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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston's survival story of his devastating hike through a southeastern canyon in Utah in 2001.
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American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
Wimpy American seeks butt-kicking enlightenment in China.
- Nonfiction
- Adventure Seekers
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781616798956
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Audacity
Clara Lemlich struggles to overcome the second-rate working conditions in the factories in Manhattan during the turn of the twentieth century. Based on the true story of a determined young woman, Clara paves the way for equal rights for women in the work
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Baddawi
Ahmed is a boy living in a refugee camp in Lebanon and just one of many that had to flee his Palestinian homeland during the war. His circumstances do not keep him from dreaming of opportunities or returning home. The story of Ahmed is one that is relevant in today's world but takes place in 1948.
- Nonfiction
- Get Graphic: Graphic Novels
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9781935982401
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Dramatic account of E Company of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army through the European theater during WWII.
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Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Jewish resistance groups throughout Europe organize retaliation against Germany during World War II.
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The Bite Of The Mango
Kidnapped and tortured by rebels, Kamara fights for survival in Sierra Leone.
- Nonfiction
- Conflicted: Life During Wartime
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9781554511587
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Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers
From fashion magazines to taboo Web sites, curious young women have access to tons of old wives' tales about and thousands of airbrushed and inaccurate images of the female bodymisinformation and harmful portrayals that can lead to low selfesteem, selfdestructive acts, or even disturbing plastic surgery procedures. -
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation.
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible… on Schindler's List
Ten-year-old Leon watched as the Nazis took over his hometown of Krakow. Forced with his family to move to the ghetto, they were ultimately saved – on Schindler's List.
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The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
Most widely known for their classic 19th century novels Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, sisters Charlotte and Emily Bronte helped to pioneer the literary industry for women. Reading like a fascinating novel, this biography highlights the romance and tur
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Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
After creating a list of the pros and cons of marriage, science-minded Charles Darwin chooses to marry his strictly religious first cousin. Little does he know that he is about to embark upon the most loving, creative, and intellectually important relationship of his life.
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A Child Called "It"
Real life, real abuse.- Nonfiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9781558743663
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The Complete Persepolis
This is the tale of Marjane Satrapi growing up during the extremist Islamic revolution in Iran during the 1970s/1980s, her move to Austria in early adolescence, and her time moving back to Iran, before finally settling in Europe again as a young woman.
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Cooking Up a Storm: The Teen Survival Cookbook
Tasty recipes for the guys.
- Nonfiction
- What’s Cooking?
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9781406352979
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Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
The disappointment and heartache of these heroes is skillfully communicated with J.D. Jackson's authentic and culturally-sensitive narration.
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Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
Presents top authors for teens as they share their stories about bullying--as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators.
- Nonfiction
- Sticks and Stones
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780062060976
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and Murder of a President
A president, an assassin, and an inventor are brought together in this little known historical event.
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
Story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family living in Amsterdam who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
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Discovering Wes Moore
Wes Moore grew up in poverty, but through his supportive family and discipline learned in military school was able to graduate college and become a Rhodes Scholar. As an adult, he learns of another Wes Moore whose childhood resembled his, but who ended u
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The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
Reyna longs for her family to be reunited after her mother and father leave Mexico for the United States, but when she is finally able to join them, it is not the happy reunion she expects.
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The Dumbest Idea Ever!
This is the real-life story of how the DUMBEST idea ever became the BEST thing that ever happened to Jimmy Gownley.
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Eat Fresh Food: Awesome recipes for teen chefs
Unleash your inner chef with these fresh and healthy recipes!
- Nonfiction
- What’s Cooking?
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9781599904450
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El Deafo
Bell shares the story of a childhood illness (meningitis) that would render her deaf. She focuses on the struggles and insecurities of starting school and making friends.
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Elena Vanishing
Well-written and compelling, this title focuses on several mental illnesses including OCD, in addition to Anorexia. As a memoir, there is a depth and grit only found in personal accounts and does not gloss over how difficult it is to treat this illness.
- Nonfiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781452152141
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Revelation of how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world.
- Nonfiction
- Book to Movie: Ripped From the Pages
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780547750330
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Feynman
Get to know perhaps the most famous personality of nuclear physics: the bongo-playing, safe-cracking, defiantly curious Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman in this meticulously researched graphic biography.
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
A simple, easy-to-use manual to eating well in today's complicated world
- Nonfiction
- What’s Cooking?
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9780143116387
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Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories
Oral histories from 50 African Americans who were children and teens in the Deep South during the 1950s-1960s.
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
The ups and downs of a beloved hometown high school football team from Odessa, Texas.
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Frozen in Time LP: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
Bodies of World War II airmen who crashed in Greenland in 1942 are reclaimed in a 2012 expedition.
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A Game For Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return
As the bombs drop on Beirut, Zeina's family must depend on her neighbors for survival.
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George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
An account of espionage, counter-espionage, codes, and ciphers during the American Revolution.
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
This empowering memoir recounts the strength and creativity of the Walls children as they overcome the poverty and social challenges their parents brought upon them.
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Hole in My Life
Prizewinning author Jack Gantos confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth, his time in prison, and how he moved on.
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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
Teen readers get a lot of information about the lives of famous people, but here Bragg gleefully presents the gruesome details of their deaths. Whimsical drawings by illustrator O'Malley add to the light tone of this dark subject.
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I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior: Memoirs of an American Soldier
When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six.
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The story of Malala's fight for education.
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I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup
A veteran teacher's view of the lives of juveniles sentenced as adults.
- Nonfiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780807001233
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Caitlin and Martin couldn't have been farther apart – she in Pennsylvania, he in Zimbabwe. As pen pals, the mail became magic, and enabled a miracle to happen to them both.
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Only a handful of people have stood atop Everest. Krakauer is one of them, but the story he tells here is not of glorious triumph. Rather, it is a true account of survival and death that will grab YA readers from the very first page. Krakauer had a front-row seat to the headline-making 1996 climbing disaster that resulted in the deaths of five people, and his account of the unfolding tragedy, filled with keenly observed details, is not only a transfixing drama but also an inquiry into survivor guilt and the outer limits of human strength and responsibility.
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Comedian Mindy Kaling's observations about romance, shopping, and more.
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It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, And Creating A Life Worth Living
A collection of moving essays and transcribed videos from the It Gets Better Project.
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Jack the Ripper: A Journal of the Whitechapel Murders, 18881889
A graphic novel recounting of the Whitechapel murders of 1888.
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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Life in Motion is a memoir from the first African American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theater.
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Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Orphaned, addicted to cocaine, and experienced with an AK-47, all by the age of thirteen.- Nonfiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780374531263
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The Manga Cookbook
Dust off your chopstick skills and chow down on manga-inspired Japanese cuisine
- Nonfiction
- What’s Cooking?
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9784921205072
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
A son's attempt to come to grips with his father's experiences of living through the Holocaust.
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My Friend Dahmer
A high school friend creates a graphic novel memoir based on his association with the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.