May
Freshman Reading/First Year Experience
Suggested titles for college common book programs as part of the Freshman First Year Experience
Copper Sun
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2008
Ages: above 14
Copper Sun is the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known—except hope.
Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day! Celebrate all the wonderful women in your life this May.
Beneath My Mother's Feet
By: Amjed Qamar
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: June 17, 2008
Ages: above 12
b> "Our lives will always be in the hands of our mothers, whether we like it or not." Nazia doesn't mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi,...
Someday
By: Alison McGhee
Illustrated by: Peter H. Reynolds
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: above 4
A mother's love leads to a mother's dream -- every mother's dream -- for her child to live life to its fullest. A deceptively simple, powerful ode to the potential of love and the potential in life, Someday is the book...
