Title: No-No Boy Author: John Okada Series: n/a Publisher: Washington University Press Publication Date: 1957 Genre(s): Japanese-American, Adult fiction Opening Line: December the seventh of the year 1941 was the day when the Japanese bombs fell on Pear Harbor. The Synopsis After two years in a Japanese internment camp and two more years in jail, Ichiro Yamada is…
Title: Will Grayson, Will Grayson Author(s): John Green, David Levithan Series: n/a Publisher: Dutton Books Publication Date: April 2010 Genre(s): Young adult, Realistic fiction, Humor, LGBT Opening Line: When I was little, my dad used to tell me, "Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose." The Synopsis…
Title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Author: Sherman Alexie Series: n/a Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: January 2007 Genre(s): Young adult, Realistic fiction, Humor Opening Line: I was born with water on the brain. The Synopsis Arnold Spirit is just like all the other Indians on the rez, except he was born with too…
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Title: Speak Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Series: n/a Publisher: Puffin Publication Date: October 1999 Genre(s): Young adult, Realistic fiction, Contemporary Opening Line: It is my first morning of high school. The Synopsis Melinda Sordino starts her high school career as an outcast. The summer before her freshman year, she is at a party and calls the cops. No…
