- Great books for discussion
Hiding Place By Corrie Ten Boom
940.53 TEN
Corrie ten Boom’s account of her amazing family’s experiences during the German occupation of Holland reveals her indomitable Christian faith.
John Adams By David McCullough
BIOGRAPHY ADAMS
Chronicles the life of America’s second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the nation.
Peace like a River By Leif Enger
F ENGER
The quiet 1960s Midwestern life of the Land family – father Jeremiah, and children, Rueben, Davy, and Swede – is upended when Davy kills two teenage boys who have come to harm the family. On the morning of his sentencing, Davy escapes from his cell and the Lands set out in search of him. Their search is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, a love story, and a haunting medication on the possibility of magic in the everyday world.
The Book Thief By Markus Zusak
F ZUSAK
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel – a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her and her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Life of Pi By Yann Martel
F MARTEL
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper’s son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
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