Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen

Recommended by JoAnn
977.456 NGU

A Vietnamese immigrant who left Saigon in 1975 to settle in Michigan wrote this memoir "as an homage to childhood, suburbia, and all the bad food, fashion, music and hair of the deep 1980s. It is also about an immigrant's dilemma to blend in or remain apart." She longs to be a "real" American and craves the junk food of that time to fit in. This vibrant view of one immigrant's experience is worth reading.

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Recommended by Megan
YA SF Collins

The first installment in a fantastic sci-fi trilogy, Hunger Games follows Katniss, a young hunter, as she is forced to participate in a government sponsored reality show that pits 24 teens against each other in an arena and allows only one victor to come out alive. A novel that is both action packed and thought-provoking, great for adults and teens alike.
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The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

Recommended by JoAnn
958.1 SEI

Norwegian journalist Seierstad spends three months living with a bookseller and his family after the Taliban's fall in Kabul, Afghanistan. They are middle class and literate, unlike most, and yet their living conditions and daily lives are miserable. The utter hopelessness of life is especially painful for the women. An international bestseller worth reading.
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