, Young Adult Literature
Tagged AML, cancer, leukemia, Norway, photography, Quart Festival, Regine Stokke, YA literature
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COHS teacher discussion: “The Global Achievement Gap”
Although this entry deals with significant ways in which education will change—and thus affect students’ lives—it’s written for teachers. Our principal has asked that we teachers read and discuss this book. (He bought 20 copies, and these can be checked … Continue reading
COHS teacher discussion: “The Global Achievement Gap”
This is a guest entry from Mrs. Fiandaca. Although this entry deals with significant ways in which education will change—and thus affect students’ lives—it’s written for teachers. Our principal has asked that we teachers read and discuss this book. (He … Continue reading
COHS teacher discussion: “The Global Achievement Gap”
Although this entry deals with significant ways in which education will change—and thus affect students’ lives—it’s written for teachers. Our principal has asked that we teachers read and discuss this book. (He bought 20 copies, and these can be … Continue reading
Advice in “Tiny Beautiful Things”
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed I’m not a fan of advice columns and I loathe self-help books, so I was surprised when someone I trust recommended this book. And wow! What … Continue reading
Posted in Family Problems, Mature Readers, Non-fiction
Tagged advice columns, Cheryl Strayed
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