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One more for Enrique's Journey!

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago:   Another great adoption for Enrique’s Journey! CommonReads has just learned that Sonia Nazari … more →

Tags: Award winners, This just in! - New Adoptions, Top Adoptions, Life Stories, Enrique's Journey, sonia nazario, Adoptions

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights to read Gardens of Water

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago: The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights program has just selected Alan Drew’s novel Gar … more →

Tags: This just in! - New Adoptions, One Book One Community Adoptions, coming of age stories, Gardens of Water, Alan Drew

Read Mountains Beyond Mountains this summer.

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago: What are you reading this summer? The Harvard Crimson recently published a list of recommended summe … more →

Tags: Top Adoptions, Hear it from them!, In The News, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder, Inspiration and Guidance, Ethics and Morality

Is Outcasts United your next common read? Check out the new lesson plan!

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago: Is your common reading program considering Outcasts United by Warren St. John? Have you already adop … more →

Tags: Announcements, Resources, Inspiration and Guidance, Outcasts United, Warren St. John

Spotlight on Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago: If your common reading committee is looking for a work of fiction that combines history with narrati … more →

Tags: One to Watch - New books on the rise!, One Book One Community, fiction to talk about, topics of war, Diversity, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford, Ethics and Morality

The Last Town on Earth goes to high school

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago: Common reads aren’t just for college freshmen! Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio ha … more →

Tags: This just in! - New Adoptions, High School Adoptions, fiction to talk about, Adoptions, the last town on earth, thomas mullen, adoption news

Highschool, College, and Beyond - Great Books for Your Common Readers & Grads

rhacademic wrote 2 years ago:                     It’s May and you all know what that means…graduating seniors! Whethe … more →

Tags: Top Adoptions, In The News, Life Stories, a hope in the unseen, make the impossible possible, Bill Strickland, Inspiration and Guidance, videos, Ron Suskind

Win a FREE copy of Look Me in the Eye !2 comments

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: CommonReads is bringing you another chance to win a wonderful and timely book for your program … more →

Tags: Announcements, Giveaways, Life Stories, John Elder Robison, Look me in the eye, Diversity

Students find inspiration in The Road of Lost Innocence during humanitarian trip to Cambodia

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: A couple of months ago we brought you news that West Texas A&M University has selected Somaly Ma … more →

Tags: High School Adoptions, One to Watch - New books on the rise!, Hear it from them!, In The News, Life Stories, Inspiration and Guidance, The Road of Lost Innocence, Somaly Mam, Inspirational

Last Town at Murray State University1 comment

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: Murray State University has chosen The Last Town on Earth for its Freshman Experience Book. The book … more →

Tags: This just in! - New Adoptions, fiction to talk about, Adoptions, the last town on earth, thomas mullen, Last Town on Earth, Ethics and Morality, adoption news

How Fort Lewis College will embark on Enrique's Journey...

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: When students at Fort Lewis College return to classes this Fall, they will all be talking about the … more →

Tags: Top Adoptions, This just in! - New Adoptions, Hear it from them!, Enrique's Journey, sonia nazario, Adoptions, cirriculum ideas, Event Ideas, adoption news

Graceland University shares why they are walking with Planetwalker1 comment

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: Keep those comments coming! James Uhlenkamp of Graceland University let us know why Dr. John Francis … more →

Tags: This just in! - New Adoptions, One to Watch - New books on the rise!, Hear it from them!, Life Stories, Planetwalker, Adoptions, Going Green, Environment and Sustainability

UT Arlington shares why A Journal for Jordan is their OneBook. 1 comment

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: At the First-Year Experience conference in Denver, the Random House Academic Marketing team had the … more →

Tags: This just in! - New Adoptions, One to Watch - New books on the rise!, Hear it from them!, Life Stories, topics of war, Adoptions, Diversity, A Journal For Jordan, Dana Canedy

One to watch! Outcasts United already scoring big...4 comments

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: Random House Academic has been buzzing about a wonderful new book with great common reading potentia … more →

Tags: This just in! - New Adoptions, One to Watch - New books on the rise!, Life Stories, Outcasts United, Warren St. John, Diversity

Last Town at Whitman College 2 comments

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: Whitman College has selected Last Town on Earth. Thomas Mullen’s powerful novel, while set at … more →

Tags: Top Adoptions, This just in! - New Adoptions, One Book One Community Adoptions, Award winners, Adoptions, fiction to talk about, the last town on earth, thomas mullen

Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands a nationwide common read!

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: 2003 Chautauqua South Fiction Award winner 2003 San Diego Magazine’s Book Award for Fiction 20 … more →

Tags: Top Adoptions, Regional Titles, One Book One Community Adoptions, High School Adoptions, Award winners, Adoption lists, One Book One Community, fiction to talk about, lay that trumpet in our hands

Over 40 programs have followed Enrique's Journey! 2 comments

rhacademic wrote 3 years ago: When Enrique was just five years old, his mother Lourdes, seeing no other way out of their poverty i … more →

Tags: Top Adoptions, One Book One Community Adoptions, High School Adoptions, Life Stories, Enrique's Journey, sonia nazario, social issues, Immigration, One Book One Community


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