THE JESUIT COMMITMENT
HEROIC JOURNEY READING LIST: 2010 - 2011
FRESHMEN COMMITMENT
Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
Child of Dandelions – Shenaaz Nanji
Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah
Copper Sun – Susan Draper
In the Time of Butterflies – Julia Alvarez
Kaffir Boy – Mark Mathabane
Over A Thousand Hills I Walk With You – Hanna Jansen
Return to Sender – Julia Alvarez
Under a War Torn Sky – L.M. Elliott
Under the Sun – Arthur Dorros
SOPHOMORE COMMITMENT
A Bag of Marbles – Joseph Joffo
A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah
Angelina Jolie’s Notes from My Travels – Angelina Jolie
All Elevations Unknown: an Adventure into the Heart of Borneo – Sam Lightner
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree – Laura Hillman
Left to Tell – Immaculee Ilibagiza
Other Side of Truth – Beverley Naidoo
Out Stealing Horses – Per Patterson
Shanghai Diary – Ursla Bacon
Snow Falling in Spring – Moying Li
Stolen Voices – Edited by Zlata Filipovic and Melanie Challenger
The Long Walk – Slavomir Rawicz
JUNIOR COMMITMENT
Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
Gifted Hands – Ben Carson
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents – Julia Alvarez
I Have Lived a Hundred Years – Livia Bitton-Jackson
Mountains Beyond Mountains – Tracey Kidder
Night – Elie Wiesel
Sarah’s Key – Tatiana DeRosnay
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
Stones into Schools – Greg Mortenson
The Septembers of Shiraz – Dalia Sofer
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Shaffer and Barrows
The Flying Carpet – Hala Jaber
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
We Die Alone – David Howarth
SENIOR COMMITMENT
A Hope in the Unseen – Ron Suskind
A Mighty Heart – Mariane Pearl
A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
Dreams of My Father – Barack Obama
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan – Doug Stanton
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
Sold - Patricia McCormick
Stubborn Twig – Lauren Kessler
The Cellist of Sarajevo – Steven Galloway
The End of Manners – Francesca Marciano
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky – Heidi W. Durrow
The House on Sugar Beach – Helene Cooper
The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders – E. Guibert
The Translator – Daiud Hari
Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson
LEADERSHIP BOOKS
Sophomores – The Student Leadership Challenge – James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Juniors - Heroic Leadership – Chris Lowney
Seniors - Heroic Living – Chris Lowney