I've recently read a couple of good books which are very different from each other. THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak is a novel that tells the story of a young girl living though WW II in Germany. Story is narrated by death which gives a unique perspective to the telling. Some stores stock it on the young readers shelves. Our neighborhood book club is reading it and should make a wonderful discussion.
I WAS A TEENAGE NORWEGIAN by Peter Dublin is his story of being an American AFS student in Tromso, Norway in the early sixties. Besides his reflections on using the year to mature personally there is much interesting reflection on Norwegian society. Tromso is north of the Arctic Circle so there are months in which the sun does not shine and months when the sun does not set. Quite a bit of Norwegian language is sprinkled through the book.
Read THE BOOK THIEF when you're in good space and TEENAGE NORWEGIAN when you want a lift.
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