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• Genre: Nonfiction
• Award year: 2013

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  The Unfinished Revolution: Voices From the Global Fight For Women's Rights

  By Minky Worden (Editor)

  This collection of essays explores the status of rights for women and girls worldwide, through the topics of economic issues, violence against women, and harmful traditions.

  • Nonfiction
  • Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2013
  • ISBN: 9781609803872
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  Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

  By Melba Pattillo Beals

  n 1957, nine African-American students became the first to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Beals's memoir details the daily harassment, name-calling, and physical attacks to which she could not respond. Hearing Pitts passionately deliver the epithets hurled at Beals and her eight fellow students heightens the visceral, personal impact of this classic work.

  • Nonfiction
  • Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2013
  • ISBN: 9781452604947
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  We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

  By Cynthia Levinson

  Focusing on the experiences of four young people who were at the center of a pivotal moment in the American civil rights movement, this is the story of 4,000 black children and teenagers who voluntarily went to jail between May 2 and May 11, 1963. In the end, the children succeeded where adults had failed, and one of the most racially violent cities in America was desegregated.

  • Nonfiction
  • Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2013
  • ISBN: 9781561456277
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  Weird but True! Stupid Criminals: 150 Brainless Baddies Busted, Plus Wacky Facts

  By National Geographic

  What were they thinking?

  • Nonfiction
  • Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2013
  • ISBN: 9781426308611
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  What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?

  By Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn, Jonnie Penn

  Everyone needs a bucket list.

  • Nonfiction
  • Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2013
  • ISBN: 9781579654764
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  When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love & Revolution

  By Jeanne Cordova

  Lesbian activist and reporter for the L.A. Free Press and editor of the Lesbian Tide, Jeanne Cordova, brings the social upheaval and excitement of the 1970s to light in this memoir.

  • Nonfiction, Memoir
  • Rainbow Book List - Young Adult/ Crossover Nonfiction 2013
  • ISBN: 9781935226512
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  Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

  By Cheryl Strayed

  A memoir of personal and natural discoveries, Strayed shares her story of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from California to Oregon as a solo woman.

  • Nonfiction, Memoir
  • Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2013
  • ISBN: 9780307592736
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  Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

  By Rosalyn Schanzer

  Schanzer's dramatic narrative voice, primary source evidence, and atmospheric scratchboard illustrations combine to shine a meticulously researched, reality-show spotlight on the Salem Witch Trials. Almasy revels in the scandal and outrage propelling the events without trivializing the historical accuracy, clearly offsetting direct quotations and acknowledging primary sources.

  • Nonfiction, Audiobook
  • Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2013
  • ISBN: 9781464043147

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