Books

Each of the books in this list discusses how children are marginalized around the globe through warfare, disease, poverty, malnutrition, developmental disorders, sexual orientation, gender discrimination, and many other issues. The books for this course were either autobiographies or written by anthropologists and prize-winning journalists. These texts are used as part of a round-table discussion in Mr. Coopers high school class. Each week students discuss a series of questions that are meant to raise awareness into the lives of marginalized children around the globe and in our own country. These questions can be found under course docs.


 * We are always looking for other classes to participate in our discussions and to work with us on our class project. If you our your students would like to join one of our [|Elluminate] sessions to discuss this issue, please contact me, Mr. Thomas Cooper, at: coopert@thewalkerschool.org.**

by Leslie T. Chang by Loung Ung by [|Patricia Mccormick] by by [|John Bul Dau], [|Michael S. Sweeney] by [|Michael Dorris] by [|Virginia Lee Barnes], [|Janice Boddy] by [|Sonia Nazario] by [|Uzodinma Iweala] by [|Roy Richard Grinker] by [|Alex Kotlowitz] by [|Ritch C. Savin-Williams] by [|David Simon], [|Edward Burns] by [|Melissa Fay Greene] by [|Susan Eaton] by [|Daniel Tammet] by [|Annette Lareau] by [|Anne Fadiman] by [|Abraham Nhial], [|DiAnn Mills] by Ishmael Beah by [|Frank McCourt] Time Period: Post World War II
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pQVr9MiSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="164" height="164"]] || Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
 * ISBN-10:** 0385520174 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T2E26J62L._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="165" height="165"]] || First They Killed My Farther
 * ISBN-10:** 0060193328 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511HjHxc8nL._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="155" height="155"]] || Sold
 * ISBN-10:** 0786851724 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51epQ2jyi3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="159" height="159"]] || God Grew Tired of Us
 * ISBN-10:** 1426202121 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TX18ARTBL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="157" height="157"]] || The Broken Cord
 * ISBN-10:** 0060916826 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/719K7K4Y49L._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.gif width="176" height="176"]] || Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl
 * ISBN-10:** 0679762094 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21820BDRY0L._SL500_AA180_.jpg width="170" height="170"]] || Enrique's Journey
 * ISBN-10:** 0812971787 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XT5BVGPFL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="179" height="179"]] || Beasts of No Nation
 * ISBN-10:** 006079867X ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515uOXv8aHL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="192" height="192"]] || Unstrange Minds
 * ISBN-10:** 0465027644 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jWTjpJonL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="175" height="175"]] || There Are No Children Here
 * ISBN-10:** 0385265565 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VJAYCXRXL._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="166" height="166"]] || The New Gay Teenager
 * ISBN-10:** 0674022564 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lfFBn8INL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="174" height="174"]] || The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
 * ISBN-10:** 0767900316 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iJwKLkFjL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="191" height="191"]] || There Is No Me Without You
 * ISBN-10:** 1596912936 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41G0PXYB53L._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="190" height="190"]] || The Children in Room E4
 * ISBN-10:** 156512488X ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51e12T12VYL._SL500_AA240_.jpg width="200" height="200"]] || Born on a Blue Day
 * ISBN-10:** 1416549013 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CNSDXC1WL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="194" height="194"]] || Unequal Childhoods
 * ISBN-10:** 0520239504 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41W7A7ABJXL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="180" height="180"]] || The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
 * ISBN-10:** 0374525641 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T6RFSF9ML._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="194" height="194"]] || Lost Boy No More
 * ISBN-10:** 0805431861 ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5187JjjhwjL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg width="197" height="197"]] || A Long Way Gone
 * ISBN-10:** 0374531269 ||
 * || Angela's Ashes: A Memoir (1999)
 * ISBN-10:** 068484267X ||