Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

5 best books like Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League (Dan-el Padilla Peralta): Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree, The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories about Defying the Impossible, The Pale-Faced Lie, Rita Moreno: A Memoir, Disturbed in Their Nests: A Journey from Sudan's Dinkaland to San Diego's City Heights

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

Author	Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
ISBN	0062696742

On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. A girl who works hard in school and to help her family. A girl with a future as bright as...

The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories about Defying the Impossible

Author	Catherine Burns
ISBN	1101904429

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From storytelling phenomenon and hit podcast The Moth--and featuring contributions from Meg Wolitzer, Adam Gopnik, Krista Tippett, Andrew Solomon, Rosanne Cash, Ophira Eisenberg, Wang Ping, and more--a new collection of unforgettable true stories about finding the...

The Pale-Faced Lie

Author	David Crow
ISBN	0997487178

Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own...

Rita Moreno: A Memoir

Author	Rita Moreno
ISBN	1101615222

In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend--and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.

Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto...

Disturbed in Their Nests: A Journey from Sudan's Dinkaland to San Diego's City Heights

Author	Alephonsion Deng
ISBN	1455164712

Nineteen-year-old refugee Alephonsion Deng, from war-ravaged Sudan, had great expectations when he arrived in America three weeks before two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers. Money, he'd been told, was given to you in pillows. Machines did all the work. Education was free.

Suburban...