The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow is a story of a biracial young girl and how society views her. The book wont the 2008 Bellwether Prize for best fiction addressing issues of social justice.

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• Author's website
• Information from Amazon
• Book review from the Washington Post

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Stitches: A Memoir - Book Reviews

Stitches: A Memoir by David Small is on the selection list for the fall 2011 book because it was a 2010 Alex Award winner.

Information:

• Author website
• Amazon
• New York Times review (9/6/09)

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The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir - Book Reviews

The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch is on the selection list for fall 2011 because it is a 2010 Alex Award winner.

Information:

• book website
• Amazon

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Everything Matters! Book Reviews

Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr. is on the selection list for fall 2011 because it was a 2010 Alex Award winner.

Information:

• Penguin
• Amazon
• Washington Post

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Book Reviews

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer is on the list because it was a 2010 Alex Award winner.

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• Harper Collins
• Amazon
  

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Art of Racing in the Rain - Book Reviews

The Art of Racing in the Rain is a story told from the perspective of a dying dog.

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• Author's website
• Amazon
• Powell's
  

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What We Are - Book Reviews

What We Are, is an acclaimed new novel by Peter Nathaniel Malae, a San Jose native and former SJSU student. This is the story of a young half-Samoan man (based on Malae himself) struggling to find his identity in Silicon Valley. The book won the Joseph Henry Jackson Award from the SF Intersection for the Arts and received a favorable review in the New York Times.

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• Amazon
• Powell's Books
• City Lights
• New York Times book review (3/18/10)

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