Autobiography+and+Biography

Dave grows up being called the "It." His mother doesn't treat him the same as his brothers, and when he tries to escape, things just get worse.
 * //A Child Called It//** by David Pelzer (located @ 92 PELZER in the East High LIbrary Biography Collection)

Have you ever felt invisible? While reading this book, I realized what it would be like. This book tells the hurtful truth about child abuse. KW

(4-23-10) Andy Warhol/Warhola was one of the most (must I really say it?) **pop **artists of the 20th century! Read and learn how, when, and why he became, well, himself! You follow him from adolescent growth, through sexuality, and fame and fortune! Who wouldn’t love any Warhol? He wasn’t as "open," but he is inspirational in different ways!
 * //Andy Warhol, Price of Pop//** by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (located at 92 WARHOL in the East High Library Biography Collection)

I got into this book because I love The Velvet Underground and I knew they’d worked with Andy. I just wanted to learn more about him and I did. I must say, though, the book wasn’t much from his perspective. It was quite the lesson I liked to have learned. KK (4-16-10)

 Ryan Smithson, a seventeen-year-old New Yorker, joins the Army Reserve and is deployed to Iraq two years later. Through blood, sweat, and tears, he learns the true meaning of bravery, duty, and freedom.
 * //Ghosts of War: the True Story of a 19-year-old GI//** (located @ 92 Smithson in the East High Library Biography Collection)

I would absolutely recommend **//Ghosts of War//**  by Ryan Smithson because it is an amazing story of one young man’s experiences in Iraq. It helped me to understand what the soldiers are going through and what it’s like for them both here, at home, and in Iraq. HD (4-1-10)

**//Bad Boy: A Memoir//** by Walter Dean Myers (located at 92 MYERS in the East High Library Biography Collection) Have you ever felt like no one understands you? Like life just gets harder for you as you get older? In this book, Walter Dean Myers knows these situations like the back of his hand. As a young kid with a short temper and a quick fist living in Harlem, New York, trouble always seems to come tumbling his way. With a father who is a work-aholic and a mother who does her best to make ends meet, Myers finds a way to escape from the world by writing stories and poems, and reading different genres of literature. Lives are put at risk, chances are taken, and crucial decisions are made along the way. But even through all of this, everything turns out to be just peachy. Myers proves to the readers that even a boy who practically drops out of high school and becomes a drug dealer can turn his life around and make something of himself.

This book will expand your way of thinking and it will keep you coming back for more. BW (12/5/08)