Continuing a tradition that began with the Clinton School’s second class in 2006, the members of the entering class were asked to select one book they would recommend for others to read. Below is the recommended reading list from the Class of 2012:
“Mandela’s Way” by Richard Stengel – Ryan Adams
“We are All the Same” by Jim Wooten – Ashley Bachelder
“Jayber Crow” by Wendell Berry – Taylor Ballinger
“Dr. Seuss and Mr. Geisel” by Judith and Neil Morgan – Alana Bell
“What is the What” by Dave Eggers – Shenan Boit
“Christ & Culture” by H. Richard Niebuhr – Heath Carelock
“Tao Te Ching” by Lao-tzu – Kathryn Cawvey
“The Lunatic Express: An Entertainment in Imperialism” by Charles Miller – Dustin Choate
“American Gods” by Neil Gaiman – Greg Cooper
“Ordinary Men” by Christopher Browning – Fernando Cutz
“Community: The Structure of Belonging” by Peter Block – Nicky Hamilton
“Brothers and Keepers” by John Edgar Wideman – Heidi Justice
“The Long Shadow of Little Rock” by Daisy Gatson Bates – Tabitha Lee
“The Assault on Reason” by Al Gore – Andrew Lewis
“Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools” by Jonathan Kozol – Nathan Looney
“An Ordinary Man” by Paul Rusesabagina – Spencer Lucker
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee – Molly McGowan
“At Home on the Street: People, Poverty and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness” by Jason Adam Wasserman and Jeffrey Michael Clair – Dixon McReynolds
“Infidel” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Jasmine Medley
“Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vierra de Mello and the Fight to Save the World” by Samantha Power – Andrew Morgan
“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe – Shamim Okolloh
“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini – Marc Peters
“Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite” by Paul Arden – Alyssa Provencio
“Gladiator: The Strength of a Man” by Eddie L. Long – Derrick Rainey
“Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin – Jessica Rice
“When Rain Clouds Gather” by Bessie Head – Acadia Roher
“In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan – Jared Rowell
“Globalization and Its Discontents” by Joseph E. Stiglitz – Anatoliy Shatkovskyy
“Enrique’s Journey” by Sonia Nazario – Erin Stock
“Hindu Kingship, Ethnic Revival, and Maoist Rebellion in Nepal” by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine – Moksheda Thapa Hekel
“The God of Small Things,” by Arundhati Roy – Hilary Trudell
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston – Ryan Williams
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