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Monster : the autobiography of an L.A. gang member
by Sanyika Shakur
The author's memoir of life sixteen years as a gang member in the Los Angeles Crips chronicles his brutal rise within the organization as well as his subsequent jail term and his political and personal transformation into an anti-gang crusader. Reprint.
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold
The author describes the circumstances of her rape as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, the arrest and trial of her attacker, and her struggle to reclaim her shattered life
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The burn journals
by Brent Runyon
Brent Runyon was fourteen years old when he set himself on fire, and an intense retelling of that suicide attempt followed by a year of physical and psychological recovery conveys with a terrible clarity what it means to want to commit suicide. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. Also available as CDBK.
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Three little words : a memoir
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Growing up in 14 foster homes, dealing with 44 caseworkers, coping with abusive treatment and constantly changing surroundings, a young girl finds the inner strength she needs to come out of the depths of the foster system and grow to become a success in her own right, in a powerful memoir for young adult readers. Reprint.
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Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
by Ryan Smithson
Nonfiction. Ryan Smithson, who describes sitting in his high school history class and watching the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11 as the "atypical, unpredictable kind of real that you never see coming," enlisted in the Army as soon as he graduated. In this harrowing and powerful memoir, Smithson brings readers inside his tour of duty in Iraq, from basic training through combat and his return home. If you want to know what life is really like on the battlefield, Smithson's story provides a soldier's unflinching viewpoint; for an Iraqi civilian's account of the early days of the war, check out Thura's Diary by Thura Al-Windawi.
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We beat the street : how a friendship pact led to success
by Sampson Davis
Making a pact to stick together through the rough times in their impoverished Newark neighborhood, three boys found the strength and determination to work through their difficulties in order to make their dreams come true by completing high school, getting through college, and attending medical school together. Reprint.
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Maus : a survivor's tale
by Art Spiegelman
The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel
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Night
by Elie Wiesel
The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity
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Mendel's daughter
by Gusta Lemelman
A graphic memoir, illustrated with black-and-white drawings and photography, follows the author's mother's dramatic escape from Nazi persecution, in a visual transcription of her childhood in 1930s Poland, her victimization under the Nazi regime, and struggles to survive. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sís
Annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes take readers on an extraordinary journey of how the artist-author's life was shaped while growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, as well as the influence of western culture through the influx of banned books, music, and news, in a powerful graphic memoir. 75,000 first printing.
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Under a red sky : memoir of a childhood in Communist Romania
by Haya Leah Molnar
The author shares her early memories of being a Jewish child living in postwar Bucharest, Romania, and the eccentric and opinionated adults who surrounded her and who would do anything to keep her safe while living in this communist country.
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Thanks to my mother
by Shoshanah Rabinovits
In a poignant autobiographical account, a child gratefully thanks her mother who, by the use of her wits and courage, managed to keep her alive throughout their long period of imprisonment at the Vilinius ghetto and concentration camps during World War II. Reprint.
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Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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I don't want to be crazy
by Samantha Schutz
Having been so excited about going away to college in order to live the life of her dreams, Samantha finds the distance from her watchful family and the independence she desired very difficult to handle and suddenly begins to suffer from incapacitating anxiety attacks that change everything she had planned. Reprint.
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Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution
by Ji-li Jiang
Presents the story of Ji-li Jiang, a twelve-year-old girl growing up in China in 1966, the year that Chairman Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and describes the changes that the Revolution brought to her and to her family
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Journey from the land of no : a girlhood caught in revolutionary Iran
by Ru'yā Hakkākiyān
An Iranian-American poet recounts her life as a daughter of Jewish parents growing up in Tehran, during which she witnessed the impact of the Ayatollah Khomeyni's return to the nation and contemplated political asylum. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Inside out : portrait of an eating disorder
by Nadia Shivack
Told in words and pictures, a memoir offers a look at a young woman's personal battle with anorexia and bulimia, from its onset at fourteen-years-old through her treatment and recovery in the years that followed.
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The bite of the mango
by Mariatu Kamara
In this powerful and heartbreaking true story, the author, who lived in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, recounts how tasting the sweet nectar of a mango gave her the will to live after surviving a brutal attack by heavily armed rebel soldiers and living in a refugee camp. Simultaneous.
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I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai
Documents the educational pursuits of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee who became an international symbol of hope and inspiration when she challenged the traditions of her Pakistan community, offering insight into the influential role of her courageous father. 125,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Leaving dirty Jersey : a crystal meth memoir
by James Salant
Traces the author's descent from a life of wealth and privilege into crystal meth addiction and petty crime throughout the course of a year, a period during which he came to an understanding of the side effects of crystal meth use and suffered a near-psychotic event that prompted his decision to get clean. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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