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- Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis. by Jabari Asim, illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Available from: Amazon. Barnes & Noble. Bookshop. Target. Walmart.
- Turning Pages: My Life Story. by Sonia Sotomayor, illustrated by Lulu Delacre. Available from: Amazon. Barnes & Noble. Bookshop. Target. Walmart. There is much to admire and enjoy in Sonia Sotomayor’s biography for young readers.
- Amazing. by Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani and Dane Liu, illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel. Available from: Amazon. Barnes & Noble. Bookshop. Target. Walmart. This luminous picture book highlights the amazing and important contributions of many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who've impacted our world through their achievements.
- I am I. M. Pei. by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos. Available from: Amazon. Barnes & Noble. Bookshop. Target. Walmart. This installment of the Ordinary People Who Change The World series explores the story of world-renowned architect, I. M. Pei, and how he became one of the most famous architects of all time.
- The Story of Harriet Tubman by Christine Platt. Before she became known for her fight to free people from enslavement, she was a little girl who was sad to see her family be separated.
- Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant and Boris Kulikov. This picture book biography tells the story of how Louis Braille lost his sight and invented an alphabet.
- Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne and Éric Puybaret. Once there was a boy named Jacques. He loved to explore the oceans. This whimsical and poetic biography of Jacques Cousteau will inspire kids to follow their explorer natures, as well as help them realize that every person who has made history started as a kid with curiosity.
- Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone and Rebecca Gibbon. From a young age, Elizabeth understood that things weren’t equal in her life.
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- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman. Heiligman chronicles the amazing and eccentric lives of the Van Gogh brothers, their relationship with each other, and their work.
- Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original Girl Reporter by Deborah Noyes. Known for her groundbreaking work exposing the mistreatment of patients in an asylum, Nellie Bly did not let the traditional expectations of female reporters stop her from becoming a pioneering journalist.
- Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle. Written in verse, Engle shares the tension of living between two worlds, Cuba and Los Angeles.
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery. Lowery shares her experience as the youngest marcher fighting for civil rights alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Feb 5, 2020 · Whether you want your kids to know more about the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War or the life of Vincent van Gogh or Dmitri Shostakovich, we're entering a golden era of nonfiction books for teens (also known as 'Young Adult' or YA nonfiction).
Alex and Brett Harris wrote the best-selling book Do Hard Things (2008), a non-fiction book challenging teenagers to "rebel against low expectations", at age 19. Two years later came a follow-up book called Start Here (2010).
These amazing nonfiction books for teens span all kinds of interests and curiosities and are captivating, thought-provoking, and even worldview-affecting.
Feb 7, 2022 · With those in mind, the best non-fiction books for teens list could be extensive, but these ten examples really show off what such books can do. The Best Non-Fiction Books For Teens. 1. The...
