Friday Favorites: March 28
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Earlier this month I talked with Carmel High Student Caroline Diaz about the school’s Human Rights Club and some activities she and her fellow students are planning for next month. You’ll hear more about their film series and letter-writing campaign in an upcoming story, but I couldn’t resist asking her for her reading list because I was curious about what teenagers are indeed reading. She tipped me onto some books I would be interested in reading.
Diaz said she plans to attend American University in Washington, D.C. and major in international relations.
Here is what she told me…
“As for my book interests…
I’m currently reading Stephen Colbert’s “I Am America (And So Can You)”…It’s hilarious but it’s more of a coffee-table read.
“I’m also reading “The Great Gatsby” and although I am enjoying it, I don’t think I would consider it to be the “great American novel”…maybe it’s because of the generation gap.
“I have a never-ending list of books that I would love to read….I just wish I had more time.
The majority of novels I read are non-fiction; my focus is on politics, history, and global affairs.
Two books I’m dying to read:
1)”Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole ” by Benjamin R. Barber. I think the title speaks for itself…
2)”An Ordinary Man,” by Paul Rusesabagina. This is an autobiography of Paul, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. During the machete massacres that tore apart his country, Paul converted a luxury hotel into a safe haven for over 1,000 refugees. Paul’s altruistic acts inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. I have wanted to read this novel ever since I watched the film, because it deeply affected me.”
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