Citizenship Academy's Reading List Fiction & Nonfiction
Persepolis
A black and white comic strip of images where the author shares the story of her life in Tehran, Iran, where she lived from 6-14 while the country came under the control of the Islamic regime.
Rosie and Mrs. America: Perceptions of Women in the 1930s and 1940s
Explores how images in the media influenced how women saw themselves and helped them to be both fashionable and frugal in the 1930-40s.
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until her family was targeted during the Cultural Revolution, making a choice between denouncing her father or losing her future in the Communist Party.
If The World Were A Village: A Book About the World's People
Breaks down the population of the world into a collection of representations that one would find in a global village.
The Murder of Abraham Lincoln: A Chronicle of 62 Days in the Life of the American Republic
The most famous assassination of the Victorian era when Booth plots with disgruntled Southern sympathizers to not only murder the president but other branch members.
Marching For Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
Recounts the three months of protest that took place before MLK's landmark march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote.
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, and Treachery
An introduction to the life of Arnold that highlights not only the traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic involvement in the American Revolution.
Brave New World
A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.
Delirium
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her 18th birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.
Shine, Coconut Moon
In the weeks following September 11th, Samar, who is of Punjabi heritage but has been raised with no knowledge of her past by her single mother, strives to learn about her family's history and get in touch with the grandparents her mother shuns.
In Country
In 1984, Sam lives with her uncle, a Vietnam veteran, determined to learn more about the war in which her father was killed.
The Queen of Water
Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechua Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family.
Elephant Run
Nick's father and others are taken prisoner when his plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, leaving Nick and his friend, Mya, to risk their lives in order to free them from a POW camp.
Soldier's Heart
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.
They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries and more.