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What are some good books to read that are true stories

What are some good books to read that are true stories

Rebecca #questionnaire

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Melissa

Freedom Writers
Zlata’s Diary
Diane Arbus

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Brittany

Go Down Together, Orange is the New Black, You’re Never Weird on the Internet, This is your Brain on Parasites, Missing Microbes. Ok so I know most of these are straight non-fiction BUT they’re REALLY good!

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RebeccaQuestion author

Thank u on my way to the book store, Melissa and @Brittany I am on my way thanks to the both of u

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Brittany

Go Down Together is a MUST read. Lots of stuff in there that I didn’t know!

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RebeccaQuestion author

Ok

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Siri

Steve & Me by Terri Erwin ??
I Am Jackie Chan by Jackie Chan??

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RebeccaQuestion author

Thank u

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Liza

Lion(A Long Way from Home) which is a movie that is out in independent movie theater. Dev Patel actor is nominated for a Oscar this year.

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RebeccaQuestion author

Ok

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Shayma

Don’t tell mummy (recently finished it and oh god it affected me deeply !)

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Annemor

The Colour Bar by Susan Williams. It’s the true love story of a white english woman and a black african prince, who later became the first president of Botswana.

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Cheyenne

The lovely bones I think its called.

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Cheyenne

Yea its the lovely bones by Alice Sebold

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Meriem

graps of wrath

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Jai

A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen?

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Abi

Between Shades of Gray

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Roxanna

The Last Hard Time by Tim Egan- is a fascinating account of how people dealt with the Dust Bowl. And anything by Erik Larsen.

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Nikol

A piece of cake by Cupcake Brown!! A great memoir ?

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Romina

In cold blood! Or I know why the caged bird sings.

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Ann

ACCCKKKK!!!! I read In Cold Blood when I was 16 and had nightmares forever. It still scares me when I think about it!!

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Romina

Hahah im reading it right now for my AP Literature class and it’s interesting so far ?

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Joann

Why Elephants Cry

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Alix

Marley and Me <3

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Nikki

But only if you’re prepared to feel the feels. all of them

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Alix

Oh gosh I know. I read it and My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult in one week and then by the end of that week I had seen both films!! I was a wreck xD

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Nikki

My parents didn’t know what it was about when the movie came out. I was about 13 when they took me to see it during Christmas…3 weeks after my dog had died. I. Can’t.

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Nikki

I recently red “Let’s Pretend this Never Happened.” It’s a memoir of a blogger. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever read

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Roxanna

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

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Joanne

Hidden Figures

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Joanne

Not sure if it’s a true story but War Room is an awesome read

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VikkiJo

Oh my gosh true love story AND historic fiction: By the Stars! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1462118151/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485821508&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=by+the+stars

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VikkiJo

But if you want straight nonfiction this is so tender: Meant for Heaven https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1462119859/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485821604&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=meant+for+heaven&dpPl=1&dpID=51Gy05E5b5L

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November

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The-Revelation-Audiobook/B01NBU6OQS/

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Burgess

Between shades of grey
It has nothing to do with fifty shades, don’t worry

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RebeccaQuestion author

Burgess that never cross my mind lol

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Burgess

I had to let my mom read it before I could because of the name and I was thirteen lol

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RebeccaQuestion author

Lol

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Germaine

Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Andrew Tresniowski.
Really enjoyed these, they include photos.

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RebeccaQuestion author

Thanks to everyone for all the books suggestions, I am going to make a trip tomorrow to a book store with my list,I would like to buy a book that everyone suggest.

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VikkiJo

Don’t forget the power of the interlibrary loan. Your library card gets you access to every book in the system and you can date before you marry if you like hahaha.

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RebeccaQuestion author

Lol thanks again

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Kasey

The King’s Rose. It’s about Henry VIII’s teenage wife. Very sad.

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Marijke

Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina

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Siri

Anna Karenina is fiction…

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Marijke

True – its so well written that it appears to be non-fiction. Sorry – my mistake!

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Yannie

PHilipa Gregory is an amazing writer of the royal family like Henry the VIII etc.

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Yannie

she puts a lot of facts in her books but then elaborates a little on the main characters. She has tons and tons of books.

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Safa

Schindler’s list!

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Maureen

Comming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller .

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Elizabeth

Please Stop Laughing At Me: Jodee Blanco.. ugh. SO GOOD.

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Virginia

If you like true crime I suggest In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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