In our next unit, we’ll change the pace a bit by participating in a study of literary non-fiction, especially memoirs.  You will be choosing your own non-fiction memoir. Here are your requirements:

• Must be a true story about a person’s life or experiences
• Must be at least 200 pages long and not a graphic novel
• Must be something you have not read before
• Must be at your reading level (preferably 8^th grade reading level and up).  You can look up a book’s reading level by searching the title and “reading level.” The Scholastic website is a good source for reading level information: http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
• Must be school appropriate and parent-approved

There’s a list of recommended selections for literary nonfiction on the GoodReads website that has excellent suggestions (click on this link).

Here are a few that are recommended and would meet the requirements: 

• Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
• The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

You’re welcome to preview the texts now and decide which one sounds interesting.