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1) Night
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family... the death of his innocence... and the death of his God.
"When Elie Wiesel died in July 2016, the White House issued a memorial statement in which President Barack Obama called him "the conscience of the world." The whole of the president's eloquent tribute will appear as a foreword to this memorial edition of Night....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"[Elie Wiesel] taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger--devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend--takes us into the sacred space of Wiesel's classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of absolutes. In bringing together never-before-recounted moments between Wiesel and his students, Witness serves as a moral education in and of itself--a...
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books - Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the life of the creator of "The Little Prince" traces his early achievements as a pilot, his efforts to break aviation records, and the experiences that inspired his writing life.
4) Open heart
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this unforgettable book, the award-winning writer, during his recovery after a life-threatening heart surgery, reflected on his many losses and accomplishments, and on all that remained to be done, sharing his aspirations for his writings and his hope that he made the world a better place.
5) Colette
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne. Born in France in 1828, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in his imagination," Verne kept his promise for the rest of his life. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer throughout France. Known...
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman whose childhood love of literature, science, and adventure, along with his vivid imagination, led him to become a highly successful science fiction author.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
How does one live? How does one do the good or honorable thing, while flourishing and feeling happy? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Montaigne, perhaps the first truly modern individual. A nobleman, public official and wine-grower, he wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. He called them "essays," meaning "attempts" or "tries." Into them, he put whatever was in his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A rare eyewitness account by an important author of fleeing the Nazis' march on Paris in 1940, featuring a never-before-published introduction by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In June of 1940, Leon Werth and his wife fled Paris before the advancing Nazis Army. 33 Days is his eyewitness account of that experience, one of the largest civilian dispacements in history. Encouraged to write 33 Days by his dear friend, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The...
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