Bibliography For Journal Entry
Reading People’s Lives
Afghanistan
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns
Africa/African American
Achibe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Beals, Melba Patilla. Warriors Don’t Cry.
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying.
Lamb, David. Do Plantanos Go Wit Collard Greens – A Novel.
McBride, James. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother.
Morrison, Toni. Bluest Eye.
Walker, Alice. The Color Purple.
Wright, Richard. Black Boy.
Australia – Aboriginal
Morgan, Marlo. Mutant Message Down Under
China
Gish, Jen. Who’s Irish.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of Girlhood Among Ghosts
Lee, Chang-Rae. Native Speaker.
Okada, John. No-No Boy.
Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club.
Yen Mah, Adeline. Falling Leaves.
Yen Mah, Adeline. Chinese Cinderella : The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter.
Cuba
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Domican Republic
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of Butterflies.
Alvarez, Julia. Yo!.
Egypt
Mahfouz, Naguib. The Day the Leader Was Killed.
Mahfouz, Naguib. The Time and the Place and Other Stories.
Gay
Bauer, Marion Dane. Am I Blue: Coming Out From the Silence.
Fricke, Aaron. Reflections on a Rock Lobster: A story about growing up gay.
Haiti
Danticat, Edwidge. Breath, Eyes, Memory.
Danticat, Edwidge. The Farming of Bones.
India
Delman, Carmit. Burnt Bread and Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures—A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies.l
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Iran
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis 1 and 2
Irish
Collins, Michael. The Path to Freedom
McCourt, Frank. Angelas Ashes
McCourt, Frank. Tis
Kennedy, William. Ironweed
McDermott, Alice. Charming Billy.
Italy
Barreca, Regina (Ed.). Don’t Tell Mama. The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing.
D’Angelo, Pascal. Son of Italy.
Levi, Primo. The Period Table of Elements.
Jamaica
Kincaid, Jamaica. My Brother. [A story about AIDS]
Japan
Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha.
Inoue, Yasushi. The Izu Dancer and Other Stories.
Kawabata, Yasunari. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.
Kawabata, Yasunari. Thousand Cranes.
Salzman, Mark. Iron & Silk.
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Jewish
Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner.
Levi, Primo. The Period Table of Elements.
McBride, James. The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother.
Potok, Chaim. Davita’s Harp.
Potok, Chaim. My Name is Asher Lev.
Spiegelman, Art. Maus I and II.
Martinique
Chamoiseau, Patrick. , Linda Coverdale (Translator) School Days = Chemin-D'Ecole: Chemin-D'Ecole.
Mexico
Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate.
Lamb, David. Do Plantanos Go Wit Collard Greens – A Novel.
Pakistan
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Haveli
Puerto Rico
Santiago, Esmeralda. When I Was Puerto Rican.
