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Multicultural Biographies

MulticulturalBiographies

'I Know Why the Caged Bird' Sings by Maya Angelou

"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." (pg 59)

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Classic and Fiction

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'Parrot in the Oven: mi vida'

Classic Semi-Autobiographical novel by Victor Martinez
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'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'

Fiction semi-autobiographical novel by Sherman Alexie
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'The House on Mango Street'

Fiction semi-autobiographical novel by Sandra Cisneros

Non-Fiction

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'I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban'

A memoir by Malala Yousafzai
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'Farewell to Manzanar'

A memoir by Jeanne Watatsuki Houston
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'Warriors Don't Cry'

A memoir by Melba Pattillo Beals

Websites and Film

Rebecca L. Westlake

LS 5623 Advanced Literature for Young Adults

Website: https://rwestlake.blogspot.com/
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