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LITERARY CIRCLES
Summaries of your novel options
The Opposite of Fate
http://www.biography.com/people/amy-tan-9542574
Written by Amy Tan Born Feb 19th 1952 Known most for her novel The Joy Luck Club
Earned Los Angeles Book Club Award along with many other
Translated in 25 languages
The Opposite of Fate
http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780142004890,00.html
Summary Tells the real-life story of Amy Tan from
childhood to adulthood Tragic childhood moments to the success of
being a writer “Whether recalling arguments with her mother
in suburban California or introducing us to the ghosts that inhabit her computer, The Opposite of Fate offers vivid portraits of choices, attitudes, charms, and luck in action—a refreshing antidote to the world-weariness and uncertainties we all face today,” (penguingroup).
Jim Thorpe: Original All American
http://www.josephbruchac.com/bruchac_biography.html
Written by Joseph Bruchac Lives in his grandparents house in the Adirondack
mountain foothills town of Greenfield Center, New York
Has written over 120 books for adults and children Some achievements include:
Rockefeller Humanities fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship for
Poetry Hope S. Dean Award for Notable Achievement in
Children's Literature 1998 Writer of the Year Award and the 1998 Storyteller
of the Year Award from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers.
Jim Thorpe: Original All American
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/
Highlights Jim Thorpe’s youth Jim Thorpe was an all-start athlete in
professional Football, Baseball, and won Olympic medals in track and field
About his troubled life growing up and how Pop Warner came to his aid and set him straight
Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work
http://www.ritakramer.com/
Author: Rita Kramer Grew up in Midwest
Attended University of Chicago and Columbia University
She is a journalist, non-fiction author, and most recently, a fiction novelist
Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work
https://www.amshq.org/Montessori-Education/History-of-Montessori-Education/Biography-of-Maria-Montessori.aspx
Maria Montessori Physician and educator who created a
teaching method that mimicked how students learn
Created the Montessori School 22,000 world wide today Montessori schools imitate how each individual
student learns
Helen Keller: Story of My Life Author: Helen Keller
Born 1880 Taught by Anne Sullivan Co-founder of the ACLU (American Civil-
Liberties Union) Lost sight and hearing at 18 months old
due to a fever Received Medals, Degrees, and the like
from all over the world
http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967?page=4
Helen Keller: Story of My Life Story of Helen growing up and learning
to read and write though deaf, blind, and mute
Details frustrations, anger, and difficulties in trying to do so
http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967?page=4
Madame Curie: A Biography
https://www.bookrags.com/checkout/?p=bios&u=eve-curie
Author: Eve Curie Daughter of Marie Curie
Born 1907 Concert Pianist and Journalist during WWII
Madame Curie: A Biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Also known as Marie or Madame Curie
Born 1867 Pioneered research using radioactivity Discovered Radium First woman to win the Nobel Prize Only woman to ever win two Nobel Prizes
Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong Author: Alina Tugend
Journalist, Poet, Author Since 2005, she has written for the New
York Times Better By Mistake is her first full-length
book
Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
http://mayaangelou.com/bio/
Author: Maya Angelou Poet, Author, Actor, Singer, Civil Rights
Activist, Producer, and so on Born in1928 in Stamps Akransas First studied dance and acting, then turned
to writing after holding numerous jobs
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_God's_Children_Need_Traveling_Shoes
Book number 5 in a series of 7 An anthology of her autobiography First book in the series: I Know Why The
Caged Bird Sings Begins with the car accident involving her
son Ends with her coming to terms with her
“double-conciousness”
Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears Author: Theda Perdue and Michael Green
She: History Professor He: American Studies Professor Recognized experts on American Indians Each has written books solo and together
on various topics all concerning American Indians
http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/american/michael-green-and-theda-perdue/
Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears Story of how Western Expansion
(Manifest Destiny) affected the Cherokee people including: How the American Government betrayed
the Native Americans The Trail of Tears Life in the West And how the Native Americans fought and
survived through all the hardship and bloodshed
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