The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind
10 best books like The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind (Meg Medina): Internment, The Fountains of Silence, Jane Austen Ruined My Life, They Called Us Enemy, White Rose, The Land of Forgotten Girls, Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1, Hush, What I Came to Tell You, Maitreyi
Rebellions are built on hope.
Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.
With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend...
| Author | Ruta Sepetys |
| ISBN | 0399160310 |
A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.
Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine....
Jane Austen Ruined My Life
| Author | Beth Pattillo |
| ISBN | 0824947711 |
Before a proper review begins...I must rant about something that really bothered me about this book. It's a tiny flaw, but it really gets to me.
If one says "I love Jane Austen, I will write a book about her life and novels..." then one should ensure that every tiny detail is correct. At one point...
| Author | George Takei |
| ISBN | 1603094504 |
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.
Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke...
A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during World War II as part of The White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.
Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother,...
The Land of Forgotten Girls
| Author | Erin Entrada Kelly |
| ISBN | 0062238647 |
Two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living in impoverished circumstances in Louisiana, fight to make their lives better.
Soledad has always been able to escape into the stories she creates. Just like her mother always could. And Soledad has needed that escape...
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1
| Author | Kiiro Yumi |
| ISBN | 1421534886 |
In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces!
Iku Kasahara has dreamed of...
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0142406007 |
Toswiah Green's life ended the moment her policeman father decided to testify against a fellow officer. The Greens have had to change their identities and move to a different city. Now Toswiah is Evie Thomas, and that is the least of the changes. Her defeated father spends his days sitting by the window....
| Author | Tommy Hays |
| ISBN | 1606844334 |
Since his mother died earlier this year, Grover Johnston (named after a character in Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel) has watched his family fall to pieces as his father throws himself into his work rather than dealing with the pain. Left to care for his younger sister, Sudie, Grover finds solace...
| Author | Mircea Eliade |
| ISBN | 9735004100 |
Set in 1930s Calcutta, this is a roman รก clef of remarkable intimacy. Originally published in Romanian in 1933, this semiautobiographical novel by the world renowned scholar Mircea Eliade details the passionate awakenings of Alain, an ambitious young French engineer flush with colonial pride...
