non-fiction mean true story for 8th graders! thanks
2006-10-17 10:03:29 · 12 answers · asked by killiana 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Please Stop Laughing at Me," By Jodee Blanco. It is about a girl who is picked on through her school years.
"Smashed, " by Koren Zailckas. It is about a girl who drank too much throughout her formative years.
"The Glass Castle, " by Jeanette Walls. It is a memoir about a very strange upbringing.
"A Child Called It," By Dave Pelzer. It is about extreme child abuse.
I've read all four and really enjoyed them. I did not read "Running with Scissors," by Augusten Burroughs, however, it is supposedly very good as well.
Just so you know, Prep is actually fiction. It reads like a non-fiction, so I can see where there could be some confusion. I just don't want to you to read it for school and not receive full credit because it is fiction.
2006-10-17 10:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Lawgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non Fiction stories I've enjoyed are....
The Diary OF Ann Frank and A Child Called It
2006-10-17 10:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by novelwyrm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Devil in the White City" - kind of a true crime/history book, takes place in Chicago
"I Remember Julia: Voices of the Disappeared" - History, takes place in Argentina, very moving
Subject matter may be a little more mature than some would consider appropriate for an 8th grader, but they are very readable and the writing itself is not beyond 8th grade.
2006-10-17 10:07:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Night" by Elie Wesel (I'm not sure if I am spelling his last name correctly). It is about a boy and his family during the Holocaust. It might be kind of heavy for 8th graders, but it is a shorter book. I read it sophomore year of high school for English and again freshmen year of college for History.
2006-10-17 13:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by usmcwife722 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Harriot All Creatures Great and Small
Pre world war 2 Veterinarian in England
Very funny and informational
2006-10-17 10:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by danzka2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler by James Cross Giblin (YA nonfiction)
Dear Miss Breed by Joanne Oppenheim (YA nonfiction)
The Girl With The White Flag by Tomika Higa (juvenile/YA nonfiction/autobiography)
The Diary of Ma Yan by Ma Yan (YA nonfiction)
2006-10-17 11:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
-Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
-EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES, by Lynne Truss
-The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
-Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
-1776, by David McCullough
Hope this helps and happy reading.
2006-10-17 10:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by langstaff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Devil in the White City - Erik Larsen
2006-10-17 10:11:46 · answer #8 · answered by bmt330 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a child called it by david pelzer, 30 seconds over tokyo by capt ted lawson, coal miners daughter by loretta lynn
2006-10-17 10:11:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any papers by Bertrand Russell.
2006-10-17 10:07:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋