CLLS: Learner Resources: Great Books

Book Reviews for Adult Reading and Writing Programs by the Readers to Leaders Project of Write to Read
Alameda County Library Adult Literacy Program
February 2006

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Pg 1 The Shaman’s Newphew: A Life in the Far North by Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman Difficulty Level 1-2
Pg 3 Martin Luther King by Mary Stuart Difficulty level 1
Pg 5 A Question of Trust by Brown and Brown Difficulty level 1-2
Pg 7 Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman by Jeri Ferris Difficulty level 2
Pg 9 Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman Difficulty level 2-3
Pg 11 Leon’s Story by Leon Walter Tillage Difficulty level 2
Pg 13 Just Juice: by Karen Hesse Difficulty level 2
Pg 15 Stealing Home: the Story of Jackie Robinson by Barry Denenberg Difficulty level 2
Pg 17 Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories Interviews and Photographs by S. Beth Atkin Difficulty level 2-3
Pg 19 Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories Interviews and Photographs by S. Beth Atkin Difficulty level 2-3
Pg 21 Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman Difficulty level 2-3
Pg 23 Nelson Mandela: Fighter for Humanity by Catherine House Difficulty level 3
Pg 25 Don’t Be Afraid Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From the Heart: the Story of Elvia Alvarado Translated and Edited by Medea Benjamin Difficulty level 3-4
Pg 27 The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Difficulty level 3
Pg 29 The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt Difficulty level 4
Pg 31 Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada Difficulty level 4
Pg 33 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth Difficulty level 4
Pg 35 Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom Difficulty level 4-5
Pg 37 Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins Difficulty level 4
Pg 39 Get On Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad by Jim Haskins Difficulty level 4-5
Pg 41 Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki and James Houston Difficulty level 5
Pg 43 Jessie De La Cruz : a Profile of a United Farm Worker by Gary Soto Difficulty level 5
Introduction and Project Participants Pg 45 How to Get These Books Pg 48 Some Recommended Reading Lists