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• Genre: Nonfiction
• Award year: 2003

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  Hole in My Life

  By Jack Gantos

  Prizewinning author Jack Gantos confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth, his time in prison, and how he moved on.

  • Nonfiction
  • Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015, Michael L. Printz Award 2003
  • ISBN: 9780312641573
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  My Losing Season

  By Pat Conroy

  In this powerful memoir, best-selling novelist Conroy explores the profound effect of his final year as a point guard for the Citadel's basketball team, interweaving stories about the years leading up to college, his abusive father, his love-hate relationship with his school, and his growing fondness for books and writing.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2003
  • ISBN: 9780553381900
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  Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe

  By Timothy Ferris

  Differentiating between the nature of stargazing done by professionals in well-equipped observatories and the work of backyard scientists using homemade telescopes, Ferris invites teens to join the scientific community by tracing contributions of amateur astronomers, ranging from Copernicus to Brian May.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2003
  • ISBN: 9780684865805