Ray W. Howard Library: ESL Faculty Guide: Recommended Reading for Students

What to read after finishing I Am Malala

Did you like reading I Am Malala? If so, I think you will like these books. They are available at the Shoreline Community College library.

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Call Number: GR Adi
ISBN: 9781101911761
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
In this essay Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives readers a new definition of feminism for the twenty-first century.
Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks; Jim Haskins
Call Number: B Parks
ISBN: 0803706731
Publication Date: 1992-02-04
This book is a moving account of the American civil rights champion.
My Forbidden Face by Latifa; Shekeba Hachemi (Contribution by); Linda Coverdale (Translator)
Call Number: 305.4209 L356
ISBN: 0786869011
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
A young woman born into a middle-class Afghan family describes the 1996 revolution in which the Taliban seized power in Kabul, the resulting changes in her life as a victim of Taliban fanaticism, and her eventual escape with her family.
Devotion and Defiance by Humaira Awais Shahid
Call Number: 305.4095 S525
ISBN: 0393081486
Publication Date: 2014-03-03
A prominent Muslim woman activist describes how she transformed the "women's section" of a local newspaper to reveal the true lives of Pakistani women and became a passionate advocate for women's rights, ultimately winning a seat on the Provincial Assembly.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Call Number: 813.6 H829Tho
ISBN: 9781594489501
Publication Date: 2007-05-22
A tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives-the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness-are inextricable from the history playing out around them.

What to read after finishing Persepolis

Did you like reading Persepolis? If so, I think you will like these books. They are available at the Shoreline Community College library.

Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL Sat
ISBN: 0375422889
Publication Date: 2004-08-31
In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging.
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL Spi
ISBN: 0679406417
Publication Date: 1996-11-19
Told with chilling realism, this is more than a tale of surviving the Holocaust. Spiegelman relates the effect of those events on the survivors' later years and upon the lives of the following generation.
Thura's Diary by Thura Al-Windawi
Call Number: ESL 956.7044 A477
ISBN: 0670058866
Publication Date: 2004-03-08
Nineteen-year-old Thura al-Windawi traces the days leading up to the bombings in Iraq, the war, and the chaos that followed, describing her life and the reality of war for Iraqi families.
Lost Boy, Lost Girl by John Bul Dau; Martha Arual Akech
Call Number: ESL 962.4043 D 235
ISBN: 9781426307089
Publication Date: 2010-10-12
One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war.
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi; Anjali Singh (Translator)
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL Sat
ISBN: 0375423052
Publication Date: 2005-04-19
A collection of stories and anecdotes, told in the form of a graphic novel, reveals the love and sex lives of a group of women as revealed during an afternoon of conversation and tea-drinking.
Palestine by Joe Sacco; Edward W. Said (Introduction by); Edward W. Said
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL Sac
ISBN: 156097432X
Publication Date: 2001-12-17
Uses a comic book format to shed light on the complex and emotionally-charged situation of Palestian Arabs, exploring the lives of Israeli soldiers, Palestian refugees, and children in the Occupied Territories.