Accelerated Reader
Non-Fiction Test List Report

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The Acorn People Ron Jones 2.0
The Acorn People, a very special group of disabled children, make their dreams come true at Camp Wiggin-swimming, staging a play, even hiking up Lookout Mountain! The Acorn People prove to the world that with encouragement and determination, nothing is impossible.

Adolf Hitler Brenda Stalcup 11.0
"Adolf Hitler and His Legacy of Destruction," is followed by 16 essays, most of which have been excerpted from adult books. The selections are organized into sections devoted to exploring Hitler's early life and influences, his rise in power and its effects on the German people, World War II and the Holocaust, and his historical impact.”

Adrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at Steven Callahan 12.0
He is the only man in history to have survived more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. How he made it back alive is the subject of Steven Callahan's Adrift, one of the most riveting true-life adventures ever written.

Against All Hope: Resistance...N Hermann Langbein 38.0
Hermann Langbein shatters the myth that all prisoners of concentration camps during World War II passively let themselves be slaughtered. A prisoner himself and one of the leaders of resistance at Auschwitz, Langbein painstakingly documents the detailed account of the history of the camps and the story of resistance. Spanning the initial years to the chaotic weeks before liberation, Against All Hope is the first systematic presentation of organized resistance. Deeply moving, it is an unforgettable testament to the resilience and determination of the human spirit.

Alicia, My Story Alicia Appleman-Ju 25.0
After losing her entire family to the Nazis at age 13, Alicia Appleman-Jurman went on to save the lives of thousands of Jews, offering them her own courage and hope in a time of upheaval and tragedy. Not since The Diary of Anne Frank has a young voice so vividly expressed the capacity for humanity and heroism in the face of Nazi brutality.

Alive Piers Paul Read 19.0
Their plane crashed high In the Andes. Their only shelter was the plane's shattered fuselage, their only supplies a little wine and some bits of candy. In the beginning, there were thirty-two survivors. Then, only twenty-seven; then, nineteen ... and, in the end, sixteen. This is their story — the greatest modem epic of catastrophe and human endurance.

All but My Life Gerda Weissmann Kl 14.0
Klein's openness and warmth are reflected everywhere in her famous book, from the opening account of her family in prewar Poland to her three-year imprisonment in German work camps. On May 7, 1945, she was liberated by the U.S. Army and rescued by Lt. Kurt Klein, whom she married. Photos

All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot 26.0
In this first volume of memoirs, then-newly-qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby and he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? With the local farmers? And what will the animals think? This program is filled with hilarious and touching tales of the unpredictable Sigfriend Farnon, Sigfreid's zany brother, Tristan, and Herriot's first encounters with a beautiful girl called Helen.

All Things Bright and Beautiful James Herriot 23.0
Young James, now married and working as a small-town vet, encounters a cast of extraordinary characters as he makes his way through the Yorkshire countryside tending to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs -- and their eccentric owners. As always, Herriot's warmth, humor, and singular view of life makes us laugh and cry, as we marvel at the everday miracles he creates.

All Things Wise and Wonderful James Herriot 26.0
In the midst of World War Two, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing charcters -- animal and human alike -- Herriot enthralls us once again with his uncanny ability to spin a most engaging and heartfelt yarn.

Along the Tracks Tamar Bergman 11.0
Yankele, a Jewish boy in Lodz, is six years old when the Nazis invade Poland, and his parents take him and his sister on a weeks-long, dangerous trek into the Soviet Union--so vividly rendered that the reader can sense the hero's exhaustion, share his fear as bombs explode on the swarming route.

Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt 23.0
Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy -- exasperating, irresponsible and beguiling -- does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father's tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Anthony Burns...Fugitive Slave Virginia Hamilton 7.0
A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm/Haley 32.0
The absorbing personal story of the man who rose from a life of poverty and disadvantage to become the most dynamic leader of the Black Revolution, only to have his life cut short by an assassin's bullets.

Bad Boy: A Memoir Walter Dean Myers 8.0
Highly popular YA writer Walter Dean Myers takes a slightly different tack than usual by penning memories of his oft-troubled childhood in the aptly titled Bad Boy. Growing up in the 1940s in Harlem proved to be a mixed bag for Myers, one filled with both opportunities and obstacles. From gang warfare and racism to the dark secret his father kept for years, Myers's tale is a testament to the power of love, hope, and perseverance.

Black Boy (American Hunger) Richard Wright 22.0
Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming off age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Mode Mark Bowden 23.0
The behind-the-lines story of the U.S. Special Forces team dropped into the middle of Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993 and the intense firefight for their lives they went through. A true-to-life thriller that gives the political story of what U.S. troops were doing there in the first place and the military details of what the streetfighting cost both sides.

Black Like Me John Howard Griffin 11.0
He trudged southern streets searching for a place where he could eat or rest, looking vainly for a job other than menial labor, feeling the "hate stare." He was John Griffin, a white man who darkened the color of his skin and crossed the line into a country of hate, fear, and hopelessness--the country of the American Black man.

Born Free Joy Adamson 9.0
Joy Adamson's story of a lion cub in transition between the captivity in which she is raised and the fearsome wild to which she is returned captures the abilities of both humans and animals to cross the seemingly unbridgeable gap between their radically different worlds. Especially now, at a time when the sanctity of the wild and its inhabitants is increasingly threatened by human development and natural disaster, Adamson's remarkable tale is an idyll, and a model, to return to again and again.

Brian's Song William Blinn 3.0
Two men. One was named Gale Sayers, the other Brian Piccolo. They came from different parts of the country and competed fiercely for the same position on the professional football team the Chicago Bears. One was white, the other was black. One liked to talk, the other was shy. This is the true story of brotherhood on and off the football field.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown 27.0
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a meticulously documented account of the systematic plunder of the American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century, battle by battle, massacre by massacre, broken treaty by broken treaty. Here -- reconstructed in vivid and heartbreaking detail -- is their side of the story. We can see their faces and hear their voices as they tried desperately to live in peace and harmony with the white man.

Catch Me If You Can: The True St Abagnale/Redding 14.0
Cynics might say that Frank Abagnale had the makings of a great politician. After all, he has written $2.5 million in bad checks, posed successfully as a physician, a lawyer, a bank deposit collector and a CEO, taught in colleges without any real credentials, and convinced people that he was an FBI agent. All of which he did before he was twenty-one.

Caught By the Sea: My Life on Boats Gary Paulsen 3.0
Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet and other adventure novels, tells about his lifelong love of sailing, boats he has owned, and the storms, sharks, and peaceful lagoons he has experienced on his voyages.

Cheaper by the Dozen Ernestine/Frank Gi 10.0
What do you get when you mix a blunt-talking, famous efficiency-expert father and a brilliant, compassionate psychologist mother with twelve rambunctious offspring of various sizes? You get one of America's all-time best- loved memoirs! The hilarious story of growing up Gilbreth has already delighted generations of readers — and it remains as joyous and exuberant as ever. Laugh along with the adventures of the large, irrepressible family unit that redefined the term — and proved the old adage, the more the merrier ... and scarier!

Cheyenne Autumn Mari Sandoz 20.0
"This great story of the struggle of a small band of homesick, mistreated, half-starved Indians against the military might of a major nation takes on the stature of an American epic."-

A Child Called "It" David Pelzer 5.0
Dave Pelzer shares his unforgettable story of the many abuses he suffered at the hands of his alcoholic mother and the averted eyes of his neglectful father. Someone with no one to turn to, his dreams barely kept him alive. Through each of his struggles, readers will find themselves enduring his pain, comforting his loneliness and fighting for his will to survive.

Citizen Soldiers Stephen E. Ambrose 32.0
In Citizen Soldiers, Ambrose — who was a consultant for Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" — takes to the World War II battlefields of western Europe to track a year in the life of U.S. GIs as they fought their way off the beaches of Normandy and across the Rhine into Germany. The author's uncanny ability to tell a compelling story without compromising the facts or his critical eye comes through as strong as ever.


The Color of Water James McBride 11.0
Around the narrative of Ruth McBride Jordan, a.k.a. Rachel Deborah Shilsky, the daughter of an angry, failed Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the South, her son James writes of the inner confusions he felt as a black child of a white mother and of the love and faith with which his mother surrounded their large family. The result is a powerful portrait of growing up, a meditation on race and identity, and a poignant, beautifully crafted hymn from a son to his mother.

Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals Stephen E. Ambrose 6.0
Comrades is a celebration of male friendships. Acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose begins his examination with a glance inward - he starts this book with his brothers, his first and forever friends, and the shared experiences that join them for a lifetime, overcoming distance and misunderstandings.

Coping: A Young Woman's Guide to Bettijane Eisenpreis 7.0
Eisenpreis's experience as a breast-cancer survivor lends a personal and authoritative touch to this thorough and reassuring volume. The author's purpose is to educate young women about their breasts and breast cancer, and particularly to address the concerns of those who have a family member or close friend battling the disease.

The Cross and the Switchblade David Wilkerson 11.0
A young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills comes to New York City and influences troubled teenagers with his inspirational message.

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle Stephen E. Ambrose 42.0
On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944, had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. The true story of D-Day, as Ambrose relates it, is about the citizen soldiers - junior officers and enlisted men - taking the initiative to act on their own to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall when they realized that nothing was as they had been told it would be.

Dangerous Minds LouAnne Johnson 5.8 12.0
A feisty female ex-Marine teaches a class of inner-city high school students about self-respect, courage and success. What had been called "the class from hell" went on to defy everyone's expectations, and proved that LouAnne Johnson's unorthodox technique worked.

A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Isaac Bashevis Singer 5.0
Nobel Prize winner Isacc Bashevis Singer wrote both autobiographical and fantasy tales for children which are deeply rooted in the lost cultural tradition of his native Poland. This very special collection combines the stories he wrote of his childhood with exuberant and timeless tales that can be included among the world's great folk literature

Dear America: Letters Home from Bernard Edelman 14.0
More than twenty-five years after the official end of the Vietnam War, Dear America allows us to witness the war firsthand through the eyes of the men and women who served in Vietnam. In this collection of more than 200 letters, they share their first impressions of the rigors of life in the bush, their longing for home and family, their emotions over the conduct of the war, and their ache at the loss of a friend in battle.

Death Be Not Proud John Gunther 8.0
Johnny Gunther was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy.

The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 14.0
The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describes both the joys and torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens Richard Carlson 10.0
In Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens, Richard Carlson, Ph.D., offered teens simple techniques for coping with life's everyday challenges. Now he offers them a tool in which to write about and reflect upon every facet of their lives: academics, sports, social situations, family life, money matters, even work.

Douglas MacArthur Jean Darby 3.0
A biography of the controversial military leader remembered for his defense of the Philippines during World War II, administration of occupied Japan after the war, and leadership of United Nations troops in the Korean conflict.

Dove Robin Lee Graham 10.0
In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book, Dove.

The Education of Little Tree Forrest Carter 11.0
"This story has entranced readers of all ages since it was first published twenty-five years ago. The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression."

The Embrace Aphrodite Jones 18.0
On November 25, 1996, in their home in the lakeside community of Eustis, Florida, Rick and Ruth Wendorf were savagely beaten to death with a tire iron. The Wendorfs' new Ford Explorer was stolen, but this was no routine robbery gone bad. This was a cime carried out by one Roderick Ferrell, a sixteen-year-old self-avowed Antichrist. His human sacrifice was a testament to the unique and sinister bond of four brainwashed teens.

The Endless Steppe Esther Hautzig 10.0
During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the following five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe.

Ernest Shackleton: Gripped by th Rebecca L. Johnson 3.0
A biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the daring, charismatic Antarctic explorer who fell short of his goal of crossing Antarctica, but accomplished a far greater feat by bringing every member of his crew back alive.

ESPN SportsCentury Michael MacCambrid 14.0
ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, once again brings enthusiasts the most authoritative sports reference book ever published. Whether they're looking for new world records, updating their trivia knowledge, or curious about the most intriguing sports stories of the past year, sports fans will welcome the latest edition of this bestselling almanac.

Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Houston 7.0
During World War Two a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry.

Father Water, Mother Woods Gary Paulsen 6.0
Survival in the wilderness—Gary Paulsen writes about it so powerfully in his novels Hatchet and The River because he's lived it. These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, along the rivers and in the woods of northern Minnesota. There, fishing and hunting are serious business, requiring skill, secrets, and inspiration. Luck, too—not every big one gets away.

Friday Night Lights H.G. Bissinger 19.0
H. G. Bissinger's exquisitely written account brings into sharp focus the bitter struggle between sports and education in Odessa, Texas, as well as in high schools and colleges nationwide.

Ghost Girl Torey L. Hayden 14.0
The true story of a child who refused to speak and the teacher who finally got through to her--uncovering a dark history of child abuse and possible satanic rituals--from the bestselling author of One Child. "A testament to the powers of caring and commitment."--

Ghost Hunters James Deem 3.0
The true story of a child who refused to speak and the teacher who finally got through to her--uncovering a dark history of child abuse and possible satanic rituals--from the bestselling author of One Child. "A testament to the powers of caring and commitment."--

Ghosts, Hauntings...Happenings Phyllis Emert 3.0
True-life accounts of strange, unexplained phenomena chronicle bizarre curses, haunted houses, poltergeists, ghostly apparitions, and people with the power to foretell the future.

Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen 5.0
In the late 1960s, the author spent nearly two years on the ward for teenage girls at McLean Hospital, a renowned psychiatric facility. Her memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perceptions, while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. "Searing . . . captures an exquisite range of self-awareness between madness and insight."--

Go Ask Alice Anonymous 7.0
With over a million copies in print, Go Ask Alice has become a classic of our time. This powerful real-life diary of a teenager's struggle with the seductive — often fatal — world of drugs and addiction tells the truth about drugs in strong and authentic voice. Tough and uncompromising, honest and disturbing — and even more poignant today — Go Ask Alice is page-turning and provocative reading.

The Good Fight: How World War II Stephen E. Ambrose 2.0
Acclaimed historian Stephen E. Ambrose has broken new ground with a stirring account of World War II. Aimed at young readers and written with clarity, Ambrose's book brings out the humanity that underlies war. With compassion and storytelling prowess, the author makes a complex conflict exciting, enlightening, and comprehensible.

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Walter Dean Myers 6.0
Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers presents the amazing story of Muhammad Ali's childhood, his rise as a champion, his politics, and his battles against Parkinson's disease. Packed with dramatic black-and-white photos, this critically acclaimed biography is the perfect choice for both young adult sports fans and fans of Walter Dean Myers in general.

Harriet Tubman...Underground Rai Ann Petry 9.0
A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground railroad.

The Hiding Place Corrie TenBoom 13.0
Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a concentration camp matron beating a prisoner."Oh, the poor woman," Corrie cried."Yes. May God forgive her," Betsie replied. And, once again, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed. Here is a book aglow with the glory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose life was transformed by it. A story of Christ's message and the courageous woman who listened and lived to pass it along — with joy and triumph!



Hiroshima John Hersey 9.0
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity"

The History of Rock and Roll Stuart A. Kallen 6.0
Kallen traces rock and roll from its infancy to its current popularity, providing an in-depth examination of how social events, rebellion, nostalgia and innovation have all transformed rock and roll.

Homesick-My Own Story Jean Fritz 6.0
Jean Fritz was born in China and lived there until 1927, when she was twelve. Young Jean had spent her entire life in China, but her parents' memories of home and letters from relatives in Pennsylvania made her feel that she was American—and homesick for a place she'd never seen!

The Hot Zone Richard Preston 16.0
The true story of how a deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in a Washington, D.C., animal test lab. In a matter of days, 90% of the primates exposed to the virus are dead, and secret government forces are mobilized to stop the spread of this exotic "hot" virus.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 13.0
An unforgettable memoir of growing up black in the 1930s and 1940s in a tiny Arkansas town where Angelou's grandmother's store was the heart of the community and white people seemed as strange as aliens from another planet

I Never Had It Made Jackie Robinson 17.0
This autobiography is more than the story of the first African-American to play major-league baseball. It’s the story of a man of courage and conviction, from his early days in Los Angeles to the days when he worked for the NAACP, supported Richard Nixon, and battled diabetes.

In My Hands Opdyke/Armstrong 11.0
Few anti-Nazis could match the spunk of Irene Gut Opdyke. Not only did this spindly Polish teenager steel food for ghetto Jews from a German officers' club; she smuggled Jews out of work camps and, most daringly of all, hid a dozen fugitives in the home of Nazi major, for whom she worked as a housekeeper!

The Instruments of Music (The Mu Stuart A. Kallen 5.0
The Instruments of Music is organized into five chapters: "Percussion," "Woodwinds," "Brass," "Strings," and "Keyboards." This title does not, however, only look at traditional orchestral instruments. Each chapter follows the development of instruments in its category.

Into the Wild Jon Krakauer 12.0
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter.

Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer 17.0
A childhood dream of someday ascending Mount Everest, a lifelong love of climbing, and an expense account all propelled writer Jon Krakauer to the top of the Himalayas last May. His powerful, cautionary tale of an adventure gone horribly wrong is a must-read.

Isaac's Storm Erik Larson 13.0
On Friday, September 7th, 1900, most of the thirty seven thousand residents of Galveston were looking forward to a quiet weekend. Within two days, however, more than a fifth of them would be dead, and their city of splendid homes & broad clean streets, their city of oleanders and roses and palms would be swept away or reduced to rubble.

It Came from Ohio! My Life as a R.L. Stine 3.0
A best-selling author tells kids everything they ever wanted to know about him--and Goosebumps! What was R.L. Stine like as a kid? How did he start writing books? Where does he get all his scary ideas? These and many more questions are answered in this humorous, fast-paced biography. Photos, line drawings. 144 pp.

Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems Mel Glenn 2.0
Tells the story of a high school basketball team's season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers, and coaches.

Katie.com: My Story Katherine Tarbox 9.0
Katie.com is the story of Tarbox's chat-room romance gone very wrong, but it is also just a story of a teenage girl. Tarbox's capacity to be brutally honest is considerable. Her words provide tremendous insight into the vulnerability and insecurity of young adults, which makes Katie.com a compelling tale to read for parents and teenagers alike.

Kon-Tiki Thor Heyerdahl 14.0
Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure — a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage.

Life on the Color Line Gregory Howard Wil 17.0
When the author and his brother were forced to leave Virginia and return to his father's family in Muncie, Indiana, they discovered that their father was a black man who has "passed" in white society. Life on the Color Line tells Williams' story. revealing how his courage and perseverance helped him overcome years of poverty, racism, and intolerance.

Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search Dave Pelzer 9.0
The Lost Boy is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called 'It'. The Lost Boy is Pelzer's story -- a moving sequel and inspirational read for all.

The Lord God Made Them All James Herriot 20.0
The concluding volume of the series of tales that made James Herriot the world's most beloved veterinarian. The sequel to All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful.
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessar Walter Dean Myers 8.0 6.0
Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. Even years after his assassination, Malcolm X continues to figure prominently in discussions about American race relations. In this provocative biography, Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, presents a forthright portrait of a complex man whose life reflected the major events of our times. 1994 Corretta Scott King Author Honor Book.
Man Named Dave Dave Pelzer 15.0
In this installment, Pelzer narrates his life from his enlistment in the Air Force at age 18 to the present day. While all three books show the consequences of profound cruelty with a frank immediacy and gut-wrenching, carefully chosen detail, they are -- as the subtitle of this final installment of the trilogy suggests -- ardently inspirational works.

Midnight in the Garden of Good a John Berendt 21.0
Mr. Berendt's writing is elegant and wickedly funny, and his eye for telling details is superb....Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to call a travel agent and book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.

The Miracle Worker William Gibson 4.0
One of the most beautiful and heartfelt dramas of our time, this is the inspiring story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan--The Miracle Worker.

Monsters, Strange Dreams and UFO Phyllis Emert 3.0
This book contains true accounts and factual information on some of the most nagging questions of this century. It recounts true-life tales of uncanny happenings, from flying-saucer sightings to sea-monster encounters to dreams that foretell disaster.

My Life in Dog Years Gary Paulsen 3.0
The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Phillippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life

My Sergei: A Love Story Gordeeva/Swift 12.0
They were two mismatched kids teamed by the Soviets to perform for the state, but they grew up to win four World Championships, two Olympic gold medals -- and the adoration of millions. Along the way, they fell madly in love and married.

Mysteries of People and Places Phyllis Emert 3.0
Mysteries of Ships and Planes Phyllis Emert 3.0
Night Elie Wiesel 4.0
Night — A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary Of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Lawrence/Lee 3.0
If the law is of such a nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, than I say, break the law." So wrote the young Henry David Thoreau in 1849. Three years earlier, Thoreau had put his belief into action and refused to pay taxes because of the United States government's involvement in the Mexican War, which Thoreau firmly believed was unjust. For his daring and unprecedented act of protest, he was thrown in jail. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a dramatic presentation of this famous act of civil disobedience and its consequences. Its scenes offer a compelling exploration of Thoreau's philosophy and life.

A Night to Remember Walter Lord 8.0
From Titanic’s first distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, here is the legendary disaster relived by the few who survived and can never forget the many who did not.
Now Is Your Time!The African-American Struggle for Freedom Walter

Dean Myers 9.0
A history of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality, beginning with the capture of Africans in 1619, continuing through the American Revolution, the Civil War, and into contemporary times.

On the Field with...Emmitt Smith Matt Christopher 3.0
The biography of Emmitt Smith who has played for the Dallas Cowboys and won the NFL rushing title four times during his career.

On the Way Home Laura Ingalls Wild 3.0
During their journey, Laura kept a detailed diary of events: the cities they passed through, the travelers they encountered on the way, the changing countryside, and the trials of an often difficult voyage. Laura's words, preserved in this book, reveal her inner thoughts as she traveled with her family in search of a new home in Mansfield, where Rose would spend her childhood, where Laura would write her Little House books, and where she and Almanzo would remian all the rest of their happy days together.


One Child Torey L. Hayden 12.0
The time had finally come. The time I had been waiting for through all these long months that I knew sooner or later had to occur. Now it was here. She had surprised me so much by actually crying that for a moment I did nothing but look at her. Then I gathered her into my arms, hugging her tightly. She clutched onto my shirt so that I could feel the dull pain of her fingers digging into my skin. She cried and cried and cried. I held her and rocked the chair back and on its rear legs, feeling my arms and chest get damp from the tears and her hot breath and the smallness of the room.

Ophelia Speaks Sara Shandler 14.0
Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self is the result of Sara Shandler's crusade. Her goal was to bring real voice to Reviving Ophelia. She succeeds. The voices are raw and young and jarring -- sometimes adult-like, sometimes childlike, and more often both, like Shandler's voice.

Plague and Pestilence: A History Linda Jacobs Altma 3.0
Traces the battles that societies have waged against infectious diseases from the Black Death of the fourteenth century to the Ebola virus of more recent times.

Rain of Gold Victor Villasenor 39.0
Novelist ( Macho ) and screenwriter Villasenor recounts the adventures and struggles of three generations of his family in this earthy Mexican American saga. His father, Juan Salvador, who fled a Mexico torn by revolution, was imprisoned at the Arizona state penitentiary at age 12 for stealing $6 worth of ore from the mine where he worked. He escaped.

Real Ghosts Daniel Cohen 2.0
Accounts of "real" ghost sightings--some of which have since been proven fraudulent and some of which have never been satisfactorily explained

Rebound: The Odyssey of Michael Jordan Bob Greene 16.0
Like Babe Ruth and Joe Louis, Michael Jordan is a national icon, one of the country's most celebrated and intriguing personalities. In startling and moving detail, Jordan discusses with Bob Greene his personal journey, taking readers along as he explores the events that brought him down to earth--and the spirit that brought him back from the brink.

Ryan White: My Own Story White/Cunningham 11.0
Ryan White describes how he got AIDS, engaged in a legal battle to return to school, and became a celebrity and spokesman for issues concerning the deadly disease.

Shadow of the Dictators (TimeFra Time Life Editors 12.0
Follows the path of dictators during the time frame of 1925-1950 in Europe and Asia.

Sorrow's Kitchen: Zora Neale Hur Mary Lyons 4.0
Lyons offers the biography of one of the greatest African-American woman writers, Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote Mules & Men and Their Eyes Were Watching God. "A necessary enhancement for any collection that wants to present the depth and diversity of black history.

The Story of Baseball Lawrence S. Ritter 8.0
History, not always of interest to children, might become a hit when you put it in the context of baseball's past. The author presents a history of baseball from the turn of the century to the present. It is told mostly through the players who drove the sport and collectively made it what it is today. A profusion of black and white illustrations fill the pages.

Summer of '49 David Halberstam 18.0
A magnificent journey through the 1949 pennant race in which the Red Sox and the Yankees battled down to a one-game season.

There Are No Children Here: The Alex Kotlowitz 16.0
In his acclaimed 1987 series for The Wall Street Journal, Alex Kotlowitz established that the tender underside of our embattled inner cities is the children, urban America's greatest casualty and its only hope. With this searing and important work, he continues the stories of 12-year-old Lafayette Rivers and his younger brother Pharoah as they confront tragedy on a daily basis.

The Thread That Runs So True Jesse Stuart 16.0
A personal narrative of the author's experiences as a teacher in the mountain region of Kentucky.

Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Ch Tim Rosaforte 11.0
This exciting behind-the-scenes examination of Tiger looks specifically at the most crucial time in Woods's young career: the enormous pressure he was under to win his third straight U.S. Amateur title; his decision to turn professional; and his stunning initial success, winning two PGA titles in just seven outings.

'Tis Frank McCourt 24.0
The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela's Ashes,'Tis is the story of Frank McCourt's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur.

Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom 5.0
Award-winning sportswriter Albom was a student at Brandeis University, some two decades ago, of sociologist Morrie Schwartz. Here Albom recounts how, recently, as the old man was dying, he renewed his warm relationship with his revered mentor.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 26.0
Two Years Before The Mast is Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s account of his life as a common seaman aboard the brig the Pilgrim which set out from Boston on August 14, 1835 destined for California by way of the treacherous Cape Horn.


The UFO Challenge Richard Rasmussen 4.0
Examines incidents involving reported sightings of unidentified flying objects and meetings with aliens, describes how people react in these situations, and discusses how the authorities are investigating.

Up From Slavery Booker T. Washington 13.0
Up from Slavery chronicles the life and times of Booker T. Washington. In this captivating autobiography, Washington recounts his personal voyage from the shackles of slavery to the pinnacle of prominence. The Tuskegee Institute, later to become today's Tuskegee University, plays a large role in the book, so much so that the latter half of Up from Slavery is as much about Tuskegee as it is about Washington.
Upon the Head of the Goat Aranka Siegal 10.0
Nine-year-old Piri describes the bewilderment of being a Jewish child during the 1939-1944 German occupation of her hometown (then in Hungary and now in the Ukraine) and relates the ordeal of trying to survive in the ghetto.

Walden Henry David Thoreau 21.0
In 1845 Thoreau leased some land owned by his friend and mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, and lived in a cabin on it for two years, two months, and two days. The experience gave Thoreau the chance to make keen observations on the world around him. The result became an American classic: Walden explores not only the soul of the searching Thoreau, but defines what it means to be a truly free person, and distills the essence of our relationship of Nature.

A Walk Across America Peter Jenkins 14.0
"I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "and found both." In this timeless classic, Jenkins describes how disillusionment with society in the 1970s drove him out onto the road on a walk across America. His experiences remain as sharp and telling today as they were twenty-five years ago -- from the timeless secrets of life, learned from a mountain-dwelling hermit, to the stir he caused by staying with a black family in North Carolina, to his hours of intense labor in Southern mills. Many, many miles later, he learned lessons about his country and himself that resonate to this day -- and will inspire a new generation to get out, hit the road and explore.

Warriors Don't Cry (Abridged) Melba Pattillo Beals 9.0
Melba Patillo Beals, who as a teenager in 1957 became a key player in a critical civil rights struggle, has abridged for young readers her affecting adult title Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High School.

West From Home Laura Ingalls Wild 4.0
A selection of letters by Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband in which she describes the highlights of her visit to the west coast in 1915.

West With the Night Beryl Markham 15.0
The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west describes her childhood on a farm in Kenya, her apprenticeship as a horse trainer, and her later career as a pioneer aviator.

Who Killed My Daughter? Lois Duncan 15.0
Duncan, a highly acclaimed author of young adult literature, here tells the story of her agonizing search for her daughter's murderers. The police wrote off the crime as a ``random shooting,'' but Duncan could not accept that verdict and set about her own investigation of what really happened.

Woodsong Gary Paulsen 5.0
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska

World's Most Bone-Chilling "True John Macklin 3.0
A collection of twenty-four short, purportedly true stories about ghosts, strange disappearances, and odd events from around the world.

World's Most Spine-Tingling "Tru Sheila Barry 3.0
Ghosts, curses, strange powers, and the unexpected will have you trembling in your seat! All are short, 2 to 3 pages tops, easy to read, and guaranteed to start chills running up and down your spine. "...easy-to-remember stories could be re-told around a campfire

World's Weirdest "True" Ghost St John Beckett 3.0
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but spookier, too! 32 ghostly tales—every one documented—with eerie illustrations.

Source for book reviews:
Barnes & Noble Online Resource. 22 August 2004. Barnesandnoble.com <http://www.bn.com>.