Night, by
Elie Wiesel, is an autobiography that recounts Elie’s days in a German
concentration camp during the holocaust.
The holocaust represents a delicate and complex time in our worlds’
history. That being said, I look forward
to further understanding the horrors that the victims of the holocaust faced.
Michael
Dorris’, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, is a novel centered around three
generations of Indian women and their different yet connected struggles in
life. Dorris writes with a fluid and
emotional style that effortlessly conveys the ebb and flow of life that his
characters endure. Learning about the
modern day culture of Native Americans is a subject that interests me and
Dorris seems just the author to educate me on this subject.
Emmy
Laybourne Centers her book, Monument 14, around the end of the
world…literally. A group of students and
a bus driver are trapped inside a grocery store as the world around them begins
the slow trek downward. I have always
enjoyed apocalypse themed book for whatever morbid reason and Laybourne writes
about such a gruesome event in a very riveting style.
The Kite
Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a friendship between two young
boys in Afghanistan right as the country begins to fall into the throws of
chaos. Hosseini writes with a unique
style that can most likely be contributed to his Afgani upbringing and
education. The political mess that is
Afghanistan is in intriguing and somewhat understudied subject among teens
today and learning more about the topic will serve useful and interesting.
Anne Frank,
a Jewish girl trying to survive during the holocaust, wrote a diary about her
experiences while on the run from the Nazis that had over run Germany at the
time. WWII is a time in our history that
left its mark on every individual involved, directly and indirectly and Anne
Frank is one of the most well known victims of the holocaust, therefore I feel
that her story is one that everyone should know.
To Kill a
Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is an American classic that can be considered a timeless
novel. It tells the tale of an African
American man accused of raping a young white woman in the 1930s, a time where
racism ran rampant. Harper Lee is said
to have written this navel with wit and humor to lighten the gravity of the
situation he describes.
The Hitler I
Knew: Memoirs of the Third Reich’s Press Chief, by Otto Dietrich, is a riveting
novel that focuses solely on the individual that was responsible for WWII. Dietrich writes with a simple and scholarly
style that exposes the inner workings of Adolf Hitler’s twisted mind and
enlightens the world to the complex ideology of the dictator. This time in history was one of lies and deceit
and Dietrich places us one step closer to understanding such a turbulent time
period.
John Green
is an exceptional writer that captures the different aspects of a teen’s life
in his various novels and I expect that The Fault in Our Stars will not deviate
from his usual sense of humor and style.
The Fault in Our Stars is a novel that tells the story of girl
struggling through a terminal battle with cancer. Naturally this book falls close to my own
interests and Green is also an author, with which I am familiar, therefore, it
is only expected that I look forward to reading this novel.
Sarah Dessen
is a young adult fiction writer who writes love stories that can make a girls stomach
turn because the novels are so overly sweet.
And yet we girls flock to her nonetheless. I expect that, This Lullaby will be no
exception as Dessen describes the life of Remy, a girl who meets a boy named
Dexter that defies everything she thinks she knows about relationships.
The Great
Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a true classic that tells the story of the
wealthy Jay Gatsby and his life and love in the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald is a well acclaimed author and his
style is true to the age which he is writing about. I expect great things from this novel that
has entertained the American public since its publication.
