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BORN A CRIME

by Trevor Noah

The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of South Africa's apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.

Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. The anectdotes collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting.  

THE GREAT GATSBY

by F. Scott Fitzgerals

A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess.

The Great Gatsby is a mystical, timeless story of integrity and cruelty, vision and despair. The story of Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan is widely acknowledged to be the closest thing to the Great American Novel ever written.

THE ABSOLUTELY

TRUE DIARY OF A
PART-TIME INDIAN

by Sherman Alexie

The story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the 'rez' to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

NUMBER THE STARS

by Lois Lowry

It is 1943, and to Annemarie Johansen, life in Copenhagen is a complicated mix of ordinary home and school life, food shortages, and the constant presence of Nazi soldiers.

Through Annemarie's eyes, we see the Danish Resistance as they manage to smuggle almost the entire Jewish population, nearly 7000 people, across the sea to Sweden.  

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Short Stories for English Language Learners
by Richard Matheson

On a lonely stretch of California highway, businessman David Mann makes a split-second decision to pass a slow-moving semi truck — and unknowingly triggers a terrifying game of cat and mouse. The truck's unseen driver becomes an relentless, almost supernatural force of evil..

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The Gospel of Mary
by Josh Ritter
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various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

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American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Night Soldiers
by Alan Furst

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

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