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Looking for a book written by an author not from the United States? Check out one of these titles?
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1959. Love it or hate it, Achebe's tale of a flawed tribal patriarch is a powerful and important contribution to twentieth century literature.
Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. They are separated. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion—for each other and for their homeland.
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Read about Trevor Noah's coming-of-age story in this humorous and eye opening story.
This is an intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. You won't take your freedom for granted after reading this!
Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.
This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.
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