Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional books about history, current affairs and religion
YA History, Current Affairs and Religion
Recommended books found: 4
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
by Candace Fleming
Hardcover: Apr 2025
How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious ...
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Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights
by Ashley Hope Pérez
Hardcover: Mar 2025
A dazzling YA anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read, featuring the voices of 15 diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators.
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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
by Steve Sheinkin
Hardcover: Aug 2023
From three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust - one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape.
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Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser, Charles W. Wilson
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: Apr 2007
Bestselling author Eric Schlosser takes what he learnt and documented in his popular book, Fast Food Nation, and presents it to preteens and adolescents - the fast food industry's biggest market.
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