Here is the ongoing list of books we are working our way through as part of our adventure. We welcome any additional suggestions any of you have for us. The names in parentheses after the book indicate who has, or is currently, reading the book. Please do not draw unkind conclusions from the fact that "Dad" appears after very few entries (I'm sure it is due to the fact that the books I am reading are really long and complex).
THE WORLD
Adventuring With Children, by Nan Jeffrey (Mom)
Family Travel: The Farther You Go, The Closer You Get, edited by Laura Manske (Mom)
One Year Off: Leaving It All Behind For a Round-The-World Journey With Our Children, by David Elliott Cohen (Mom, with lots read out loud to all)
How To Travel Practically Anywhere, by Susan Stellin
Rough Guides: First Time Around The World (Mom and Dad)
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time, By Jeffrey Sachs (Dad)
Lonely Planet series
THE UNITED STATES
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown (Mom reads aloud in car)
Nisei Daughter, by Monica Itoi Sone (Mom, Matt)
Takini: Lakota Boy Alerts Sitting Bull, by Kenneth Thomasma (Mom, Andy, Matt)
Soun Tetoken: Nez Perce Boy Tames a Stallion, by Kenneth Thomasma (Andy, Matt)
Amee-Nah: Zuni Boy Runs the Race of His Life, by Kenneth Thomasma (Matt)
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (Andy)
Billy The Kid, by Robert Utley (Andy)
The Company of Wolves, by Peter Steinhart (Dad)
Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama (Mom)
Under The Blood-Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury (Andy, Matt)
SOUTH AFRICA
Biko, by Donald Woods (Mom)
Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane (Andy)
Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela (Mom)
Chain of Fire, by Beverly Naidoo (Mom, Matt)
Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (Mom, Andy)
Journey to Jo’burg, by Beverly Naidoo (Mom, Andy, Matt)
No Turning Back, by Beverly Naidoo (Mom, Andy, Matt)
Out of Bounds, by Beverly Naidoo (Dad, Mom, Andy, Matt)
The Power Of One, by Bryce Courtenay (Andy, Matt)
TANZANIA
(suggestions...?)
MIDDLE EAST
Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid, by Jimmy Carter
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan
CAMBODIA
The Clay Marble, by Minfong Ho (Mom, Matt)
Little Brother, by Allan Baillie (Mom, Andy, Matt)
The Lost Executioner, by Nic Dunlop (Mom)
First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung
INDIA
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy (Mom)
May You Be the Mother of 100 Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India, by Elisabeth Bumiller (Mom)
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai (Mom)
The boys, the chicken and the world!
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Yeah for God of Small Things. My book group is reading it this month. I'd also add a fascinating book of poetry to your Cambodian reading, Sacred Vows by U Sam Oeur. He's got an amazing life story, all captured in the set forms of Cambodian poetry. The pages have the poems in Cambodian on one side and English on the other. Truly wonderful poetry there.
OK who ate the chicken
I highly recommend First They Killed My Father, it's a very powerful perspective about the Pol Pot regime in the 1970s. Definitely not a light read by any means, but it's bumped Cambodia to the top of my list of southeast Asian countries to visit.
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