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This amazing book about the life of Louis Zamperini kept me up late at night and caused me to play hookey from work (don't tell my boss!) The writing is fabulous and the details just grab you -- I don't usually like "war memoirs" but this was so much more than I ever imagined. It truly was the best book I read in 2011.
Geoffrey Canada has created solutions for educating children in Harlem that can and should be replicated all over the country. "Whatever it Takes" is a compelling narrative that will draw you in and make you want to find out what he has done and how he has done it.
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Rita R, January 4, 2012
This amazing book about the life of Louis Zamperini kept me up late at night and caused me to play hookey from work (don't tell my boss!) The writing is fabulous and the details just grab you -- I don't usually like "war memoirs" but this was so much more than I ever imagined. It truly was the best book I read in 2011.Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough
Rita R, June 14, 2009
Geoffrey Canada has created solutions for educating children in Harlem that can and should be replicated all over the country. "Whatever it Takes" is a compelling narrative that will draw you in and make you want to find out what he has done and how he has done it.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)