Young Adult NonFiction - Biography

More YA NonFiction - Biography & Autobiography Books
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School By Tiffany Jewell Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9780358638315
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Published: Versify - February 27th, 2024

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid, Tiffany Jewell, this YA nonfiction book, highlighting inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college, is the most important, empowering read this year.


How the Boogeyman Became a Poet By Tony Keith, Jr. Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063296008
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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - February 6th, 2024

Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, George M. Johnson, and Jacqueline Woodson.


Unstoppable!: My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond By Maggie Nichols, Simone Biles (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Maggie Nichols, Simone Biles (Introduction by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250860224
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - January 16th, 2024

Maggie Nichols’s official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under the US national gymnastics team and how she managed to redefine herself in the face of adversity.

With an introduction from Simone Biles.

In 2015, Maggie Nichols’s gymnastics career was on fire.


Kids of New York: Family, Street Culture, and Violence By Anthony Colon Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9798887937212
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Published: Page Publishing - October 31st, 2023


Haaland By Harry Coninx Cover Image
$9.95
ISBN: 9781948585798
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Published: Leapfrog Press - December 5th, 2023

Haaland plays for Manchester City.

Strong, quick, and physically dominant - Erling Haaland is the striker who has it all. From an early age, his impatience and his determination to succeed always singled him out as a player to watch.


All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto By George M. Johnson Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781250895561
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Published: Square Fish - January 16th, 2024

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.

A New York Times Bestseller!
Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories


Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir By Walela Nehanda Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593529492
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Published: Kokila - February 6th, 2024

A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout.


Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People By Rebecca Pitts Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781644212998
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Published: Triangle Square - October 31st, 2023

The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities.


A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome By Ariel Henley Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781250895578
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Published: Square Fish - November 7th, 2023

A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teens

"Raw and unflinching . . . A must-read!" --Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends

"[It] cuts to the heart of our bogus ideas of beauty." –Scott Westerfeld, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Uglies



Bts - The Ultimate Fan Book: Experience the K-Pop Phenomenon! By Malcolm Croft Cover Image
$12.95
ISBN: 9781802797985
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Published: Welbeck Publishing - November 14th, 2023

Experience the K-Pop phenomenon of BTS in this best-selling fanbook - FULLY UPDATED for 2023


On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating By Karina Manta Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780593308493
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Published: Ember - December 19th, 2023

An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Reisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.


Farewell to Manzanar 50th Anniversary Edition By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston (Illustrator), James D. Houston Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9780063319059
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Published: Clarion Books - October 17th, 2023

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country.