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FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/29/03, 7:47 AM

Please provide any ideas of fiction and non-fiction (pardon being slightly
off-list) for this request from a school teacher.

> I'm writing because I have a favor...I am teaching a World Issues class
> next term and I'm in the middle of trying to find books for my kids
> (high school seniors) to read. The topics we will be studying are
> Hispanic Americans and issues in the Middle East. I'm teaching it with
> another English teacher so it should be a wonderful experience.
> Basically we want to introduce our kids to different
> cultures/experiences.

FROM: Candice Michalik <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/29/03, 8:07 AM

For Middle East I would recommend "Shabanu: Daughter
of the Wind" by Suzanne Fisher Staples.

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Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
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FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 1/29/03, 8:39 AM

Robert Westall's GULF [1996], about a British schoolboy experiencing the thoughts of an Iraqi boy his own age during the Gulf War, is exceptional.

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
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>>> [removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us 01/29/03 07:38AM >>>
Please provide any ideas of fiction and non-fiction (pardon being slightly
off-list) for this request from a school teacher.

> I'm writing because I have a favor...I am teaching a World Issues class
> next term and I'm in the middle of trying to find books for my kids
> (high school seniors) to read. The topics we will be studying are
> Hispanic Americans and issues in the Middle East. I'm teaching it with
> another English teacher so it should be a wonderful experience.
> Basically we want to introduce our kids to different
> cultures/experiences.

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FROM: [removed]@eldoradolibrary.org
REC'D: 1/29/03, 12:33 PM

An older (1992) but still relevant book set in Israel at the time of the
Six-Day War is "One more river " by Lynn Reed Banks. A spoiled teen girl
is taken by her parents, who are searching for their Jewish roots, to live
on a kibbutz where she must learn to fit in, and where she eventually meets
and interacts with an Arab boy who lives just across the river. While the
events described almost certainly could not happen today, they give an
accurate picture of the time (Banks lived in Israel for a number of years)
and as the girl and her classmates take a field trip after the war to the
conquered territory, there is a hint of the disastrous future relations
between Israelis and Arabs.

Connie Millman
El Dorado County Library

At 08:38 AM 01/29/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Please provide any ideas of fiction and non-fiction (pardon being slightly
>off-list) for this request from a school teacher.
>
> > I'm writing because I have a favor...I am teaching a World Issues class
> > next term and I'm in the middle of trying to find books for my kids
> > (high school seniors) to read. The topics we will be studying are
> > Hispanic Americans and issues in the Middle East. I'm teaching it with
> > another English teacher so it should be a wonderful experience.
> > Basically we want to introduce our kids to different
> > cultures/experiences.
>
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: "Ann Wilson" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/29/03, 3:24 PM

The sequel to Shaqbanu, Haveli would also work for high school students.
Esperanza Rising by Pam Manoz Ryan is also excellent. The BOT is wonderful
too.

>From: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Diversity for HS Students
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:38:29 -0500 (EST)
>
>Please provide any ideas of fiction and non-fiction (pardon being slightly
>off-list) for this request from a school teacher.
>
> > I'm writing because I have a favor...I am teaching a World Issues class
> > next term and I'm in the middle of trying to find books for my kids
> > (high school seniors) to read. The topics we will be studying are
> > Hispanic Americans and issues in the Middle East. I'm teaching it with
> > another English teacher so it should be a wonderful experience.
> > Basically we want to introduce our kids to different
> > cultures/experiences.
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org

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FROM: "Phillipich, Luann" <[removed]@co.dakota.mn.us>
REC'D: 1/30/03, 4:53 PM

> I'm writing because I have a favor...I am teaching a World Issues class
> next term and I'm in the middle of trying to find books for my kids
> (high school seniors) to read. The topics we will be studying are
> Hispanic Americans and issues in the Middle East. I'm teaching it with
> another English teacher so it should be a wonderful experience.
> Basically we want to introduce our kids to different
> cultures/experiences.

A few suggestions...
Non-fiction:
"A Little Too Close to God" (2000) by David Horovitz is a fascinating look
at life in Israel from the perspective of an Israeli citizen. It made me
feel what it was like to live in Israel on a day-to-day basis, and then
consider how the threat of violence influences its citizens' thinking. The
author is a journalist, and the style very approachable.

"From Beirut to Jerusalem" (1989) and
"Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11" (2002)
by Thomas Friedman, NYT columnist. Friedman writes coherently and clearly
about the chaos that is the Middle East. As I recall, the first book is a
more objective look at the history of the conflict. The second is mostly a
collection of his columns.

Fiction:
"Martyr's Crossing" (2001) by Amy Wilentz deals with the fall-out from a
young Palestinian's death when he and his mother are detained at an Israeli
check point and medical treatment in delayed. Shows the agendas of all the
parties affected.

Sandra Benitez has some very good novels set in Mexico/Central America that
may be of interest to you.

FROM: "BookBitch" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/31/03, 12:00 AM

Nonfiction:

Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez
(Mexican-American)
Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas (Puerto Rican)
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P.
Sasson

Fiction:
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Iranian)
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (Cuban)
The Rain God: A Desert Tale by Arturo Islas (Mexican-American)

And although you didn't ask, I would like to recommend a film called "Mi
Vida Loca", about the Latino gangs in Los Angeles (rated R.)

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System
www.pbclibrary.org

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FROM: "Diane Premo" <[removed]@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 2/3/03, 2:59 PM

Other ideas:

Our House in the Last World by Oscar Hijuelos
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Soumchi by Amos Oz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillipich, Luann" <[removed]@co.dakota.mn.us>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:24 PM
Subject: Diversity for high school students

>
> > I'm writing because I have a favor...I am teaching a World Issues class
> > next term and I'm in the middle of trying to find books for my kids
> > (high school seniors) to read. The topics we will be studying are
> > Hispanic Americans and issues in the Middle East. I'm teaching it with
> > another English teacher so it should be a wonderful experience.
> > Basically we want to introduce our kids to different
> > cultures/experiences.
>
> A few suggestions...
> Non-fiction:
> "A Little Too Close to God" (2000) by David Horovitz is a fascinating look
> at life in Israel from the perspective of an Israeli citizen. It made me
> feel what it was like to live in Israel on a day-to-day basis, and then
> consider how the threat of violence influences its citizens' thinking.
The
> author is a journalist, and the style very approachable.
>
> "From Beirut to Jerusalem" (1989) and
> "Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11" (2002)
> by Thomas Friedman, NYT columnist. Friedman writes coherently and clearly
> about the chaos that is the Middle East. As I recall, the first book is a
> more objective look at the history of the conflict. The second is mostly
a
> collection of his columns.
>
> Fiction:
> "Martyr's Crossing" (2001) by Amy Wilentz deals with the fall-out from a
> young Palestinian's death when he and his mother are detained at an
Israeli
> check point and medical treatment in delayed. Shows the agendas of all
the
> parties affected.
>
> Sandra Benitez has some very good novels set in Mexico/Central America
that
> may be of interest to you.
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

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