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Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts) Sun Feb 26, 2017, 10:11 AM Feb 2017

Recommendations for books relevant to our current situation [View all]

I'm looking for some good book ideas for my son. He is a 9th grader. I'd like for him to read something that would possibly help him make sense of the situation we are in with the Trump presidency. It could be fiction or non-fiction, but it has to be a story with characters. It can't be like a history text book. I'm looking for something available in kindle format too. Thanks.

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Recommendations for books relevant to our current situation [View all] Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 OP

Shirer's 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' seems approprate. nt COLGATE4 Feb 2017 #1

The Road Johnny2X2X Feb 2017 #2

This is a great trilogy for someone his age, not exactly what you are asking for Tanuki Feb 2017 #3

I just finished Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #4

Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis by Nicholas Eberstadt theophilus Feb 2017 #5

If he was a little older I'd recommend 1984. briv1016 Feb 2017 #6

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood yardwork Feb 2017 #7

+1 0rganism Feb 2017 #18

Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate Wars" for a fictional microcosm KingCharlemagne Feb 2017 #8

I think "1984" would be OK for a 9th grader - AND ... 66 dmhlt Feb 2017 #9

We the People: A Call to Take Back America CrispyQ Feb 2017 #10

Grapes of Wrath dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #11

George Orwell's Animal Farm. RealityChik Feb 2017 #12

Ultra Bowl by IJ Weinstock RealityChik Feb 2017 #13

Animal Farm Drahthaardogs Feb 2017 #14

Thanks for all the recommendations Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #15

Feel free to post more if you have more Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #16

"March" - three book series of graphic novels based on Rep. John Lewis csziggy Feb 2017 #17

Someone else mentioned that series too. Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #21

I didn't realize it was for school csziggy Feb 2017 #22

Confessions of an Economic Hitman Naomi Klein nt EarthFirst Feb 2017 #19

The Man in the High Castle 0rganism Feb 2017 #20

For a book on Western values, science and ethics, The Once and Future King by T.H.White. ancianita Feb 2017 #23