Top Ten Tuesday is a fun meme hosted by
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I am including Fiction and Nonfiction titles featuring Genocide, Prostitution, Holocaust, Hunger, No Water, and Slavery:
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Nonfiction - William Kamkwamba strives to want more through hunger, drought, poverty and twice having to stop school because his family did not have the fees.
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The Book Thief - Haunting Holocaust story by Markus Zusack
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Between Shades of Gray - Author Ruta Sepetys compellingly explores the genocide of Lithuanians in Russia.
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Rose Under Fire - Author Elizabeth Wein writes about WWII pilot Rose held prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
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My Book of Life by Angel Prostitution novel in verse by Martine Leavitt.
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Sold by Patricia McCormick- a girl from Nepal is sold into prostitution by her stepfather.
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Trafficked by Kim Purcell - a girl from Moldova is sold into slavery in the US.
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Never Fall Down Cambodian genocide through the eyes of Arn and Patricia McCormick
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The Bite of the Mango Nonfiction- Sierra Leone Civil War through one brave girl's eyes.
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A Long Walk to Water Sudanese Civil War
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Parched Exhaustive, painful search for water is a must read.
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Slave by Mende Nazer Nonfiction - kidnapped and sold into slavery.
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Black Dove, White Raven Elizabeth Wein weaves a story of female pilots, Ethiopia, war and slavery.
1 comment:
Interesting idea for a list. I love The Book Thief, it's one of my favourite books. Between a Shades of Grey is on my TBR list, along with Code Name Verity (the companion I think? I'm not sure if it's a series) to Rose Under Fire.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/top-ten-tuesdays-2/
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