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I'm looking for great non-fiction for 16-18 year old readers in advanced classes--especially titles that have their literary fingers on the public pulse, so to speak. Should I consider this text for my students?
Kathryn Mapes This book is definitely accessible for your kind of audience. It makes a strong argument for black students attending Howard University rather than Iv…moreThis book is definitely accessible for your kind of audience. It makes a strong argument for black students attending Howard University rather than Ivy League schools. Since your students are presumably considering different colleges, this is one place where they might come to an understanding of why it is good to think through what kind of college one should attend. His experience growing up in Baltimore's streets is definitely one your students would be interested in, although I would argue that poor white students have some of the same experiences he entails including poverty and fear. He says that he wrote bad poetry, but his sentences are very poetic and should draw them in.(less)
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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