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Great Teen Non-Fiction

Great readable non-fiction stories.

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  • Bomb

    the Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

    Sheinkin, Steve
    Look at all that award bling on the cover.
    Book, 2012New York : Flash Point, [2012], ©2012. — YA 940.54 S543b
  • A awesome three book graphic novel series
    Graphic Novel, 2013–Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2013]- — GRAPHIC BIO LEWIS bk.1
  • The Port Chicago 50

    Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

    Sheinkin, Steve
    Sheinkin found this story while researching "Bomb" and thought it deserved its own book. He was right.
    Book, 2014New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2014], ©2014. — YA 940.54 S5p
  • Stamped

    Racism, Antiracism, and You

    Reynolds, Jason,
    "This is not a history book"
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — YA 305.8 R4s
  • Candy Bomber

    the Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

    Tunnell, Michael O.
    You had me at Chocolate...
    Book, 2010Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2010], ©2010. — J 943 GERMANY TUNNELL
  • Capsized!

    the Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster

    Sutton, Patricia,
    This story has a great connection to Grand Haven history.
    Book, 2018Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018], ©2018. — YA 910.453 S9c
  • Ghosts of War

    the True Story of a 19-year-old GI

    Smithson, Ryan
    An ordinary teen who didn't take an ordinary route after high school.
    Book, 2009New York, NY : Collins, [2009], ©2009. — YA BIO SMITHSON
  • Pure Grit

    How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific

    Farrell, Mary Cronk
    These women were tough!
    Book, 2014New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2014], ©2014. — YA 940.547 F2p
  • The Family Romanov

    Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

    Fleming, Candace,
    The subtitle "Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia" sums up the book nicely, but Fleming really brings what happened to life.
    Book, 2014New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2014. — YA 947 F5f
  • Drowned City

    Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans

    Brown, Don, 1949-
    The dramatic story of how Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans told as a graphic novel.
    Graphic Novel, 2015New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. — YA GN BROWN
  • Tetris

    the Games People Play

    Brown, Box
    A graphic novel look at how Tetris came to be.
    Book, 2016New York : First Second, [2016], ©2016.
  • Ogle's memoir of what middle school was like for him while facing poverty and abuse.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company, [2019] — YA BIO OGLE
  • Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists

    a Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights

    Kendall, Mikki,
    Short stories of incredible women who were Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists.
    Graphic Novel, 2019California : Ten Speed Press, [2019], ©2019. — GRAPHIC 305.42 K334a
  • Moonbird

    a Year on the Wind With the Great Survivor B95

    Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
    More than just a story of bird migration.
    Book, 2012New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2012], ©2012. — J 598.33 H789m