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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
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