Middle Grade: Nonfiction

by Santat, Dan

Graphic Novel - 2023

In this feel-good coming-of-age memoir, the best-selling author and Caldecott Medalist shares his life-changing middle school trip to Europe during which he experiences a series of firsts, including first love. In this feel-good coming-of-age memoir, the best-selling author and Caldecott Medalist shares his life-changing middle school trip to Europe during which he experiences a series of firsts, including first love. Show less

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Boundless

by Lowe, Chaunte

Book - 2023

World champion high jumper Chaunte Lowe pens the captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdle...Show more World champion high jumper Chaunte Lowe pens the captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdles, to becoming a bronze medal-winning US Olympian. Everything seemed set against Chaunte Lowe. Growing up with a single mother in Paso Robles, California, where she experienced food insecurity, homelessness, and domestic abuse, Chaunte couldn't imagine a future that offered a different sort of life. Show less

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Seen and Unseen

What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

by Partridge, Elizabeth

Book - 2022

Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches and...Show more Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle-grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration and the complexity of documenting it through the work of these three photographers. Show less

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American Murderer

The Parasite That Haunted the South

by Jarrow, Gail

Book - 2022

Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking you...Show more Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Show less

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Chunky

by Mercado, Yehudi

Graphic Novel - 2021

In this full-color middle-grade graphic memoir, Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendship with...Show more In this full-color middle-grade graphic memoir, Yehudi Mercado draws inspiration from his childhood struggle with his weight while finding friendship with his imaginary mascot, Chunky, as he navigates growing up in a working-class Mexican-Jewish family. Show less

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The Disappearing Spoon

And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements

by Kean, Sam

Book - 2018

A young readers adaptation of the bestselling book The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary human history of the periodic table. A young readers adaptation of the bestselling book The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary human history of the periodic table. Show less

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Passport

by Glock, Sophia

Graphic Novel - 2021

Teenage Sophia lives with her family in South America where her parents serve as foreign diplomats, but as she explores her own boundaries around honesty and deception she discovers the true nature of her parent's work. Teenage Sophia lives with her family in South America where her parents serve as foreign diplomats, but as she explores her own boundaries around honesty and deception she discovers the true nature of her parent's work. Show less

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Free Lunch

by Ogle, Rex

Book - 2019

Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semes...Show more Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Show less

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The Faithful Spy

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

by Hendrix, John

Graphic Novel - 2018

Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German c...Show more Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party's evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible! Show less

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Becky Sauerbrunn

by Seigerman, David

Book - 2017

Before she was scoring goals, Becky Sauerbrunn was just a kid trying to fit in. Learn more in this first book in a brand-new nonfiction series about the c...Show more Before she was scoring goals, Becky Sauerbrunn was just a kid trying to fit in. Learn more in this first book in a brand-new nonfiction series about the childhoods of your favorite athletes. Midway through her first soccer game for the US Women's National Team, Becky Sauerbrunn broke her nose. More to the point, it exploded, really, in a head-to-head collision. Show less

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Every Falling Star

The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

by Lee, Sungju

Book - 2016

This is YA nonfiction. It's the memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and f...Show more This is YA nonfiction. It's the memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and fend for himself after his parents disappeared. Finally, after years of being homeless and living with a gang, Sungju is reunited with his maternal grandparents and, eventually, his father. Show less

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The Family Romanov

Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia

by Fleming, Candace

Book - 2014

Here is the riveting story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared...Show more Here is the riveting story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door and political unrest grew. Show less

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Poop Happened!

A History of the World From the Bottom up

by Albee, Sarah

Book - 2010

Chronicles the evolution of waste disposal throughout the ages, answers a variety of related questions, and includes photographs and illustrations. Chronicles the evolution of waste disposal throughout the ages, answers a variety of related questions, and includes photographs and illustrations. Show less

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