Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2030)
1911.
Overdressed : The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Cline argues that this rapid cycle of fashion consumption isn't just erasing a sense of style and causing massive harm to the environment and human rights--it's also bad for people's souls. Cline documents her own transformation from fast-fashion addict to conscientious shopper.
1912.
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves. It's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and friends. He misses everything-- Grandma's Sunday suppers, the red dirt roads, and the magnolia trees his mother loved. In the city, they live in a small apartment surrounded by noise and chaos. It doesn't feel like a new start, or a better life. At... continue
1913.
Before She was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Who was Harriet Tubman before she was Harriet? We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad. As Minty she was a slave whose spirit could not be broken. As Araminta she was a young girl whose father showed her the stars and the first steps on the path to freedom. An evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her a larger than life hero. A lush and lyrical biography of Harr... continue
1914.
We Were Eight Years in Power : An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump. New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus ... continue
1915.
Shirtmaking : Developing Skills for Fine Sewing by David Page Coffin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Author Page draws on twenty years of shirtmaking experience to share the construction secrets of garments from the world's finest shirtmakers, using simple tools and techniques any sewer can acquire.
1916.
Children of Crisis Volume 1: A Study of Courage and Fear by Robert Coles EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
An analysis of the impact of a social revolution. Illustrated with a collection of drawings by negro & white children.
1917.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
1918.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The Capitol is angry that Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice, stirring unrest by having defied the rules, and President Snow has made it clear that she, her family and friends, and the people of District 13 may all be held accountable.
1919.
Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL For readers of Elif Batuman and Sally Rooney, a beguiling debut novel about finding oneself after heartbreak.
1920.
Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The bestselling debut novel by Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and twice winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction Plucky Taylor Greer grows up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys an old car and heads west. But midway across the country, motherhood catches up with her when she becomes guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tucson they encounter an extraordinary array of people, and with their help Taylor builds herself an her sweet, stunned child a life. 'Compelling and very funny' ... continue