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Written with skill and passion, nonfiction is as thrilling and fasinating as any adventure found in fiction. Check out this list for the Alex Award for Nonfiction and this list for the Sibert Award for even more titles.
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I Can't Keep My Own Secrets : Six-word Memoirs By Teens Famous Obscure : from Smith Magazine One life. Six words. What's yours? 2009 Teen Nonfiction Book |
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The Letter Q : Queer Writers' Notes to Their Younger Selves Collects letters from such famous contributors as Brian Selznick, Michael Cunningham, and Amy Bloom to offer hope and support in the face of prejudice. 2012 Teen Nonfiction Book |
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Time You Let Me in : 25 Poets Under 25 A collection of poems from 25 poets. 2010 Teen Nonfiction Book |
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Aronson, Marc. Trapped : How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2 000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert "A middle grade nonfiction title about thirty-three miners trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile and how experts from around the world, from drillers, to astronauts, to submarine specialists, came together to make their remarkable rescue possible." 2011 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Blumenthal, Karen. Bootleg : Murder Moonshine and the Lawless Years of Prohibition When a Constitional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness. This fascinating book looks at the rise and fall of the disastrous social experiment known as Prohibition. 2011 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Bobrick, Benson A Passion for Victory : the Story of the Olympics in Ancient and Early Modern Times The captivating story of the Olympic Games, starting with their inception in Ancient Greece, leading up to our modern day Olympics. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Bondy, Halley Don't Sit On the Baby : the Ultimate Guide to Sane Skilled and Safe Babysitting Provides advice, tips, and strategies for teenagers who want to find, keep, and excel at part-time babysitting jobs. 2012 Teen Nonfiction Book |
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Bragg, Georgia How They Croaked : the Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths. 2011 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami. A Black Hole is Not a Hole A black hole isn't really a hole, is it? Find out what black holes are, what causes them, and how scientists first discovered them. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Ellis, Deborah Kids of Kabul : Living Bravely Through a Never-ending War Despite living with the brutal reality of daily life in a country ravaged by war, the Afghani teens interviewed in this book are filled with bravery and hope. Readers will be impressed by the desire these teens have for a better future and their ability to imagine that future. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Freedman, Russell. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the Story Behind an American Friendship A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Heiligman, Deborah Charles and Emma : the Darwins' Leap of Faith Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence. 2009 Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography) Other formats available |
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Hoose, Phillip M. Claudette Colvin : Twice Toward Justice On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, 15-year-old Claudette found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. 2009 Children's Nonfiction Book Other formats available |
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Hoose, Phillip M. Moonbird : a Year On the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 In the course of his lifetime, B95 has flown the distance to the moon and halfway back! However, recent changes along his migratory circuit - changes caused mostly by human activity - have reduced the food available and made it harder for the birds to reach. How can this one bird make it year after year when so many others fall? 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Hopkinson, Deborah. Titanic : Voices from the Disaster Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Johnson, Rebecca L. Zombie Makers : True Stories of Nature's Undead Are zombies real? Scientists know this for sure: dead people do not come back to life. But there are things that can take over the bodies and brains of innocent creatures, turning them into senseless slaves. Meet nature's zombie makers, including a fly-enslaving fungus, a suicide worm, and a cockroach-taming wasp, and their victims. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster ...the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996...As he [John Krakauer] turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds... When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead. 1997 Adult Nonfiction Book Other formats available |
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Laidlaw, Rob Wild Animals in Captivity An advocate for replacing zoos with wildlife sanctuaries and conservation centers looks at the lives of wild animals in zoos around the world and discusses the damage done to animals that are unnaturally confined in inhospitable climates. 2008 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Levinson, Cynthia We've Got a Job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March The inspiring story of one of the greatest moments in civil rights history as seen through the eyes of four young people who were at the center of the action. We've Got a Job tells the little-known story of the 4,000 black elementary, middle, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail between May 2 and May 11, 1963. 2012 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Lewis, Barbara A. The Teen Guide to Global Action : How to Connect with Others (near and Far) to Create Social Change People your age are acting right now to fight hunger and poverty, promote health and human rights, save the environment, and work for peace. 2008 Teen Nonfiction Book |
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