Heroic Figures/Elements
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Compiled by Tricia Suellentrop (SuellentropP@jcl.lib.ks.us)
from posts to YALSA-BK, October 2000


Gather Together in My Name			Maya Angelou 
The Heart of a Woman				Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings		Maya Angelou 
Singin' and Swingin'				Maya Angelou 
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 		Jennifer Armstrong 
Days of Grace					Arthur Ashe 
All Over But the Shoutin'				Rick Bragg 
On Fire						Larry Brown 
Heroes						Robert Cormier (YA Fic)
Of heroes and villains				Mark Delaney
The Diary of Anne Frank			Anne Frank
Dove						Robin Graham
Autobiography of a Face			Lucy Grealy 
The Autobiography of Malcolm X 		Alex Haley
Twitch and Shout: A Touretter's Tale		Lowell Handler 
Modoc						Ralph Helfer 
October Sky					Homer Hickam, Jr
The adventures of Blue Avenger			Norma Howe (YA Fic)
Red Scarf Girl					Ji-li Jiang 
Farewell to Manzanaar				Jeanne Watasuki Houston
Into Thin Air					Jon Krakauer 
Planet of the Blind				Stephen Kuusisto 
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War		Anita Loebel
Babe Didrikson Zaharias 			Elizabeth A. Lynn 
The Color of Water				James McBride 
Angela's Ashes					Frank McCourt 
'Tis						Frank McCourt 
Rogue Warrior					Richard Marcinko 
"Avi"						Lois Markham 
Tomorrow When the War Began(series)		John Marsden (YA Fic)
The Beautiful Days of My Youth			Ana Novac 
In My Hands					Irene Gut Opdyke
Rosa Parks:  My Story				Rosa Parks 
My Life in Dog Years				Gary Paulsen
The White Fox chronicles			Gary Paulsen (YA Fic)
Fighting Fire					Caroline Paul 
A Child Called It				Dave Pelzer 
After the Dancing Days  			Margaret I.  Rostkowski
In My Father's Court				Isaac Beshevis Singer
If You Could See What I Hear	 		Tom Sullivans 
The Hiding Place				Corrie Ten-Boom 
Mother Teresa:  In My Own Words		Mother Teresa of Avila
Blooming:  A Smalll-Town Girlhood		Susan Alllen Toth 
Jackaroo					Cynthia Voigt (YA Sci Fi)
Ryan White:  My Own Story			Ryan White 
Night						Elie Wiesel 
This Boy's Life					Tobias Wolff (Bio)
The Pigman and Me				Paul Zindel (YA Fic)