GATE Book List

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Literary Work<= /span>

Author

Historical-Regional Reference

Anne Frank Remembered *

Miep Gies

memoir by the wo= man who hid the Frank family

Antigone:in a Version by Bertolt Brecht**

Bertolt Brecht

based on classic= al Greek play, set in Nazi Germany

Child of the Dar= k

Carolina Marí= a de Jesús

diary, life in a Brazilian city favela (slum)

Children of the = River

Linda Crew<= /o:p>

Cambodian refugee’s adjustm= ent to American life

Communist Manife= sto

Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

, 19th century, revolutionary essay

Covenant

James Michener

novel, South Afr= ican history

Darkness at Noon=

Arthur Koestler

novel, totalitar= ianism

Dawn = <= /i>(We will read Wiesel̵= 7;s memoir, Night, as a class. Dawn is his second book)

Elie Wiesel

novel, Holocaust= survivor grapples with his role as freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine<= /o:p>

Death and Life o= f Dith Pran

Sydney Shanberg

biography, Cambo= dian genocide

Diaries from Darfur: Stories of Su= rvival

Jen Marlowe, et = al

personal remembr= ances, genocide in Sudan<= /st1:place> (2006)

Hiroshima

John Hersey

non-fiction, A-bomb, Japan, WWII

House of Spirits=

Isabel Allende

novel by niece of ousted leader of C= hile

Jasmine

Bharati Mukherjee

novel, 17-yr-old= Hindi widow leaves village in India

Joys of Motherho= od

Buchi Emecheta

novel, village &= amp; urban life, Nigeri= a

Kaffir Boy<= /o:p>

Mark Mathabane

autobiography, Apartheid in South= Africa

Kitchen God's Wi= fe or Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

novel, China and America

Kite Runner=

Khaled Hosseini

novel, coming of= age in modern Afghanis= tan

Labyrinth of Sol= itude

Octavio Paz<= /span>

classic, Mexican history and culture

Long Walk to Fre= edom

Nelson Mandela

autobiography, <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">South Africa

Maus<= /span> I and Maus= II

Art Spiegelman

cartoon biograph= y of parents’ Holocaust experience

Memoirs of a Gei= sha

Arthur Golden

novel, Japan= , 1930s through WWII

Midnight’s Children

Salman Rushdie

novel, challenge= s of Indian independence, tension between Muslims and Hindus

Old Gringo

Carlos Fuentes

novel, Mexican Revolution

One Day in the L= ife of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr= Solzhenitsyn

novel, Soviet la= bor camp (gulag) under Stalin

One Hundred Year= s of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

novel, magical realism, Latin America

Paradise= of the Blind

Duong Thu Huong

novel, banned in= Vietnam, from point-of-view of a Vietnamese woman living under communist rule

Power of One

Bryce Courtnay

novel, Apartheid= in South Africa

Red Scarf Girl

Ji-li Jiang

memoir, girl comes-of-= age during China’s Cultural Revol.

Regeneration, Th= e Eye in the Door, and/or The Ghost Road

Pat Barker<= /o:p>

a trilogy based = on actual accounts of WWI soldiers; trenches, shell shock<= /p>

Spring Moon=

Bette Bao Lord

novel; born to nobility, Spring Moon endures change from Imperial China to Communist rul= e

Stones from the = River

Ursula Hegi

novel, a German = town transformed by Nazism, told from a dwarf’s perspective

Sunflower

Simon Wiesenthal=

memoir, a Jewish prisoner’s struggle over a wounded Nazi’s request for forgive= ness

Survival in Auschwitz

Primo Levi<= /o:p>

memoir of Holoca= ust experiences

Things Fall Apar= t

Chinua Achebe

novel, imperiali= sm in Nigeria, Africa

This Side of Pea= ce

Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi

a Palestinian te= lls her story about life in Israeli-held territory

Underdogs

Mariano Azuela

Mexican Revoluti= on

Voice of the Dol= phins & Other Stories

Leo Szilard

fiction; life in= nuclear age; by Manhattan Project scientist

We

Eugene Zamiatin

utopian novel, s= atire on USSR

We Wish to Infor= m You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

Philip Gourevitch

non-fiction, sto= ries from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

What Is the What? Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng

Dave Eggers=

novel based on o= ral history, Sudan’s Civil War

Wild Swans<= /o:p>

Jung Chang<= /o:p>

family history, Communist Revolution, China

* Best if you have read = or will read Anne Frank: Diary of a Yo= ung Girl.

**If you have not = read the original version of Antigone, read a version of it in a school world literature anthology.

= Back to Ms. Jacobson's "Documents" Page=

Literary Work<= /span>	Author	Historical-Regional Reference
Anne Frank Remembered *	Miep Gies	memoir by the wo= man who hid the Frank family
Antigone:in a Version by Bertolt Brecht**	Bertolt Brecht	based on classic= al Greek play, set in Nazi Germany
Child of the Dar= k	Carolina Marí= a de Jesús	diary, life in a Brazilian city favela (slum)
Children of the = River	Linda Crew<= /o:p>	Cambodian refugee’s adjustm= ent to American life
Communist Manife= sto	Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels	, 19th century, revolutionary essay
Covenant	James Michener	novel, South Afr= ican history
Darkness at Noon=	Arthur Koestler	novel, totalitar= ianism
Dawn = <= /i>(We will read Wiesel̵= 7;s memoir, Night,* as a class. Dawn is his second book)*	Elie Wiesel	novel, Holocaust= survivor grapples with his role as freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine<= /o:p>
Death and Life o= f Dith Pran	Sydney Shanberg	biography, Cambo= dian genocide
Diaries from Darfur: Stories of Su= rvival	Jen Marlowe, et = al	personal remembr= ances, genocide in Sudan<= /st1:place> (2006)
Hiroshima	John Hersey	non-fiction, A-bomb, Japan, WWII
House of Spirits=	Isabel Allende	novel by niece of ousted leader of C= hile
Jasmine	Bharati Mukherjee	novel, 17-yr-old= Hindi widow leaves village in India
Joys of Motherho= od	Buchi Emecheta	novel, village &= amp; urban life, Nigeri= a
Kaffir Boy<= /o:p>	Mark Mathabane	autobiography, Apartheid in South= Africa
Kitchen God's Wi= fe or Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan	novel, China and America
Kite Runner=	Khaled Hosseini	novel, coming of= age in modern Afghanis= tan
Labyrinth of Sol= itude	Octavio Paz<= /span>	classic, Mexican history and culture
Long Walk to Fre= edom	Nelson Mandela	autobiography, <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">South Africa
Maus<= /span> I and Maus= II	Art Spiegelman	cartoon biograph= y of parents’ Holocaust experience
Memoirs of a Gei= sha	Arthur Golden	novel, Japan= , 1930s through WWII
Midnight’s Children	Salman Rushdie	novel, challenge= s of Indian independence, tension between Muslims and Hindus
Old Gringo	Carlos Fuentes	novel, Mexican Revolution
One Day in the L= ife of Ivan Denisovich	Aleksandr= Solzhenitsyn	novel, Soviet la= bor camp (gulag) under Stalin
One Hundred Year= s of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	novel, magical realism, Latin America
Paradise= of the Blind	Duong Thu Huong	novel, banned in= Vietnam, from point-of-view of a Vietnamese woman living under communist rule
Power of One	Bryce Courtnay	novel, Apartheid= in South Africa
Red Scarf Girl	Ji-li Jiang	memoir, girl comes-of-= age during China’s Cultural Revol.
Regeneration, Th= e Eye in the Door, and/or The Ghost Road	Pat Barker<= /o:p>	a trilogy based = on actual accounts of WWI soldiers; trenches, shell shock<= /p>
Spring Moon=	Bette Bao Lord	novel; born to nobility, Spring Moon endures change from Imperial China to Communist rul= e
Stones from the = River	Ursula Hegi	novel, a German = town transformed by Nazism, told from a dwarf’s perspective
Sunflower	Simon Wiesenthal=	memoir, a Jewish prisoner’s struggle over a wounded Nazi’s request for forgive= ness
Survival in Auschwitz	Primo Levi<= /o:p>	memoir of Holoca= ust experiences
Things Fall Apar= t	Chinua Achebe	novel, imperiali= sm in Nigeria, Africa
This Side of Pea= ce	Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi	a Palestinian te= lls her story about life in Israeli-held territory
Underdogs	Mariano Azuela	Mexican Revoluti= on
Voice of the Dol= phins & Other Stories	Leo Szilard	fiction; life in= nuclear age; by Manhattan Project scientist
We	Eugene Zamiatin	utopian novel, s= atire on USSR
We Wish to Infor= m You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families	Philip Gourevitch	non-fiction, sto= ries from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
What Is the What? Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng	Dave Eggers=	novel based on o= ral history, Sudan’s Civil War
Wild Swans<= /o:p>	Jung Chang<= /o:p>	family history, Communist Revolution, China