non-fiction means it a true story! thanks!
2006-10-18 08:40:49 · 20 answers · asked by killiana 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Diary of Ma Yan is a real-life diary of a young Chinese girl living in a rural village ca. 2000-2001. Published first in France and then later translated into English, the book is a wonderful story of perseverance and poverty.
The Girl With The White Flag by Tomika Higa is a short book, but a powerful one. Set in World War II, it is a partial biography of a young girl who in a way became 'famous' because of a photograph taken and published after the war.
I want to second the recommendation for I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson. It is definitely on the list of my favorite YA nonfiction titles. Other Holocaust nonfiction I'd recommend is The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender and In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke. (You've probably already heard about The Diary of Anne Frank and Night). These other titles are good (in fact I even prefer them) and haven't really received the attention of those other titles.
Authors I'd suggest include
James Cross Giblin (The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler; Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth)
Jim Murphy (An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793)
Russell Freedman (The Voice That Challenged A Nation)
Jennifer Armstrong (Shipwreck at The Bottom of the World)
2006-10-18 09:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The book "The Diary Of Anne Frank" is an excellent book that would be relatively easy to do a report on.
Ultimately, you have to go for a book that interests YOU.
2006-10-18 09:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by Chrissy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try this story -- it is fascinating. It is called I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson. It is a true story of a girl who grew up during the Holocaust. She was taken to a concentration camp, and it describes what life was like for her. It is so interesting. I couldn't put it down and read it in just a couple of days. I think you will find it really easy to read. Her story is just amazing.
2006-10-18 08:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by tsopolly 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Any books by Gerald Durrell, the only caveat being they are about animals, not just a single one, though you can select a single one if you have to. " My Family and other Animals " is a delightful account of the havoc he wreaked on his family by his passion for animals and bugs when a child growing up in Corfu and another favorite is "The Bafut Beagles", not about dogs, but about his experiences with wildlife in the Cameroons. Very amusing. He founded a zoo on the island of Jersey for the protection and breeding of endangered species.
2016-05-22 00:06:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Diary of Anne Frank
2006-10-18 10:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by jdogft 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Autobiography of Rosa Parks
The Elephant Man ( I haven't read it, but I have heard it is interesting)
anything on Helen Keller or her teacher Anne Sullivan
Marley and Me
2006-10-18 12:07:31 · answer #6 · answered by Puff 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
have you read 'a child called it' . Its written by david someone (dont remember the second name) basically, he was an abused child, tells his story, and theres sequels to it. Or 'i know why the caged bird sings' by maya angelou? Theres a few books about her life as well. There both autobiographies, very touching. Good luck!
2006-10-18 08:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
I highly recommend it plus it is a quick easy read just very emotional.
2006-10-18 10:27:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the murder of napoleon by david hapgood.
modern forensics techniques are applied to locks of napoleon's hair, collected from him at different stages of his life. (the emperor's hair used to be an important token that he gave to persons he met throughout his life, locks of his hair are still avidly sought by collectors of historic artifacts)
they indicate a dramatic increase in the amount of arsenic his body metabolized during his final days as a prisoner of the British on the island of st. helena, in the south atlantic.
the author demonstrates the case for murder, and examines napoleon's court to attempt to identify who was poisoning him.
it's a very good whodunit, and it is completely non-fiction.
2006-10-18 09:38:08 · answer #9 · answered by Paul S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try The diary of Anne Frank, i really liked it, and i had to write a report on it, it waS east b/c she is around the same age an 8th grader is
2006-10-18 09:04:41 · answer #10 · answered by italyguitarchick 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋