Read a memoir or biography about a person from a country you have always wanted to visit

[Emily]

There are so many great memoirs about people who come from all over the globe.

Have you always wanted to travel to China? Maybe you would enjoy reading Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

If you want to know what it was like to grow up in Iran during the revolution of the 1970s, you might want to read Persopolis by Marjane Satrapi

Read about how one girl stood up for her right to an education in Pakistan with I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Read about growing up in South Africa with Trevor Noah's Born a Crime.

[Cassie]

Loved Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime! It was one of my favorite reads this year. I handed it to my daughter to read before her trip to South Africa this summer.

[Karen]

I read The Blue Period, a historical fiction about Pablo Picasso.

[Lindsay]

I read The Promise of Iceland by Kari Gislason.