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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 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. 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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. 978-0-399-58469-5 $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. 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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 978-0-7352-2211-3 $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 978-0-14-310933-4 $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 978-0-451-47281-6 $16.00 Also available: Immigrant Voices 978-0-451-52698-4

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