Showing 51–100 of 867 books
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Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
Mighty Aphrodite is born from the sea to provide love and drama to Mount Olympus.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781596437395
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Are You Afraid Yet? The Science Behind Scary Stuff
Uncover the scientific truth about the strange and unusual.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2010
- ISBN: 97815545329409
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Around the World
Journey around the world with three nineteenthcentury travelers.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2012
- ISBN: 9780763636197
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Art of the Video Game
The digital artistry of your favorites.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2010
- ISBN: 9781594742774
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Art That Changed the World
This beautiful and extensive collection examines the history of art. Organized chronologically, the combination of visuals and informative text is both approachable and easy to grasp.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781465414359
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Ask Me Everything: Facts, Stats, Lists, Records and More
What do you want to know?- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2011
- ISBN: 9780756662769
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Asking for It: The Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It
With insight, humor, and thorough research, Harding tackles rape culture, including misconceptions and myths, its consequences for men and women of all ages, and how we can change it.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2016
- ISBN: 9780738217024
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson turns his eye for intriguing connections to exploring the history of the structure of the house from ancient times to recent innovations.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780767919388
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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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Awkward Family Pet Photos
Family portraits are awkward. Family pet portraits are hilarious.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2013
- ISBN: 9780307888129
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Babe
Young women photographers critique the ideal of beauty with thought-provoking photos that, without shame, celebrate the realistic and sometimes unsanitary female body.- Nonfiction, Photography
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2016
- ISBN: 9783791381039
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Babe Ruth
From the Babe's early years in a Catholic home for troubled boys, to his often notorious personal life, this biography from the Up Close series offers a full picture of one of the greatest players in baseball history.- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780670063055
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Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves & Other Female Villains
Short, tantalizing bios of 26 historical villains.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781580891851
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Bad Science: Hacks, Quacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Goldacre is on a crusade to raise scientific literacy so people can stop being duped by dubious wording, studies, statistics, and the next big health fad.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780007240197
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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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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine
Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. This memoir is a touching, at times funny, and enlightening look at the not often depicted daily life in a politically tumultuous area.- Nonfiction, Memoir
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780374302511
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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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Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child
"My whole childhood, I never had a bed," begins Hart's bittersweet recollections about growing up one of six children in a migrant family that made the circuit from Texas to Minnesota each year. Her stories about her family, especially her stern but caring father, and about breaking away only to return home, show the moving struggle of an immigrant population, but also the universal personal struggle of finding, then acknowledging, oneself.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2000
- ISBN: 9780927534819
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Baseball
It's out of the park.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012
- ISBN: 9780980313116
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Basketball
Basketball is one of the most widely viewed and played sports in the world. It enjoys immense popularity in the United States and many Australasian countries. Now you can enjoy the world of Basketball with this truly unique book that includes every aspect of the game, incorporating the history, NBA teams and legends of the game.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012
- ISBN: 9780980382990
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Be Everything at Once: Tales of a Cartoonist Lady Person
Quirky and relatable, Dami's comics are fun, funny, and highlight the struggle of trying to fit in, stay true to yourself, navigate social, work, and home life while growing up and transitioning into adulthood.- Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2019
- ISBN: 9781452167657
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction
From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780618683352
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Becoming Unbecoming
It's 1977 and Una is 12. Other kids are into punk or ska, but Una is learning to play "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings on the guitar, and she thinks it's a really good song. There's another song, chanted on the terraces by Leeds United fans. It might not have made it on to Top of the Pops, but the boys all sing it on the walk home from school: "One Yorkshire Ripper . . . There's only one Yorkshire Ripper . . . One Yorkshire Ri-pper . . ." A serial murderer is at large in West Yorkshire and the police—despite spending more than two million man-hours hunting the killer and interviewing the man himself no less than nine times—are struggling to solve the case. As this national news story unfolds around her, Una finds herself on the receiving end of a series of violent acts for which she feels she is to blame. Unbecoming explores gender violence, blame, shame, and social responsibility. Through image and text Una asks what it means to grow up in a culture where male violence goes unpunished and unquestioned. With the benefit of hindsight Una explores her experience, wonders if anything has really changed and challenges a global culture that demands that the victims of violence pay its cost. -
Before I Die
Artist Candy Chang transformed a rundown house with some blackboard paint and chalk into a worldwide phenomenon.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781250020840
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Connect with the residents of Annawadi, a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of the Mumbai airport, as they confront global change and inequality in modern India with hope and imagination.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781400067558
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Being Jazz: My life as a (Transgender) Teen
Jazz Jennings recounts growing up trans, becoming a national spokesperson, and role model.- Nonfiction, Memoir
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780399554643
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Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home
Krug relates the struggle to understand her German roots and her familial ties to the Nazi party during WWII. Guilt over her German heritage begins during her teen years and follows her into adulthood, leading her on a genealogical journey to uncover her truths.- Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2019
- ISBN: 9781476796628
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The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
A portrait of determination and strength, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor describes her rise from a trying childhood in the South Bronx. Offering full credit to those who helped along the way, this beloved Justice offers gentle advice for young readers.- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781524771140
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Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2
Despite the dangers of riding through the Jim Crow South, Bessie Stringfield made history by spending decades riding her motorcycle across the U.S., and eventually became known as the Motor Cycle Queen of Miami. This is her story.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2018
- ISBN: 9781938486944
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The Best We Could Do
Spurred on by the birth of her first child, author Thi Bui tries to reconcile the experiences of the journey her ancestors took from war torn Vietnam through to present day California.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2018
- ISBN: 9781419718779
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Between the World and Me
Coates writes to his 15-year-old son about the inborn hazards of being black in America and his own intellectual, political and emotional confrontation with the need to live fully, even in the face of racialist culture.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2016
- ISBN: 9780812993547
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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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Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Six trans and gender-neutral teens are interviewed in this necessary resource for teens and adult alike. While the trans experience varies from teen to teen, the participants Beyond Magenta are candid and unflinchingly honest. -
Beyond: A Solar System Voyage
A stunning photographic tour traces our changing understanding of the solar system and how that understanding has been altered by the numerous space probes that were launched to discover whether life could exist out there—somewhere- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780810983229
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The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison
A history of large prisons, why they were designed and built as they were, and the stark reality of the prisoners who inhabit them.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780300124194
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Why does poop matter? Sanitation is a huge public health issue and has massive implications for economics, growth and development, the environment, agriculture, and even education. -
Big Questions
“Can you step into the same river twice?” and other deep questions.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012
- ISBN: 9780756675790
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Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life
Can the cure for cancer be found in your kitchen? In Biopunk, Wohlsen sheds light on a new community of DIY scientists working outside the walls of corporations and universities to solve the world's biggest problems and to “open source” the basic code of life.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781617230028
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Birding is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons About the Natural World From Bird and Moon
A collection of science cartoons filled with informational tidbits about birds, bees, and other aspects of the natural world, shared in a humorous way.- Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2019
- ISBN: 9781449489120
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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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Bitterly Divided: The South's Inner Civil War
From the author of the celebrated A People's History of the Civil War, a new account of the Confederacy's collapse from wit- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781595581082
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Everyone knows The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, but few realize the inspiration for these action-packed tales was Dumas's own real-life hero: his father, a mixed-race soldier who rose to become a general in Napoleon's army.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307382467
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Black Dahlia (Treasury of XXth Century Murder)
Rick Geary reconstitutes and reveals for us the life and murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short who had become known as the Black Dahlia.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781681120522
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Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
Born in 1969 to civil rights activists who defied convention, Walker was a movement child. But when the movement changed course, and her white father and black mother divorced, Walker found herself without an identity--a misfit: too black for some; not black enough for others. A poignant, sometimes angry recollection about racism, growing up, growing away, and finding oneself.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2002
- ISBN: 9781573221696
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Blankets
Loosely based on the author's life, chronicles Craig's journey from childhood to adulthood, exploring the people, experiences, and beliefs that he encountered along the way- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781891830433
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
A dying woman's wish leads an abused 15-year-old from the streets of Memphis to a loving family, an education, and a professional football career.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9780393330472
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Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
On a cold morning in December 1917, a ship filled with munitions collided with another vessel in Halifax Harbor. The resulting explosion flattened everything within a half-mile radius and resulted in more than 2,000 deaths. Walker follows several young people who lived through the disaster and chronicles the rescue efforts in a story that is both affecting and unbelieveable.- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780805089455
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Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888. Murphy's well-researched books bring history alive through multiple narratives involving young people.- Nonfiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2010
- ISBN: 9780590673105
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Bloom: A Girl's Guide to Growing Up Gorgeous
A fresh look at makeup and skin care for teens.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9780399166594
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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.