[LM_NET] HIT:8th grade nonfiction

[Nancy Voltmer <voltmer@NETINS.NET>]

        Original request was for nonfiction titles for 8th grade to read as a 
class.  Below are the suggestions received.  Thank you so much for your 
collective thoughts. :-)
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1. A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer
2.  Diary of Anne Frank
3.  Lonek's Journey: The True Story of A Boy's Escape to Freedom, by 
Dorit Whiteman.
4.  Rascal - Sterling North
5.  No excuses : the true story of a congenital amputee who became a 
champion in wrestling and in life        Kyle Maynard.  
6.   "How Angel Peterson Got his name" by Gary Paulsen. 
7.  American Plague by Jim Murphy
8.  Hitler Youth by Susan Bartoletti

Nancy Voltmer
Teacher Librarian
Des Moines Community Schools
Des Moines, Iowa
voltmer@netins.net 
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