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FROM: "Fiction_L Administrator" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 4/13/04, 9:34 AM

Hi all,
Don't laugh-it's still hugely popular at our library and I am trying to
put together a booklist of readalikes.
It's more in the vein of "nonfiction that reads like fiction" (at least it
seems they are mostly memoirs) but if you have any suggestions, I would be
happy to hear them.

Thanks as always to this great listserv and its members!

Here are some titles/authors I am considering for the list:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, Maya

Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Burroughs, Augusten

When Rabbit Howls
Chase, Trudi

Finding Fish: A Memoir
Fisher, Antoine

Call Me Crazy
Heche, Anne

The Bad Daughter
Hilden, Julie

Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Lauck, Jennifer

Angela's Ashes
McCourt, Frank

Becoming Anna
Michener, Anna J.

Sybil
Schreiber, Flora Rheta

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
Silverman, Sue William

Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival and Hope
Wayne, Theodore

Mary Bush
Senior Librarian
Tigard Public Library
13125 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97223
voice: 503.684.6537 ext. 2522
fax: 503.598.7515
email: [removed]@ci.tigard.or.us

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@cityofsalem.net>
REC'D: 4/13/04, 10:13 AM

I believe SICKENED: THE MEMOIR OF A MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY CHILDHOOD by
Julie Gregory would fall into a harrowing nonfiction memoir that reads
like fiction.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> [removed]@webrary.org 04/13/04 07:32AM >>>
Hi all,
Don't laugh-it's still hugely popular at our library and I am trying
to
put together a booklist of readalikes.
It's more in the vein of "nonfiction that reads like fiction" (at least
it
seems they are mostly memoirs) but if you have any suggestions, I would
be
happy to hear them.

Thanks as always to this great listserv and its members!

Here are some titles/authors I am considering for the list:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, Maya

Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Burroughs, Augusten

When Rabbit Howls
Chase, Trudi

Finding Fish: A Memoir
Fisher, Antoine

Call Me Crazy
Heche, Anne

The Bad Daughter
Hilden, Julie

Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Lauck, Jennifer

Angela's Ashes
McCourt, Frank

Becoming Anna
Michener, Anna J.

Sybil
Schreiber, Flora Rheta

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
Silverman, Sue William

Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival and Hope
Wayne, Theodore

Mary Bush
Senior Librarian
Tigard Public Library
13125 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97223
voice: 503.684.6537 ext. 2522
fax: 503.598.7515
email: [removed]@ci.tigard.or.us

FROM: "Robin Deffendall" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/13/04, 10:19 AM

I would never laugh at Pelzer.... In fact I'll probably have to order more
copies myself. I don't think I've ever even SEEN that title, it so popular.
Check the archives for February 04. This was recently asked and there were
quite a few responses. Here is a link:

www.webrary.org/MaillistF/msgcur/2004/2/Re.ChildCalledItReadalike.html

Robin Deffendall
Bordeaux Branch Library
Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center
Fayetteville, NC

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Subject: Read Alikes for David Pelzer

Hi all,
Don't laugh-it's still hugely popular at our library and I am trying to
put together a booklist of readalikes.
It's more in the vein of "nonfiction that reads like fiction" (at least it
seems they are mostly memoirs) but if you have any suggestions, I would be
happy to hear them.

Thanks as always to this great listserv and its members!

Here are some titles/authors I am considering for the list:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, Maya

Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Burroughs, Augusten

When Rabbit Howls
Chase, Trudi

Finding Fish: A Memoir
Fisher, Antoine

Call Me Crazy
Heche, Anne

The Bad Daughter
Hilden, Julie

Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Lauck, Jennifer

Angela's Ashes
McCourt, Frank

Becoming Anna
Michener, Anna J.

Sybil
Schreiber, Flora Rheta

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
Silverman, Sue William

Wayne: An Abused Child's Story of Courage, Survival and Hope
Wayne, Theodore

Mary Bush
Senior Librarian
Tigard Public Library
13125 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97223
voice: 503.684.6537 ext. 2522
fax: 503.598.7515
email: [removed]@ci.tigard.or.us

FROM: Candice Michalik <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/13/04, 10:41 AM

"When Katie Wakes: A Memoir" by Connie May Fowler

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Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
[removed]@yahoo.com



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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/14/04, 8:28 AM

I would think Torey Hayden's books would appeal to readers who like Pelzer.

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