Shout: A Poetry Memoir by Laurie Halse Anderson - "A memoir [that] shares the author's life, covering her rape at thirteen, her difficult early childhood, and her experiences surrounding her publication of 'Speak'"--OCLC.
Apple Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth - Eric Gansworth tells the story of his life and family through poems about their Onondaga heritage, from the horrible legacy of government boarding schools, to watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to his fight to be an artist who balances multiple worlds.
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed - "Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson - The author shares her life excelling in math as a young girl and her eventual career as a NASA mathematician. Explores her work on the Apollo 11 mission.
Eleanor Roosevelt: Fighter For Justice: Her Impact On the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the World by Ilene Cooper - Chronicles the life and career of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, discussing her childhood, her marriage to Franklin, what she accomplished as First Lady of the United States and more.
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson - "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher.
Xiomara feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.
But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman.
After her mother's death, Ivy is sent to live on an island with a rich uncle where she experiences nightmares and learns about her family's murderous past.
A moody and twisted gothic mystery with an impossible romance, Dreaming Darkly is an atmospheric, fast-paced page-turner written by comics veteran Caitlin Kittredge.
Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel has lived a quiet life in a little house in Seattle. She's kept mostly to herself. She's been good. But then comes the night of homecoming, when she finds herself running for her life over roots and between trees, a fury of claws and teeth behind her. A wolf attacks. Bisou fights back. A new moon rises. And with it, questions. About the blood in Bisou's past, and on her hands as she stumbles home. About broken boys and vicious wolves. About girls lost in the woods--frightened, but not alone.
WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PANIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don’t worry—no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the fake gore and pretend murder may appear . . . uh, right?
Seventeen-year-old Becca Martinello is about to find out. When her perfectly normal soccer mom dies in a car crash, a strange girl named Stef appears to let Becca know that her deceased mom was none other than one of Alcatraz 2.0’s most popular serial killers—Molly Mauler.
Soon, Becca ends up on Who Wants to Be a Painiac? to learn the truth about her mom’s connection to Molly Mauler, but things turn sinister when people are murdered IRL. Will Becca uncover dark secrets and make it out of the deadly reality show alive? Or will she get cut?
Edyth grew up in a quiet village with a loving family, before losing everything she holds dear in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly sent to live in a priory and work with ancient texts, Edyth must come to terms with her new life and the gifts she discovers in herself. But outside the priory, something much worse is coming. With the reappearance of a boy from her past and the ominous Great Plague creeping closer and closer to the priory, it will be up to Edyth to rise above it all and save herself.
In Book 4 of the award-winner Girl of Fire and Thorns series, The Empire of Dreams once again proves that Rae Carson is a master of epic fantasy.
After unearthing a conspiracy at court, Red Sparkle Stone, the foundling orphan Empress Elisa has taken under her wing, dares to become a recruit for the Royal Guard-something no woman has done before.
The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky.
Two sisters, Onyii and Ify, dream of more. Their lives have been marked by violence and political unrest. Still, they dream of peace, of hope, of a future together.
And they're willing to fight an entire war to get there.
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Veronica Chambers and the New York Times
324.6: Suffrage, Voting Rights, Voting Electoral System - Text and illustrations look at the women who helped lead the fight to vote.
Disaster Strikes!: The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time by Jeffrey Kluger
363. 12: Transportation - "There are so many . . . missions to outer space that have succeeded. But for every success, there are mistakes, surprises, and flat-out failures that happen along the way. In this collection . . . recounts twelve such disasters, telling the stories of the astronauts and the cosmonauts, the trials and the errors, the missions and the misses"--Provided by publisher.
Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation by Candy J. Cooper with Marc Aronson
615.9: Toxicology and Poisons - Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and new accounts, the authors reveal the story behind the water crisis in Flint, Michigan which began in 2014 when government officials of the cash-strapped city that had been abandoned by General Motors decided to temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River, which then caused widespread sickness and death to its residents.
Beneath the Surface: A Teen's Guide to Reaching Out When You or Your Friend Is in Crisis by Kristi Hugstad
616.85: Medicine and Health - Provides information, encouragement, and tactical guidance for teenagers who may be experiencing depression, peer pressure, substance abuse, and more.
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
796.52: Caving and Spelunking - Looks at the cave rescue of the twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach in northern Thailand.
The Racers: How an Outcast Driver, An American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Challenged Hitler's Best by Neil Bascomb
796.72: Motor Racing - Tells the story of René Dreyfus, a French race car driver of Jewish heritage, and Lucy Schell, an American heiress, who took on Hitler's Silver Arrows in the European Grand Prix in 1937.
19 Love Songs by David Levithan
808.8: Anthologies and Collections - A collection of fiction, nonfiction, and a story in verse celebrating love.
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes
811: American Poetry - "Author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse"--OCLC.
Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis
940.54: Military History of World War II - Explores the contributions made by the ". . . United States Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops, also known as the Ghost Army, which included actors, camouflage experts, sound engineers, painters, and set designers, who used their skills to secretly and systematically replace fighting units, fool the Nazi army into believing what their eyes and ears told them, even though the sights and sounds of tanks and war machines and troops were entirely fabricated"--Adapted from dust jacket.
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease by Gail Jarrow
973.7: 1861 - 1875 Civil War - "Explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses"--Provided by publisher.