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HIGH SCHOOL NONFICTION GARRARD CONLEY Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family At age nineteen, Garrard Conley was outed to his parents and forced to make a lifechanging decision: either

This is the story of how he found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self.

..equal parts sympathy and rage, Boy Erased is a necessary, beautiful book. Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You St

proposed Keystone XL pipeline route explores questions about fossil fuels, climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place in it.

Robert Sullivan, author of The Thoreau You Don t Know Blue Rider Press Paperback 288 pages 978-0-7352-1387-6 $16.00 Riverhead Paperback 352 pages 978-0-7352-1346-3 $16.

He survived alone for weeks on the streets of Calcutta before being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins.

With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation. Weekly Review (Australia) Berkley Paperback 288 pp.

00 ANTOINE LEIRIS Excellent Daughters Academic Marketing Department Lion The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World Chronicles the internal pressures and counter-pressures

..[zoepf] understand[s] these women s lives on their own terms without losing her footing either in their world or in ours.

1 HIGH SCHOOL NONFICTION GARRARD CONLEY Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family At age nineteen, Garrard Conley was outed to his parents and forced to make a lifechanging decision: either agree to attend a conversion therapy program that promised to cure him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and religion. This is the story of how he found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self. This brave and bracing memoir is an urgent reminder that America remains a place where queer people have to fight for their lives...equal parts sympathy and rage, Boy Erased is a necessary, beautiful book. Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You Staten Island, NY Permit No. 169 PAID Presort Std U.S. Postage FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS KEN ILGUNAS Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland The account of one man s journey along the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route explores questions about fossil fuels, climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place in it. In the end, walking across the country turns out not to be about [Ilgunas], but about the country and all the land and people that make it one. Robert Sullivan, author of The Thoreau You Don t Know Blue Rider Press Paperback 288 pages $16.00 Riverhead Paperback 352 pages $16.00 K AT H E R I N E Z O E P F SAROO BRIERLEY At age five, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. He survived alone for weeks on the streets of Calcutta before being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. With the advent of Google Earth, he could look for the needle in a haystack he once called home. After years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation. Weekly Review (Australia) Berkley Paperback 288 pp $16.00 ANTOINE LEIRIS Excellent Daughters Academic Marketing Department Lion The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World Chronicles the internal pressures and counter-pressures influencing the Arab world toward a form of social change that is by no means inevitable...[zoepf] understand[s] these women s lives on their own terms without losing her footing either in their world or in ours. The New York Times Book Review Penguin Paperback 272 pages $17.00 D AV E I S AY Callings: You Will Not Have My Hate In 2015, Antoine Leiris s wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Here, he tells the story of how he and his baby son endured in the aftermath. This is the unforgettable testimony of a survivor and a universal message of hope. A courageous and profoundly life affirming manifesto that will live beyond any momentary victory of terrorism. The New York Journal of Books Penguin Paperback 288 pages $16.00 D A N - E L PA D I L L A P E R A LTA The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. Rinaldi tells the story of Welles Crowther, who worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center and saved the lives of several strangers on 9/11. The Red Bandanna could very well become one of those classic books that are handed down through generations.every high school and college English teacher will want to assign it. Dennis Smith, retired FDNY firefighter, author of Report from Engine Co. 82 Penguin Press Hardcover 224 pages $25.00 Undocumented W W W.P E NG UI N. COM/FACINF O TOM RINALDI For complimentary examination copies and personalized assistance in selecting titles for your courses, sign up for our College Faculty Information Service (CFIS) at: Penguin Paperback 288 pages $17.00 Yeonmi Park, who escaped from North Korea as a child, tells the intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. An eloquent, wrenchingly honest work that vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans. Kirkus Reviews A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES In Order to Live: NEW NONFICTION S Penguin Press Hardcover 144 pages $23.00 Y E O N M I PA R K w i t h M A R YA N N E V O L L E R S The Purpose and Passion of Work StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at very young ages, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them. These wonderful stories reveal that work becomes meaningful to those who choose... the calling that motivates, energizes, and inspires them. Publishers Weekly A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League The story of Peralta s journey from homeless shelters to Princeton, where he came out as an undocumented student just before he gave the salutatorian s address at his commencement. Should be required reading in our schools, not just to educate the new leaders of America on these issues, but to inspire them to tell lively stories that...move the heart to act. Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accent Penguin Paperback 320 pages $17.00 GORDON HUTNER Immigrant Voices: Volume II Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers an intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants face. From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to illustrate that America always will be an ever-changing melting pot. Berkley Paperback 448 paperback $16.00 Also available: Immigrant Voices

2 HIGH SCHOOL NONFICTION GARRARD CONLEY Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family At age nineteen, Garrard Conley was outed to his parents and forced to make a lifechanging decision: either agree to attend a conversion therapy program that promised to cure him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and religion. This is the story of how he found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self. This brave and bracing memoir is an urgent reminder that America remains a place where queer people have to fight for their lives...equal parts sympathy and rage, Boy Erased is a necessary, beautiful book. Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You Staten Island, NY Permit No. 169 PAID Presort Std U.S. Postage FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS KEN ILGUNAS Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland The account of one man s journey along the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route explores questions about fossil fuels, climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place in it. In the end, walking across the country turns out not to be about [Ilgunas], but about the country and all the land and people that make it one. Robert Sullivan, author of The Thoreau You Don t Know Blue Rider Press Paperback 288 pages $16.00 Riverhead Paperback 352 pages $16.00 K AT H E R I N E Z O E P F SAROO BRIERLEY At age five, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. He survived alone for weeks on the streets of Calcutta before being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. With the advent of Google Earth, he could look for the needle in a haystack he once called home. After years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation. Weekly Review (Australia) Berkley Paperback 288 pp $16.00 ANTOINE LEIRIS Excellent Daughters Academic Marketing Department Lion The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World Chronicles the internal pressures and counter-pressures influencing the Arab world toward a form of social change that is by no means inevitable...[zoepf] understand[s] these women s lives on their own terms without losing her footing either in their world or in ours. The New York Times Book Review Penguin Paperback 272 pages $17.00 D AV E I S AY Callings: You Will Not Have My Hate In 2015, Antoine Leiris s wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Here, he tells the story of how he and his baby son endured in the aftermath. This is the unforgettable testimony of a survivor and a universal message of hope. A courageous and profoundly life affirming manifesto that will live beyond any momentary victory of terrorism. The New York Journal of Books Penguin Paperback 288 pages $16.00 D A N - E L PA D I L L A P E R A LTA The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. Rinaldi tells the story of Welles Crowther, who worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center and saved the lives of several strangers on 9/11. The Red Bandanna could very well become one of those classic books that are handed down through generations.every high school and college English teacher will want to assign it. Dennis Smith, retired FDNY firefighter, author of Report from Engine Co. 82 Penguin Press Hardcover 224 pages $25.00 Undocumented W W W.P E NG UI N. COM/FACINF O TOM RINALDI For complimentary examination copies and personalized assistance in selecting titles for your courses, sign up for our College Faculty Information Service (CFIS) at: Penguin Paperback 288 pages $17.00 Yeonmi Park, who escaped from North Korea as a child, tells the intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. An eloquent, wrenchingly honest work that vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans. Kirkus Reviews A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES In Order to Live: NEW NONFICTION S Penguin Press Hardcover 144 pages $23.00 Y E O N M I PA R K w i t h M A R YA N N E V O L L E R S The Purpose and Passion of Work StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at very young ages, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them. These wonderful stories reveal that work becomes meaningful to those who choose... the calling that motivates, energizes, and inspires them. Publishers Weekly A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League The story of Peralta s journey from homeless shelters to Princeton, where he came out as an undocumented student just before he gave the salutatorian s address at his commencement. Should be required reading in our schools, not just to educate the new leaders of America on these issues, but to inspire them to tell lively stories that...move the heart to act. Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accent Penguin Paperback 320 pages $17.00 GORDON HUTNER Immigrant Voices: Volume II Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers an intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants face. From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to illustrate that America always will be an ever-changing melting pot. Berkley Paperback 448 paperback $16.00 Also available: Immigrant Voices

3 HIGH SCHOOL NONFICTION GARRARD CONLEY Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family At age nineteen, Garrard Conley was outed to his parents and forced to make a lifechanging decision: either agree to attend a conversion therapy program that promised to cure him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and religion. This is the story of how he found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self. This brave and bracing memoir is an urgent reminder that America remains a place where queer people have to fight for their lives...equal parts sympathy and rage, Boy Erased is a necessary, beautiful book. Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You Staten Island, NY Permit No. 169 PAID Presort Std U.S. Postage FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS KEN ILGUNAS Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland The account of one man s journey along the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route explores questions about fossil fuels, climate change, the beauty of the natural world, and our place in it. In the end, walking across the country turns out not to be about [Ilgunas], but about the country and all the land and people that make it one. Robert Sullivan, author of The Thoreau You Don t Know Blue Rider Press Paperback 288 pages $16.00 Riverhead Paperback 352 pages $16.00 K AT H E R I N E Z O E P F SAROO BRIERLEY At age five, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. He survived alone for weeks on the streets of Calcutta before being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. With the advent of Google Earth, he could look for the needle in a haystack he once called home. After years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation. Weekly Review (Australia) Berkley Paperback 288 pp $16.00 ANTOINE LEIRIS Excellent Daughters Academic Marketing Department Lion The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World Chronicles the internal pressures and counter-pressures influencing the Arab world toward a form of social change that is by no means inevitable...[zoepf] understand[s] these women s lives on their own terms without losing her footing either in their world or in ours. The New York Times Book Review Penguin Paperback 272 pages $17.00 D AV E I S AY Callings: You Will Not Have My Hate In 2015, Antoine Leiris s wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Here, he tells the story of how he and his baby son endured in the aftermath. This is the unforgettable testimony of a survivor and a universal message of hope. A courageous and profoundly life affirming manifesto that will live beyond any momentary victory of terrorism. The New York Journal of Books Penguin Paperback 288 pages $16.00 D A N - E L PA D I L L A P E R A LTA The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A Legacy. Rinaldi tells the story of Welles Crowther, who worked in the South Tower of the World Trade Center and saved the lives of several strangers on 9/11. The Red Bandanna could very well become one of those classic books that are handed down through generations.every high school and college English teacher will want to assign it. Dennis Smith, retired FDNY firefighter, author of Report from Engine Co. 82 Penguin Press Hardcover 224 pages $25.00 Undocumented W W W.P E NG UI N. COM/FACINF O TOM RINALDI For complimentary examination copies and personalized assistance in selecting titles for your courses, sign up for our College Faculty Information Service (CFIS) at: Penguin Paperback 288 pages $17.00 Yeonmi Park, who escaped from North Korea as a child, tells the intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. An eloquent, wrenchingly honest work that vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans. Kirkus Reviews A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES In Order to Live: NEW NONFICTION S Penguin Press Hardcover 144 pages $23.00 Y E O N M I PA R K w i t h M A R YA N N E V O L L E R S The Purpose and Passion of Work StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at very young ages, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them. These wonderful stories reveal that work becomes meaningful to those who choose... the calling that motivates, energizes, and inspires them. Publishers Weekly A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League The story of Peralta s journey from homeless shelters to Princeton, where he came out as an undocumented student just before he gave the salutatorian s address at his commencement. Should be required reading in our schools, not just to educate the new leaders of America on these issues, but to inspire them to tell lively stories that...move the heart to act. Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accent Penguin Paperback 320 pages $17.00 GORDON HUTNER Immigrant Voices: Volume II Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers an intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants face. From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to illustrate that America always will be an ever-changing melting pot. Berkley Paperback 448 paperback $16.00 Also available: Immigrant Voices

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