The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro)
Our Vermont Reads 2022 choice, The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro), tells the stories of 19 migrant farm workers from Latin America in their own words.
The March Trilogy
The “March” Trilogy was written by civil rights icon John Lewis, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and award-winning graphic artist Nate Powell. All three volumes illustrate the story of Lewis’s commitment to nonviolent protest in the pursuit of social justice.
20th Century US Conflicts: The Rise of a Superpower
The Spanish-American War and its related conflict in the Philippines marked the debut of the United States as a world power. How have successive wars increased that power – or callled it into question?
Our Civil War Legacy
Discuss the crucial final month of the war and how, but for a handful of important decisions and a good deal of luck, the outcomeof the War and of the countrymight have been very different
World War II: The Loss of the Age of Innocence
These novels richly illustrate coming-of-age themes against the backdrop of World War II with three memorable protagonists- an Army bombardier, a girl on the American homefront, and a teenage survivor of the Nazi genocide.
Understanding Post-Colonial Africa
These four books help to introduce post-colonial Africa to the novice and explore some of the continent’s crises in greater depth, including the West’s complicity in them.
When Cultures Meet: First Contact in the Lake Champlain Basin
In fiction and nonfiction, the series explores the ramifications of contact between Europeans and the native inhabitants in the Champlain Basin and New England generally, and the ensuing history of the region.
African American Experience: The Harlem Renaissance
This series features a history of the era alongside texts that have come to define the Harlem Renaissance.
Memorable Memoirs: Take Two
The following memoirs use both traditional and unconventional formats to hone in on a specific feature of the each author’s life.
Mexican Americans: Experience and Identity
This series deals with the experiences of Mexicans living in the United States, from the struggles of migrant farmworkers and day laborers in California to coming of age stories of Chicanos as U.S. citizens.
