[CASL-L] Book recommendations

[Cathy Andronik]

 Jodie,
Can I suggest "When the Ground Is Hard" by Malla Nunn for the global booklist?  Two girls in a boarding school in South Africa bond over a shared love for "Jane Eyre."  For the same list, "When Stars Are Scattered" by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jameson (graphic memoir by a young Somali man who grew up in a refugee camp with his disabled brother).  
For the American Dream list, maybe "I Was Their American Dream," a graphic memoir by Malaka Gharib, who is of Egyptian/Filipino descent and along with her family arrived in the U.S. as an immigrant.    "Out of Nowhere" by Maria Padian is a really good novel about a Somali Muslim refugee family trying to fit into their new community in a struggling factory town in Maine; it was a Nutmeg High School selection a few years back--the main characters are boys who bond over soccer.
Cathy Andronik
Retired, Brien McMahon HS
Current, Bureau of Education and Research presenter on YA books
    On Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 08:09:58 pm GMT-4, Jodie D'Alexander <jdalexander at region16ct.org> wrote:  
 
 Good evening,
I’m looking for suggestions of book titles (HS level) based on the following:
-what it means to be an American and the American Dream- Both fiction and non- fiction titles (10th and 11th grade reading level) 
- fiction and non- fiction titles that are “global stories” and address the culture of society. (9th and 10th grade reading level)
Thank you,

Mrs. Jodie D’Alexander
Library Media SpecialistNational Honor Society co-AdvisorAdvisory/Senior Capstone Project  co-AdvisorWoodland Student Book Club  co-Advisor
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