Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge; 10 Books I Want Youth To Discover

It's Wednesday and time for a new Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge thanks to Long and Short Reviews. The theme of the week was books I want youth to discover.

My picks are;
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

Beijing Doll by Chun Sue

Hitler, My Neighbor by Edgar Feuchtwanger

First They Killed My Father; A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Fullblood Arabian by Osama Alomar

Comments

  1. Wendi Zwaduk and Megan Slayer8 May 2019 at 12:48

    I have a reading list to tackle now. Thank you! Good choices!

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    1. GothicVamperstein18 May 2019 at 14:06

      Thanks for the comment and you're welcome. :-)

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  2. Lydia8 May 2019 at 12:53

    There are several books on this list I haven't read yet. I'm checking now to see if my local library has them.

    I Am Nujood was a thought-provoking read for sure.

    My post.

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    1. GothicVamperstein18 May 2019 at 15:25

      I Am Nujood was indeed a thought-provoking read. Feel free to check out the other books if you find some of them at the library. :-)

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  3. Kathy8 May 2019 at 14:28

    I've read a few but not all. You have on your list what I needed to add, younger, newer books that will become what we call classics someday

    Here's mine: https://www.ourtownbookreviews.com/2019/05/books-i-want-youth-to-discover.html

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    1. GothicVamperstein18 May 2019 at 15:27

      Thanks for the comment. Hopefully a few of these will turn into classics one day. :-)

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  4. Judy8 May 2019 at 14:50

    Great books to add to my TBR list... I included Anne Frank on mine as well. You can see the rest of them here: https://jhthomas.blogspot.com/2019/05/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge_8.html

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  5. Marianne Arkins8 May 2019 at 15:45

    Great choices! Biographies in particular are a wonderful, interesting way to teach history. I've made notes to read a few of these myself. thank you!

    My post is here: http://www.mariannearkins.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-i-want-youth-to-discover/.

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    1. GothicVamperstein18 May 2019 at 15:30

      You're welcome and thanks for the comment. Biographies humanize history in a way "regular" course-books don't do, so I think they would be a great way to teach history. :-)

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  6. Michael Mock8 May 2019 at 16:42

    Lovely selection, with a nice variety of subjects and themes. My own list is here:
    http://nagamakironin.blogspot.com/2019/05/blogging-challenge-books-i-want-youth.html

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  7. Tanith Davenport11 May 2019 at 09:24

    A lot here to add to my list. Good choices!

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