Nonfiction Books for Teens
Information, humor, history, biography, art and how-to, all here. MS=Books for middle school readers (Updated October 2019)
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Abuela, Don't Forget Me
This memoir-in-verse captures and celebrates the powerful presence of a woman counted on throughout Ogle's coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction. MS
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Me and White Supremacy
Discusses topics such as white privilege, racist stereotypes, cultural appropriation, and more that readers can understand race and racism.
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Luminary
A collection of mystical practices and exercises, Luminary is a one-of-a-kind guide to mindfulness and self-care for teens to support a life of empowerment, confidence, and, of course, magic!
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Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)
Part sociology, part zoology and anthropology with a dash of history, this dive into the lesser-known facts of animal behavior changes the definition of what is normal.
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Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies
Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Overlooked by history...and deserve recognition
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
While it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States--if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago and looks at Native American culture as it exists today--and the fight to preserve language and traditions.
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Beyond the Gender Binary
Poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the binary of gender, using their own experiences to show how creative and malleable gender expression can really be.
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Crafting Change
Craftivism is a rich history of artist-driven projects for social change, creativity channeled into political action, and this book has artist interviews and beautiful full-color photos of creators and crafts to inspire your own revolution.
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Music Mavens
In Music Mavens, 15 extraordinary women reveal how they turned their passions into platforms and how they use their power to uplift others.
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Call Him Jack
A biography about the real person behind the Jackie Robinson of legend, focusing from the sportsman to the man that was a leader of the Black Power movement, and deepening our appreciation for his achievements that inspires beyond just baseball. MS
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