Teen 2017 SRP-Read a book based on a true story


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Book cover for "The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Book cover for "American born Chinese"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
Book cover for "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
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Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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Two young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called "as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.”  

Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away,...
Book cover for "The boy in the striped pajamas"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Book cover for "El deafo"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
Book cover for "The fault in our stars"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
Book cover for "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Book cover for "Little house in the big woods"
Star rating for Little house in the big woods
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Notes:
Whole series would work.
Description:
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Book cover for "Resistance"
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When their friend Henri's parents disappear and Henri goes into hiding because of his Jewish ancestry, siblings Paul and Marie must convince the French Resistance that even children can help in their fight against the Germans.