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The bite of the mango
By Mariatu Kamara, Susan McClelland. 2008
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Sierra Leone. At the age of 12, Mariatu Kamara was raped by a family friend, then captured by rebels who…
cut off her hands. Despite her wounds, Kamara walked out of the bush and sought help, ending up in an amputee camp, where she gave birth to a son who died of malnutrition. When foreign journalists interviewed Kamara in the camp, her story garnered international interest and assistance, which eventually brought her to Toronto. Her autobiography testifies to Kamara's horrific trauma, but with the aim of fostering hope and reconciliation. Winner of the 2011 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. For junior high and older readers. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.The siren years: a Canadian diplomat abroad, 1937-1945 (Macmillan paperbacks ; #19)
By Charles Ritchie. 1974
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A volume from the author's published diaries which takes the reader through the diplomatic corridors and drawing rooms of prewar…
Washington, wartime England, and Europe. Ritchie's observations of world events include insights into the ins and outs of the diplomatic world, portraits of politicians, socialites, and literary lions, and candour about his own enthusiasms. Winner of the 1974 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.The armies of the night: history as a novel, the novel as history
By Norman Mailer. 1968
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The story of the 1967 march on the Pentagon, skirmishes between armed guards and anti-war demonstrators, and the subsequent arrest…
of hundreds of people. The author describes his own experience as a demonstrator and also gives a historical account of the action. Winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 1968.Rascal: a memoir of a better era
By Sterling North, John Schoenherr. 1963
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A warmhearted story about a boy and his friendship with a pet raccoon named Rascal. Set in a Wisconsin village in 1918. 1964 Newbery Honor book. Grades 4-7. 1963.
This boy's life: a memoir
By Tobias Wolff. 1989
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This autobiography by a novelist and short story writer follows him from a working class childhood in Washington State to his fraudulent admission to an Eastern prep school. c1989.