Thursday, July 25, 2013

Week 8: Nonfiction--assignment 3

4 nonfiction genres

biographies, memoirs--Biography Section
  •  Invisible Wall  - Bernstein - Bio Bernstein (Jewish childhood in England)
  •  Man in the White Sharkskin Suit - Lagnado-- Bio Lagnado--Jewish family in Nassar's Egypt

overcoming adversity--Biography, 900's, 500s, 600s. . . .
  • Pearl in the Storm - McClure - Bio McClure (woman rowing across the Atlantic)
  • Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Hillenbrand - Bio Zamperini - surviving shipwreck and Japanese prison-of-war camp
  • Sound of a Wild Snail Eating - Bailey - 594.3B - noticing small details while recovering from a serious illness

contemporary social issues--Biography, 300's,  other Dewey sections
  • The Other Wes Moore: the Story of One Name and Two Fates - Moore - Bio Moore (two boys with the same name,  two vastly different life stories
  • The Pact:  Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream - Davis - 610.92D - three boys from inner city make a pact to survive and become doctors

travel--Biography or 900's
  • Incontinent on the Continent:  My Mother, Her Walker and Our Grand Tour of Italy - Christmas - 914.5C - just like it says :)
  • Year in Provence--Mayle - 944.9M - buying a house in France?!


I love having a narrative nonfiction display table at the front of the library!  These are some of my favorite books; it's easy to fill the display cart. :)

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