Kaffir Boy
Child called It series - Lost Boy, Man named Dave, Privilege of Youth
recommended several times
Sickened:true story of a lost childhood
Sickened: memoir of a munchausen by proxy childhood
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby &
John Busby
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson
Surfer Girl by Bethany Hamilton ** recommended several times
Helen Keller--she survived and has a great story
Sylvia Plath -The Bell Jar--a classic!
The Tender Bar
Tatum O'Neal's autobiography
Miley Cyrus--Miles To Go
Wayne : an abused child's story of courage, survival, and hope By
Wayne Theodore with Leslie Alan Horvitz.
Julie and Julia: A year of Cooking Dangerously
Who killed my daughter? by Lois Duncan
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
Ana's Story by Jenna Bush
Walking Free: the Nellie Zimmerman Story
Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
Della Raye: a Girl Who Grew Up in Hill and Emerged Whole
Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Appetite for Life: the Biography of Julia Child
Nightingales: the Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss
Florence Nightingale
Life Family: Growing up in Other People's Houses: A memoir
Three little words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Kabul Beauty School
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Wasted by Hornbacher
Three cups of Tea
Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox
Please stop laughing at me by Blanco
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
Here are some recommendations of fiction authors and titles:
Lurlene McDaniel
Ellen Hopkins
Sarah Dessen
Jodi Piccoult
First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Breathing Underwater
Scribbler of Dreams
Unwind
Tears of Tiger and Forged by Fire both by Draper
Speak-Anderson
The Rules of Survival-Werlin
Go Ask Alice
Child called It series - Lost Boy, Man named Dave, Privilege of Youth
- recommended several times
Sickened:true story of a lost childhoodSickened: memoir of a munchausen by proxy childhood
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby &
John Busby
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson
Surfer Girl by Bethany Hamilton ** recommended several times
Helen Keller--she survived and has a great story
Sylvia Plath -The Bell Jar--a classic!
The Tender Bar
Tatum O'Neal's autobiography
Miley Cyrus--Miles To Go
Wayne : an abused child's story of courage, survival, and hope By
Wayne Theodore with Leslie Alan Horvitz.
Julie and Julia: A year of Cooking Dangerously
Who killed my daughter? by Lois Duncan
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
Ana's Story by Jenna Bush
Walking Free: the Nellie Zimmerman Story
Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
Della Raye: a Girl Who Grew Up in Hill and Emerged Whole
Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Appetite for Life: the Biography of Julia Child
Nightingales: the Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss
Florence Nightingale
Life Family: Growing up in Other People's Houses: A memoir
Three little words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Kabul Beauty School
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Wasted by Hornbacher
Three cups of Tea
Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox
Please stop laughing at me by Blanco
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
Here are some recommendations of fiction authors and titles:
Lurlene McDaniel
Ellen Hopkins
Sarah Dessen
Jodi Piccoult
First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Breathing Underwater
Scribbler of Dreams
Unwind
Tears of Tiger and Forged by Fire both by Draper
Speak-Anderson
The Rules of Survival-Werlin
Go Ask Alice