Young adult nonfiction
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- Beneath the surface, a teen's guide to reaching out when you or your friend is in crisis, Kristi Hugstad ; foreword by Nancy Guerra, EdD
- Bomb, the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon, Steve Sheinkin
- Laika, Nick Abadzis ; color by Hilary Sycamore
- Spearhead, an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, adapted for Young Adults, Adam Makos
- Getting things done for teens, take control of your life in a distracting world, David Allen, Mike Williams, and Mark Wallace
- Violet and Daisy, the story of vaudeville's famous conjoined twins, Sarah Miller
- Nevertheless, we persisted, 48 voices of defiance, strength, and courage, foreword by Senator Amy Klobuchar
- Strongman, the rise of five dictators and the fall of democracy, Kenneth C. Davis
- Stamped, racism, antiracism, and you, written by Jason Reynolds ; adapted from Stamped from the beginning by and with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi
- Just mercy, adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice, Bryan Stevenson
- Treaties, trenches, mud, and blood, [text and illustrations by Nathan Hale]
- Kin, by Holly Black & [illustrated by] Ted Naifeh
- The authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, a Calvin and Hobbes treasury by Bill Watterson
- The freedom summer murders, Don Mitchell
- Always running, la vida loca, gang days in L.A., Luis J. Rodriguez
- The grand escape, the greatest prison breakout of the 20th century, Neal Bascomb
- Chasing Lincoln's killer, James L. Swanson
- Athena, grey-eyed goddess, George O'Connor
- Where the sidewalk ends, the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein
- Augusta Savage, the shape of a sculptor's life, Marilyn Nelson ; afterword by Tammi Lawson
- How I made it to eighteen, a mostly true story, Tracy White
- Jobs if you like social media, by Carla Mooney
- Winterdance, the fine madness of running the Iditarod, Gary Paulsen
- When the world didn't end, poems, Caroline Kaufman ; illustrations by Yelena Bryksenkova
- In the shadow of the moon, America, Russia, and the hidden history of the space race, Amy Cherrix
- Call me American, the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
- Letters to a bullied girl, messages of healing and hope, Olivia Gardner with Emily and Sarah Buder ; [foreword by Barbara Coloroso]
- Unpunished murder, massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice, Lawrence Goldstone ; foreword by Angela Onwuachi-Willig
- This star won't go out, the life and words of Esther Grace Earl, Esther Earl with Lori and Wayne Earl ; introduction by John Green
- When a friend dies, a book for teens about grieving & healing, Marilyn E. Gootman ; edited by Pamela Espeland
- Brown girl dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
- Macbeth, a play by William Shakespeare, adapted and illustrated by Gareth Hinds
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Glimmer of hope, how tragedy sparked a movement, by the founders of March For Our LIves
- Lies my teacher told me, everything American history textbooks get wrong, James W. Loewen ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
- Ordinary hazards, a memoir, Nikki Grimes
- Steve Jobs, the man who thought different : a biography, by Karen Blumenthal
- Make trouble, standing up, speaking out, and finding the courage to lead, Cecile Richards with Lauren Peterson
- Dear heartbreak, YA authors on the dark side of love, edited by Heather Demetrios
- Because I was a girl, true stories for girls of all ages, edited by Melissa de la Cruz
- Body talk, 37 voices explore our radical anatomy, edited by Kelly Jensen
- Artemis Fowl, the graphic novel, adapted by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin ; art by Giovanni Rigano ; color by Paolo Lamanna
- I have the right to, a high school survivor's story of sexual assault, justice, and hope, Chessy Prout, with Jenn Abelson
- The PTSD survival guide for teens, strategies to overcome trauma, build resilience & take back your life, Sheela Raja, PhD., Jaya Raja Ashrafi
- Women and the family, by Carol Kim
- Violence against women, by Sherri Mabry Gordon
- Somebody give this heart a pen, Sophia Thakur
- Maus II, a survivor's tale : and here my troubles began, Art Spiegelman
- Call us what we carry, poems, Amanda Gorman
- Mountains beyond mountains, the quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who would cure the world, by Tracy Kidder ; adapted for young people by Michael French