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.
Border Crossings
A book of short stories, a memoir and two novels bring us to present day consideration of migration, immigration and refuge.
The Rise of Nazism
Hitler’s appointment as German Chancellor on January 30, 1933 began a chain of horrific events that sent not only Germany, but the entire world, into the abyss.
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.
Vermont Reads Past Picks
Vermont Reads is Vermont Humanities’ statewide community reading program. These books are all high-quality young-adult level works that offer food for thought for all ages.
Retellings
These novels all re-imagine classics works of fiction, retelling them from a different character’s perspective.
Shakespeare Mix & Match
Choose individual plays or run a series of comedies, tragedies, or histories.
Sustainability
This series explores how different authors and communities understand the multiple definitions and connotations of ecological sustainability and try to make it work in the world.
The Changing South
The lingering effects of slavery, the Civil War, and rural strife provide a complex background in this series of Pulitzer-winning novels set in the American South.
