[ISLMA-Share] High-Interest Non-Fic

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Some non-fiction suggestions that students have enjoyed.

*Boys in the Boat*  Daniel James Brown
*Killers of the Flower Moon*  David Grann
*Unbroken*  Laura Hillenbrand
*Radium Girls*  Kate Moore
*No Easy Day*  Mark Owen
*127 Hours* or *Between a Rock and a Hard Place*   Aron Ralston
*Look me in the Eye* John Robison
*Chasing Kings Killer*  James L Swanson
*Chasing Lincoln's Killer* or *Manhunt*  James L Swanson
*"The President has Been Shot!" the assassination of John F. Kennedy*  James
L Swanson


Carolyn Kinsella, District Librarian
Minooka Community High School
ckinsella at mchs.net

Central Campus
301 S. Wabena Ave.
Minooka, IL  60447
PH: 815-467-2140 ext. 5040

South Campus
26655 West Eames
Channahon, IL 60410
PH:  815-521-4217




On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Any suggestions for our AP Language Summer reading title?  The teacher
> wants a non-fiction high interest title, potentially true-crime but not
> necessarily.  She was looking at *Girls of Murder City* but I haven’t
> read that and can’t comment.
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> Past books that didn’t go over well have been:
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> *A Long Way Gone*
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> *Outliers*
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> *In True Blood*
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> *Into the Wild*
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> *Devil in the White City* is used by another class so that was rejected
> by administration.
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> What’s been a hit with your students?
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> Gail Meyer, Librarian
>
> TF South High School
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> gmeyer at tfd215.org
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