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Getting ready for the wider world
In all grades, but particularly in senior year, your minds are starting to turn to the next stage in your life, which is likely to be college. You are starting to think about choices for your future direction, while still being part of UHS. What will your legacy be?
Below, you'll find a selection of books, both fiction and nonfiction, about the next steps in your life.
Fiction
Babel by Publication Date: 2022A brilliant and intelligent fantasy about the magic of language that is also a scathing critique of Western imperialism. (in the library and ebook)
Come and Get It by Publication Date: 2024A thin wall in a college dorm causes complications for eavesdroppers on both sides in this sharp comedy of manners. (ebook)
If We Were Villains by Publication Date: 2017Gripping character-driven murder mystery set in a small university drama program. (in the library)
I Hate Everyone but You by Publication Date: 2019Two friends, thinly veiled versions of the YouTuber comedian authors, maintain their long-distance friendship through entertaining texts and emails that cover the whole experience of freshman year at college. (ebook)
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Publication Date: 2022Art leads to unintended consequences in this witty fable about a pre-Internet hysteria incident in small-town Tennessee. (in the library)
One Last Stop by Publication Date: 2021A time-slip queer romcom that's full of quirky characters, coming-of-age confusion, laugh-out loud narration, and more than one drag show. (ebook)
Real Americans by Publication Date: 2024A brilliant novel about three generations of a Chinese/Chinese American family that explores fortune, inheritance, class, and identity. (ebook)
We Are Okay by Publication Date: 2017A delicate and quietly powerful character-driven novel about grieving, friendship, and growing up, set over the winter break on a snowy New York state university. (in the library, ebook, and audiobook)
Nonfiction
Designing Your Life by Publication Date: 2016Based on a class that the authors lead at Stanford, this empowering book gives you tools to consider and shape your life. (ebook)
Educated by Publication Date: 2018The author scraped her way out of a claustrophobic, violent fundamentalist family into an elite academic career. Told with honesty and humor. (in the library, ebook, and audiobook)
Freshman Year by Publication Date: 2024This relatable slice of life graphic novel memoir follows Sarah through her struggles in freshman college year and her attempts to define herself away from her old life. (ebook)
Pageboy by Publication Date: 2023In this raw and vivid memoir, actor and activist Page shares his story. (in the library)
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Publication Date: 2014The author reconstructs the life and untimely death of Rob Peace, an inner-city kid from Newark who was his friend and room-mate for four years at Yale (in the library)
Weapons of Math Destruction by Publication Date: 2017In this accessible and eyeopening book, data scientist O'Neil shows how mathematical models and algorithms are not neutral and how their inbuilt biases furthers social inequalities. (in the library)
