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Memoirs

Memoirs. Grade 10 2013-2014. International Stories. To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story by Casey Scieszka & Steven Weinberg.

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Memoirs

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  1. Memoirs Grade 10 2013-2014

  2. International Stories

  3. To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story by Casey Scieszka & Steven Weinberg Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching, painting, and learning to be themselves wherever they are.. 478 pages Available at the Voorheesville Public Library YA 910.409 SCI

  4. Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya Von Bremzen With startling beauty and sardonic wit, Anya von Bremzen tells an intimate yet epic story of life in that vanished empire known as the USSR--a place where every edible morsel was packed with emotional and political meaning. Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. 352 pages Available for Purchase Only

  5. My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban by Latifa Latifa was only 16 when the Taliban overran Kabul, changing her life dramatically. The Taliban began issuing edicts, forbidding women to leave their houses without a close male relative to escort them; forcing them to wearchadris, which cover their entire bodies; and refusing to allow them to work. 210 pages

  6. The Translator: a Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by DaoudHari A young Zaghawa tribesman from the Darfur region of the Sudan describes his escape from the attack that destroyed his village, his struggle for survival, his role as atranslator and the dangers he confronted, his ultimate capture, and his new life. 204 pages Interlibrary Loan at Voorheesville Public Library

  7. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah This book provides a firsthand account of the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone and the ongoing plight of child soldiers in conflicts worldwide. 229 pages

  8. HONEYMOON IN PURDAH: AN IRANIAN JOURNEY BY ALISON WEARING A book of sketches gathered over the course of one woman's journey in Iran. Through her, we meet the ordinary and extraordinary people of Iran--men and women whose lives extend beyond Western news stories of of kidnappings, terrorism, and Islamic fundamentalism. …Honeymoon in Purdah is a departure from our conventional perception of Iran. 322 pages Available at the Voorheesville Public Library NF PB WEA

  9. Escape from Slavery by Francis Bok 284 pages

  10. Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: the Diary of Dang Thuy Tram Written between 1968 and '70 by Tram, a young, passionate doctor who served on the front lines, it chronicled the strife she witnessed until the day she was shot by American soldiers earlier that year at age 27. 225 pages

  11. The Bite of the Mango by MariatuKamara Relaying her experiences as a child in Sierra Leone during the 1990s, Kamara chillingly evokes the devastating effects of war. Mariatu is 11 when her tiny village is decimated by rebel soldiers, many of them children like her. Forced to watch as peaceful villagers are tortured and murdered, Mariatu is finally allowed to go free—but only after boy soldiers cut off her hands. 215 pages

  12. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali Sold off by her impoverished family at the age of 10, continually raped by her husband before she even reached puberty, Nujood found the courage to run away, and with the help of an activist lawyer, sympathetic judges, and the international press, she divorced her husband and returned home. 188 pages

  13. Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots". Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. 224 pages

  14. An American Bride in Kabul by Phyllis Chesler Few westerners will ever be able to understand Muslim or Afghan society unless they are part of a Muslim family. Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In 1961, when she arrived in Kabul with her Afghan bridegroom, authorities took away her American passport. Chesler was now the property of her husband’s family and had no rights of citizenship. Back in Afghanistan, her husband, a wealthy, westernized foreign college student with dreams of reforming his country, reverted to traditional and tribal customs. 235 pages

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