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10. The Burn Journals - Brent Runyon
YA, memoir, suicide/depression, rehab/therapy, 325 pgs
The author's voice was more annoying than that of any other YA book I've read, but I can appreciate how much it meant to him to be able to publish the hardest year of his life. You're able to root ... ... two are out, although I forgot the name of the second title...).
If the group is mixed and nonfiction would appeal, The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon should prompt very good discussion. Warning: it's very graphic in parts and disturbing, but very profound. The Burn Journalsby Brent Runyon it was so painful to read that I just couldn't finish it.
Clockwork Orange was impossible to get through for me. it was just, so, well, disturbing *laughs*
Lolita was disturbing to me in the extreme, as well. Mainly after they started their physical ... ... of a publishing house, but which have appeal for teen readers. (come back to afghanistan was published on an adult list, the burn journals by a YA imprint, Voice that Challenged a nation on a juvenile list, yet all appeared on at least one of those ALA YA lists) ... kbar
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Diary of Ma Yan
The Girl With The White Flag by Tomika Higa
In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke and Jennifer Armstrong
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The Diary of Ma Yan is great too.
The Voice That Challenged A Nation by Russell Freedman is incredible.
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon reads like fiction, but is a memoir.
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin is one of my all-time favorite ...
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