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The Revolt of the Cockroach People by Oscar Zeta Acosta

The Revolt of the Cockroach People

Oscar Zeta Acosta

262 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
fiction dark informative reflective fast-paced
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games #1

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Beauty Queens

Libba Bray

396 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
fiction literary emotional reflective fast-paced
The Guardians by Ana Castillo

The Guardians

Ana Castillo

222 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
fiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau) by Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau)

Henry David Thoreau

188 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging reflective medium-paced
Herstory : Women Who Changed The World by Ruth Ashby

Herstory : Women Who Changed The World

Ruth Ashby

320 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced
The Intellectual Devotional Biographies: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities by David S. Kidder

The Intellectual Devotional Biographies: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities

David S. Kidder

376 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
nonfiction history reference informative reflective medium-paced
Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out by

Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
nonfiction essays politics reflective medium-paced
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Nora Ephron

137 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0la_alysa's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced