A review by colleenish
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Tom Zoellner, Paul Rusesabagina

5.0

I discovered this book in an high school classroom. Apparently it's a book that the whole or major parts of the class reads because there was an abundance of copies. It's not a very long or difficult book, but I learned so much about Rwanda, such as information about the UN's part in everything. The book has a silver lining despite being about genocide. This story is the basis of Hotel Rwanda, which I have never seen.

I love stories like this, that teach us about what being human is fundamentally about with very little whitewashing. I think that some of the lessons in this book are things that high school students desperately need to know, and so I am proud that it would be taught in our schools. I just hope that we are listening.