The titles we have under consideration so far:
a. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
b. The Bride’s Farewell
c. Everything Matters!
d. The Good Soldiers
e. The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir
f. Stitches: A Memoir
g. The Help
h. What We Are by Peter Nathaniel Malae
i. Art of Racing in the Rain
j. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow
k. Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
Most of these are from the 2010 Alex Award winner list. We are open to other books as well. Our criteria:
- less than 350 pages
- available in paperback
- not made into a movie
- something likely to be of interest to the entire campus
- a variety of discussion topics
- of some notoriety, such as a Bay Area author or an award winner or takes place in the Bay Area
If you have suggestions, please leave a comment with the title, author and why you think it would be a good selection for SJSU. Thanks.
