14 Back-to-School Books That Will Inspire Readers of All Ages
These stories of overcoming challenges and prejudices will make any reader think fondly of their school days—past, present or future.
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Catherine Phelan & MacKenzie Stuart | Updated Sep 2, 2021 | Published Sep 5, 2019 
- Photo Credit: Washington University Libraries, Henry Hampton Collection
A Special Education
By Dana Buchman
Liberating Minds
By Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
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The Water Is Wide
By Pat Conroy
Yale Needs Women
By Anne Gardiner Perkins
The Past That Would Not Die
By Walter Lord
A School of Our Own
By Samuel Levin and Susan Engel
The Lucky Ones
By Mae Ngai
The Game Changers
By Jeff Miller
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Sugarcane Academy
By Michael Tisserand
I am Malala
By Malala Yousafazi with Christina Lamb
A Girl Stands at the Door
By Rachel Devlin
Reading Lolita in Tehran
By Azar Nafasi
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
By Katherine Boo
