| Title |
Author |
Description (or descriptive subtitle) |
Pacing (slow, moderate, fast) |
Appeal Factors |
Read-Alikes |
| Ana's Story |
Bush, Jenna |
Based on her work with UNICEF, the former president's daughter tells the story of a teenage single mother with HIV/AIDS facing the obstacles in her life with courage and hope. |
moderate-fast |
abused children, romance, many photos (good for a teen audience) |
|
| Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America |
Furiya, Linda |
As a child, the author felt out-of-place with her Japanese lunches, but eventually learned to embrace her parents' culinary culture |
moderate |
food & cooking, coming of age, midwest, cross-cultural influences, Japan, with recipes |
|
| Castles in the Air: The Restoration Adventures of Two Young Optimists and a Crumbling Old Mansion |
Corbett, Judy |
The author and her husband renovate a castle in Wales, encountering mundane difficulties and a supernatural challenge. |
moderate-fast |
Great Britain, life-building, ghost stories |
|
| Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening |
Kuusisto, Stephen |
A blind man shares his experiences of the world through sound-pictures. |
slow |
blindness, sound/music, travel |
|
| Horizontal World, The: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere |
Marquart, Debra |
The author reflects on her growing up years on a farm in North Dakota. |
slow |
coming of age, midwest |
|
| How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live like Everyone Else |
Gill, Michael Gates |
An out-of-work ad executive takes a job at the local Starbucks and rethinks his values and personal prejudices. |
moderate-fast |
inspiration, social class |
|
| Lobster Chronicles, The |
Greenlaw, Linda |
The famous swordboat captain returns home to take up lobstering, but must soon reevaluate all she thought she knew about life, luck, and lobsters. |
moderate |
small-town life, nature |
The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw |
| Piano Lessons: Music, Love & True Adventures |
Adams, Noah |
A middle-aged radio journalist chronicles a year-long journey learning to play the piano. |
moderate |
inspiration, music romance |
|
|
The Red Leather Diary:
Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages
of a Lost Journal
|
Lily Koppel |
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A look at life in New York City during the late 1920s and Early 1930s through the eyes of a teenage girl.
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moderate |
History, Roaring Twenties, Travel, Journals, New York City, Theater life |
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| Soloist, The: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music |
Lopez, Steve |
The Los Angeles Times columnist befriends a homeless musical genius plagued by mental illness. Their friendship changes and enriches both lives. |
moderate-fast |
inspiration, music, mental illness, friendship |
|
| Summer at Tiffany |
Marjorie Hart |
Two Kappa sisters from the University of Iowa spend the summer of 1945 in New York City working for Tiffany & Co. |
fast |
Friendship, History, New York City, World War II, Department Stores, |
The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis or
Alligators, Old Mink and New Money by Alison & Melissa Houtte
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