Global Education Achievement Certificate ­ Independent Reading Recommendations One of the requirements to complete this certificate is to read at least four books and then write a reflection. We will add book criteria and reflection criteria as we can gather that information. You may choose to read another book that fits this criteria, however, MMSD librarians have prepared this list of recommended books that we have in the school library system. ​
Talk to your school librarian if you need assistance locating or requesting a book from another MMSD school. A note from Ms. v: I am just starting to add links to book trailers and other resources that will help you in making your choice(s). I will keep working on it as I can. Thanks! GEAC Culturally Literate Books Child, victim, soldier : the loss of innocence in Uganda​
by Dunson, Donald H. (Published 2008) call # 261.83 DUN God is red : a native view of religion​
by Deloria, Vine. (Published 2003) call # 299.7 DEL ­ ​
A YouTube summary Kids of Kabul : living bravely through a never­ending war​
by Ellis, Deborah (Published 2012) call # 303.6 ELL Children of War : voices of Iraqi refugees ​
by Ellis, Deborah (Published 2009) call # 305.23 ELL ​
YouTube book trailer Tunnel kids ​
by Taylor, Lawrence J. (Published 2001) call # 305.23 T21T Just like us : the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America​
by Thorpe, Helen (Published 2009) call # 305.868 THO ­ ​
A 2 min. YouTube video where the author talks about her book An introduction to Hmong culture​
by Cha, Ya Po (Published 2010) call # 305.895 CHA Disposable people : new slavery in the global economy​
by Bales, Kevin (Published 1999) call # 306.36 B19D ​
A 1 min. YouTube summary Dancing at halftime : sports and the controversy over American Indian mascots​
by Spindel, Carol (Published 2002) call # 306.48 SP46D Crossing over : a Mexican family on the migrant trail​
by Martínez, Rubén (Published 2001) call # 306.85 M366C ­​
A 10 min. video of the author from CSPAN’s BookTV on YouTube Material world : a global family portrait ​
by Menzel, Peter (Published 1995) call # 306.85 M529M ​
a visual of Menzel’s photos in his book Hungry Planet (YouTube) A 1 min. summary of the book ​
Material World​
(YouTube) I am Nujood, age 10 and divorced​
by Ali, Nujood (Published 2010) call # 306.872 ALI movie trailer from the Dubai International Film Festival (YouTube) News Piece from National Geographic Live on Nujood (YouTube) Rez life : an Indian's journey through reservation life ​
by Treuer, David (Published 2012) call # 323.119 TRE Treuer is an Ojibwe Indian from ​
Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota ­​
this is a 26 min. video of him talking from the 2014 National Book Festival on the Library of Congress’ YouTube channel CSPAN’s BookTV 10 min. interview with Treuer on YouTube We are still here : a photographic history of the American Indian Movement ​
by Wittstock, Laura Waterman (Published 2013) call # 323.1197 WIT ​
A 5 min. YouTube video about the book ­ the author and photographer talk Rwanda's genocide : the politics of global justice​
by Moghalu, Kingsley Chiedu (Published 2005) call # 345.6757 1 MOG ­ ​
A 12 min. news report on Rwandan genocide (in English) by a German news channel Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide​
by Kristof, Nicholas D. (Published 2010) call # 362.83 KRI YouTube preview for the PBS documentary based on this book Dying to cross : the worst immigrant tragedy in American history​
by Ramos, Jorge (Published 2006) call # 364.13 RAM A student­made book trailer on YouTube Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations­­one school at a time​
by Mortenson, Greg (Published 2006) call # 371.822 MOR There was some controversy about this book, with allegations that the author mismanaged money from his charity and made up information in this supposedly true nonfiction book ­ read more ​
about the controversy here​
& here’s ​
an NBC new video of the author apologizing for his part in the scandal An interview with Mortenson and two American girls over tea (YouTube) A 16­min. ‘behind the scenes’ video with the authors of this book (YouTube) Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan​
by Mortenson, Greg (Published 2009) call # 371.823 MOR A 10­min. video from CSPAN’s BookTV ­ the author talks about this book and his ​
Three Cups of Tea​
book (above) The multicultural cookbook for students​
by Albyn, Carole Lisa (Published 1993) call # 641.5 AL15M The South American cookbook; including Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies​
by Brown, Cora Lovisa (Brackett) (Published 1971) call # 641.5 B811S The cooking of Mexico ​
by Locricchio, Matthew (Published 2003) call # 641.5 L819CM Foods of the Americas : native recipes and traditions ​
by Divina, Fernando. (Published 2004) call # 641.59 DIV Multicultural cookbook of life­cycle celebrations​
by Webb, Lois Sinaiko (Published 2000) call # 641.59 WEB Dreaming in Indian : contemporary Native American voices​
by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (Published 2014) call # 704.03 DRE Aya ​
by Abouet, Marguerite (Published 2007) call # 741.5 ABO Counting coup : a true story of basketball and honor on the Little Big Horn ​
by Colton, Larry (Published 2000) call # 796.32 C72C Fútbol! : why soccer matters in Latin America ​
by Nadel, Joshua H (Published 2014) call # 796.334 NAD Toward the splendid city: Nobel lecture.​
by Neruda, Pablo (Published 1974) call # 808.1 N35T Jump up and say! : a collection of Black storytelling ​
by Linda Goss and Clay Goss (Published 1995) call # 808.8 J951 Voices : poetry and art from around the world​
by by Barbara Brenner (Published 2000) call # 808.81 V873 The Art of the tale : an international anthology of short stories​
by Daniel Halpern (Published 1986) call # 808.83 AR75 Not far away : the real­life adventures of Ima Pipiig ​
by Beardslee, Lois. (Published 2007) call # 813 BEA Soy la Avon lady and other stories​
by López, Lorraine, (Published 2002) call # 813 LOP The annotated Uncle Tom's cabin​
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher, (Published 2007) call # 813.3 STO Shaking the tree : a collection of new fiction and memoir by Black women ​
by Meri Nana­Ama Danquah (Published 2003) call # 818 SH15 Selected odes of Pablo Neruda ​
by Neruda, Pablo (Published 1990) call # 861 N35SO Five decades : a selection (poems, 1925­1970) by Neruda, Pablo (Published 1974) call # 861 NER The poetry of Pablo Neruda​
by Neruda, Pablo (Published 2003) call # 861 NER Selected poems​
by Neruda, Pablo (Published 1990) call # 861 NER The collected poems of Octavio Paz, 1957­1987​
by Paz, Octavio. (Published 1990) call # 861 PAZ The essential Neruda : selected poems ​
by Neruda, Pablo (Published 2004) call # 861.64 NER Anthology of Mexican poetry​
by Paz, Octavio (Published 1958) call # 861.8 P27A ANTHOLOGY OF MEXICAN POETRY. TR. ​
by PAZ, OCTAVIO, COMP. call # 861.8 P27A The pact : three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream​
by Davis, Sampson (Published 2002) call # 900 DAV We beat the street : how a friendship pact helped us succeed​
by Davis, Sampson (Published 2005) call # 900 DAV We beat the street : how a friendship pact helped us succeed​
by Davis, Sampson (Published 2006) call # 900 DAV We beat the street : how a friendship pact led to success​
by Davis, Sampson (Published 2006) call # 900 DAV Maus : a survivor's tale​
by Spiegelman, Art (Published 1986) call # 900 SPI Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood​
by Barakat, Ibtisam (Published 2007) call # 901 BAR IBT Not even my name : from a death march in Turkey to a new home in America, a young girl's true story of genocide and survival​
by Halo, Thea (Published 2000) call # 901 HAL THE The girl in the picture : the story of Kim Phuc, the photograph, and the Vietnam War​
by Chong, Denise (Published 2001) call # 901 KIM I, Rigoberta Menchu : an Indian woman in Guatemala​
by Menchu, Rigoberta (Published 1984) call # 901 MEN RIG I am Malala : the story of the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban​
by Yousafzai, Malala (Published 2013) call # 901 YOU Imprisoned : the betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II​
by Sandler, Martin W (Published 2013) call # 940.53 SAN The travelers' guide to Asian customs & manners : how to converse, dine, tip, drive, bargain, dress, make friends, and conduct business while in Asia​
by Devine, Elizabeth (Published 1998) call # 950 D496T Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution​
by Jiang, Ji­li (Published 1997) call # 951.05 J56R A reader's guide to Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis​
by Schroeder, Heather Lee (Published 2010) call # 955.05 SCH Baghdad burning : girl blog from Iraq​
by Riverbend (Published 2005) call # 956.7044 RIV Zoya's story : an Afghan woman's struggle for freedom​
by Zoya (Published 2002) call # 958.1 Z79Z After freedom : the rise of the post­apartheid generation in democratic South Africa​
by Newman, Katherine S (Published 2014) call # 968.065 Through Indian eyes : the untold story of Native American peoples ​
(Published 1995) call # 970.1 T416 Enrique's journey : the true story of a boy determined to reunite with his mother​
by Nazario, Sonia (Published 2013) call # 973 NAZ Blue jasmine​
by Sheth, Kashmira (Published 2004) call # Book Bowl The kite runner​
by Hosseini, Khaled (Published 2003) [ Audiobook ] CD FIC HOS All quiet on the western front​
by Remarque, Erich Maria (Published 1994) [ Audiobook ] CD FIC REM Half the sky turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide. ​
A Show of Force and Fugitive Films production ; producer, Joshua Bennett ; directed by Maro Chermayeff ; writer, Michelle Ferrari (Published 2012) [ Video ] DVD 362.83 KRI 500 nations ​
Tig Productions presents in association with RCS Films & TV and Majestic Films and Television International ; a Jack Leustig film ; written by Jack Le (Published 2004) [ Video ] DVD 970.004 FIV 12 years a slave ​
(Published 2014) [ Video ] DVD FIC 12 The boondocks. The complete first season ​
(Published 2006) [ Video ] DVD FIC BOO El norte ​
director, Gregory Nava ; producer, Anna Thomas ; produced in association with American Playhouse (Published 2008) [ Video ] DVD FIC NOR Persepolis​
a Sony Pictures release ; a 2.4.7. Films production ; produced by Marc­Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault, ; written and directed by Marjane Satrapi (Published 2008) [ Video ] DVD FIC PER Siddhartha​
by Hesse, Hermann (Published 2010) [ Audiobook ] EAUDIO FIC HES Girls at war, and other stories​
by Achebe, Chinua (Published 1973) call # FIC ACH Things fall apart​
by Achebe, Chinua (Published 1959) call # FIC ACH The absolutely true diary of a part­time Indian​
by Alexie, Sherman (Published 2007) call # FIC ALE Estrella's quinceañera​
by Alegría, Malín (Published 2006) call # FIC ALE Flight : a novel​
by Alexie, Sherman (Published 2007) call # FIC ALE Indian killer​
by Alexie, Sherman (Published 1996) call # FIC ALE Sofi Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico​
by Alegría, Malín (Published 2007) call # FIC ALE Ten little Indians : stories​
by Alexie, Sherman (Published 2004) call # FIC ALE Reservation blues​
by Alexie, Sherman (Published 1995) call # FIC ALEXIE, SHERMAN City of the beasts​
by Allende, Isabel (Published 2004) call # FIC ALL The house of the spirits​
by Allende, Isabel (Published 1985) call # FIC ALL Inés of my soul​
by Allende, Isabel (Published 2006) call # FIC ALL Of love and shadows​
by Allende, Isabel (Published 1987) call # FIC ALL La ciudad de las bestias​
by Allende, Isabel (Published 2002) call # FIC ALL S In the time of the butterflies​
by Alvarez, Julia (Published 1994) call # FIC ALV Chains​
by Anderson, Laurie Halse (Published 2008) call # FIC AND Forge​
by Anderson, Laurie Halse (Published 2010) call # FIC AND Bronxwood​
by Booth, Coe (Published 2011) call # FIC BOO Kendra​
by Booth, Coe (Published 2008) call # FIC BOO Tyrell​
by Booth, Coe (Published 2006) call # FIC BOO Tyrell​
by Booth, Coe (Published 2007) call # FIC BOO Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two​
by Bruchac, Joseph (Published 2005) call # FIC BRU The good earth​
by Buck, Pearl S (Published 1994) call # FIC BUC The good earth​
by Buck, Pearl S (Published 1931) call # FIC BUC THE GOOD EARTH ​
by Buck, Pearl S. call # FIC BUC The good earth​
by Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) (Published 2004) call # FIC BUC THE GOOD EARTH​
by Buck, Pearl S. call # FIC BUC The alchemist​
by Coelho, Paulo (Published 1993) call # FIC COE The alchemist​
by Coelho, Paulo (Published 1998) call # FIC COE The alchemist​
by Coelho, Paulo (Published 1998) call # FIC COE Revolution is not a dinner party : a nove​
l by Compestine, Ying Chang (Published 2007) call # FIC COM THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. A NARRATIVE OF 1757​
by Cooper, James Fenimore (Published 1919) call # FIC COO Afrika​
by Craig, Colleen (Published 2008) call # FIC CRA The Watsons go to Birmingham­­1963 : a novel​
by Curtis, Christopher Paul (Published 1995) call # FIC CUR Born confused​
by Desai Hidier, Tanuja (Published 2002) call # FIC DES Copper sun by ​
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) (Published 2006) call # FIC DRA Love medicine : a novel​
by Erdrich, Louise (Published 1984) call # FIC ERD Bang!​
by Flake, Sharon (Published 2007) call # FIC FLA The skin I'm in​
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Flake, Sharon G (Published 1998) call # FIC FLA Love in the time of cholera​
by García Márquez, Gabriel (Published 1997) call # FIC GAR Love in the time of cholera​
by García Márquez, Gabriel (Published 1989) call # FIC GAR Love in the time of cholera​
by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (Published 1988) call # FIC GAR Love in the time of cholera​
by García Márquez, Gabriel (Published 2003) call # FIC GAR LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA / GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ; TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH​
by GARCIA MARQUES, GABRIEL. call # FIC GAR One hundred years of solitude​
by García Márquez, Gabriel (Published 1970) call # FIC GAR One hundred years of solitude​
by García Márquez, Gabriel (Published 2006) call # FIC GAR ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. TR. FROM THE SPANISH​
by GARCIA MARQUEZ, GABRIEL call # FIC GAR ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH​
by García Márquez, Gabriel call # FIC GARCIA MARQUEZ Memoirs of a geisha : a novel​
by Golden, Arthur (Published 1999) call # FIC GOL Life times : stories, 1952­2007 ​
by Gordimer, Nadine (Published 2010) call # FIC GOR The pearl that broke its shell​
by Hashimi, Nadia (Published 2014) call # FIC HAS Siddhartha​
by Hesse, Hermann (Published 2008) call # FIC HES Siddhartha​
by Hesse, Hermann (Published 1951) call # FIC HES Siddhartha : an Indian tale​
by Hesse, Hermann (Published 2007) call # FIC HES Siddhartha : an Indian tale​
by Hesse, Hermann (Published 2003) call # FIC HES And the mountains echoed​
by Hosseini, Khaled (Published 2013) call # FIC HOS And the mountains echoed : a novel​
by Hosseini, Khaled (Published 2013) call # FIC HOS The kite runner​
by Hosseini, Khaled (Published 2003) call # FIC HOS A thousand splendid suns​
by Hosseini, Khaled (Published 2007) call # FIC HOS Les miserables call # FIC HUG Hugo, Victor, 1802­1885. (Published 1982 Les misérables call # FIC HUG Hugo, Victor, 1802­1885. (Published 2012 LES MISERABLES. call # FIC HUG Hugo, Victor. Beasts of no nation : a novel call # FIC IWE Iweala, Uzodinma. (Published 2005 The first part last call # FIC JOH Johnson, Angela. (Published 2003 Heaven call # FIC JOH Johnson, Angela, 1961­ (Published 1998 Muchacho : a novel call # FIC JOH Johnson, LouAnne. (Published 2009 Ojibway tales call # FIC JOH Johnston, Basil. (Published 1993 Girl in translation call # FIC KWO Kwok, Jean. (Published 2010 Interpreter of maladies : stories call # FIC LAH Lahiri, Jhumpa. (Published 1999 Seeing Emily call # FIC LEE Lee Wong, Joyce. (Published 2007 How it went down call # FIC MAG Magoon, Kekla. (Published 2014 Nectar in a sieve call # FIC MAR Markandaya, Kamala, 1924­ (Published 2002 Nectar in a sieve : a novel call # FIC MAR Markandaya, Kamala. (Published 1955 NECTAR IN A SIEVE : A NOVEL. call # FIC MAR MARKANDAYA, KAMALA. Never fall down : a novel call # FIC MCC McCormick, Patricia, 1956­ (Published 2012 Thunder over Kandahar call # FIC MCK McKay, Sharon E. (Published 2010 Shine, coconut moon call # FIC MEM Meminger, Neesha. (Published 2009 Touching Spirit Bear call # FIC MIK Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952­ (Published 2001 Tree Girl call # FIC MIK Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952­ (Published 2005 The bluest eye call # FIC MOR Morrison, Toni. (Published 1994 Song of Solomon call # FIC MOR Morrison, Toni. (Published 1977 Autobiography of my dead brother call # FIC MYE Myers, Walter Dean, 1937­ (Published 2006 Monster call # FIC MYE Myers, Walter Dean, 1937­ (Published 1999 Yellow line /. call # FIC OLS Olsen, Sylvia, 1955­ (Published 2005 Drinking coffee elsewhere call # FIC PAC Packer, ZZ. (Published 2003 Cry, the beloved country. call # FIC PAT Paton, Alan. (Published 1948 Cry, the beloved country call # FIC PAT Paton, Alan. (Published 2003 Cry, the beloved country call # FIC PAT Paton, Alan. (Published 1987 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY : SCRIBNER, 1948 call # FIC PATON, ALAN PATON, ALAN. The living call # FIC PEN de la Peña, Matt. (Published 2013 Gabi, a girl in pieces call # FIC QUI Quintero, Isabel. (Published 2014 Words in the dust call # FIC REE Reedy, Trent. (Published 2011 All quiet on the western front call # FIC REM Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898­1970. (Published 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front call # FIC REM Remarque, Erich. (Published 1929 All quiet on the western front [ Audiobook ] FIC REM Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898­1970. (Published 2008 The complete Persepolis call # FIC SAT GR Satrapi, Marjane, 1969­ (Published 2007 Shooting Kabul call # FIC SEN Senzai, N. H. (Published 2010 One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich call # FIC SOL Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918­2008. (Published 2009 One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich. call # FIC SOL Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918­ (Published 1963 One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich call # FIC SOLZHENITSYN Solzheni︠
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syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918­2008. (Published 1981 The afterlife call # Fic SOT Soto, Gary. (Published 2003 Buried onions call # FIC SOT Soto, Gary. (Published 2006 The Latte Rebellion call # FIC STE Stevenson, Sarah Jamila. (Published 2011 Chanda's secrets call # FIC STR Stratton, Allan. (Published 2004 The lower river call # FIC THE Theroux, Paul. (Published 2012 The magic of Saida : a novel call # FIC VAS Vassanji, M. G. (Published 2013 The color purple : a novel call # FIC WAL Walker, Alice, 1944­ (Published 1982 After Tupac & D Foster call # FIC WOO Woodson, Jacqueline. (Published 2008 Persepolis : [1, the story of a childhood] call # GF 901 SAT V.1 Satrapi, Marjane, 1969­ (Published 2003 Maus II : a survivor's tale : and here my troubles began call # GF 940.53 SPI Spiegelman, Art, 1948­ (Published 1991 Maus [1­2] : a survivor's tale call # GF 940.531 SP43 Spiegelman, Art, 1948­ (Published 1997 Maus I : a survivor's tale : my father bleeds history call # GF 940.531 SPI Spiegelman, Art, 1948­ (Published 1986 Persepolis 2 : the story of a return call # GF 955.05 SAT V.2 Satrapi, Marjane, 1969­ (Published 2004 Persepolis call # GN 901 SAT Satrapi, Marjane, 1969­ (Published 2003 American born Chinese call # GN FIC YAN Yang, Gene Luen. (Published 2006 Things fall apart [ Audiobook ] MP3 FIC ACH Achebe, Chinua. (Published 2011 The absolutely true diary of a part­time Indian [ Audiobook ] MP3 FIC ALE Alexie, Sherman, 1966­ (Published 2008 The good earth [ Audiobook ] MP3 FIC BUC Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892­1973. (Published 2007 Siddhartha an Indian tale [ Audiobook ] MP3 FIC HES Hesse, Hermann, 1877­1962. (Published 2008 The kite runner [ Audiobook ] MP3 FIC HOS Hosseini, Khaled. (Published 2006 The kite runner [ Audiobook ] MP3 FIC HOS Hosseini, Khaled. (Published 2008 The alchemist call # PRO 869.3 COE Coelho, Paulo. (Published 2006 Things fall apart [ Audiobook ] RD FIC ACH Achebe, Chinua. (Published 1997 The good earth [ Audiobook ] RD FIC BUC Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892­1973. (Published 2007 The kite runner [ Audiobook ] RD FIC HOS Hosseini, Khaled. (Published 2004 The kite runner [ Audiobook ] RD FIC HOS Hosseini, Khaled. (Published 2003 A thousand splendid suns [ Audiobook ] RD FIC HOS Hosseini, Khaled. (Published 2007 All quiet on the western front [ Audiobook ] RD FIC REM Remarque, Erich Maria. (Published 2010 The women's warrior society call # SOCIAL UAP ADULT 2008 NPC Beardslee, Lois. (Published 2008 Persepolis 2 call # Satrapi, Marjane, 1969­ (Published 2004