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 * Fiction, Grades 9 to 12

Bernier-Grand, Carmen **. // Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life! // 2007. Marshall Cavendish. In twenty-six original, free-verse poems the author depicts the thoughts, feelings, and life events of Mexican self-portraitist Frida Kahlo. The poems are accompanied by twenty-four full-color reproductions of Kahlo’s paintings. Substantial background materials include a biographical sketch, chronology, and glossary. ** Blumenthal, Karen. ** // Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in // // America //. 2005. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum. This nonfiction work looks at Title IX, the 1972 legislation mandating that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender, ensuring equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education. Included are period photos, a time line, "then and now" commentary, extensive source notes, and suggested resources for further reading. ** Bryson, Bill **. // Shakespeare: The World as Stage. // 2007. HarperCollins. Bryson hits the mark with his characteristic wit as he explores the world of Shakespeare and the mystery surrounding the man and his plays ** Diamant, Anita. **// The Red Tent // : // A Novel //. 1998. Picador.

This novel recreates the biblical life of Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, from her birth in Mesopotamia through her death in Egypt. This true story explores the tiny village of Fort Yukon, Alaska, its vanishing cultural heritage, and its relationship with mainstream American culture through its high school basketball team. A Newbery Honor book that accounts the life and musical career of the great African American vocalist, Marion Anderson, in the context of the history of civil rights in the United States. ** Greenberg, Jan. **// Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art. // 2001. Harry N. Abrams. Can a painting speak? This collection of lyrical responses to famous American works of art provides answers. ** Gruen, Sara  **. // Water for Elephants //: // A Novel. // 2007. Algonquin Books. Gruen creates a story full of enchanting circus lore, mystery, trains, romance, and danger with no-holds-barred. ** Polly, Matthew **. // American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New // // China //. 2007. Penguin/Gotham Books. The author reflects on the childhood dream that led him, as an adult, to take a break from Princeton and travel to China’s famed Shaolin Temple to study martial arts for two years. ** Alexie, Sherman. ** // The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. // 2007. Little, Brown. Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, was born an outsider with water on his brain, lopsided eyes, and an IQ oppressed by extreme poverty and a mediocre reservation education. After switching to an all-white high school he realizes that though he'll never easily fit in, self-determination and a solid personal identity will give him the chance to both succeed and transcend.
 * D’Orso, Michael. ** // Eagle Blue: // // A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic //// Alaska //// . // 2006. Bloomsbury.
 * Freedman, Russell. **// The Voice That Challenged a Nation //**// : //**// Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights // . 2004. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion.