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100 Perfect Hair Days: Step-By-Steps for Pretty Waves, Braids, Curls, Buns, and More!
Find the best style for your hair type and occasion.
- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9781452143354
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125 Wacky Roadside Attractions: See All the Weird, Wonderful, and Downright Bizarre Landmarks from Around the World!
New ideas for your next road trip.
- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9781426324079
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50 Things You Should Know About Titanic
Facts, figures, and primary photos detail the construction of the Titanic, its passengers, and the tragedy.
- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9781682970232
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The Amazing Book is Not On Fire
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, hamsters, anime, and drawing cat whiskers... just a few of the obsessions of British YouTube stars, danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil. Dan and Phil take this visually amazing book and transform it into an even more amazing audiobook- Nonfiction, Audiobook
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781524722425
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Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
Stan Lee tells his own story with his usual humor and bravado. Little known facts about his life and the creation of comics are explored in living color.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781501107726
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Audacity
Clara Lemlich struggles to overcome the second-rate working conditions in the factories in Manhattan during the turn of the twentieth century. Based on the true story of a determined young woman, Clara paves the way for equal rights for women in the work
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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine
Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. This memoir is a touching, at times funny, and enlightening look at the not often depicted daily life in a politically tumultuous area.- Nonfiction, Memoir
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780374302511
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Becoming Unbecoming
It's 1977 and Una is 12. Other kids are into punk or ska, but Una is learning to play "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings on the guitar, and she thinks it's a really good song. There's another song, chanted on the terraces by Leeds United fans. It might not have made it on to Top of the Pops, but the boys all sing it on the walk home from school: "One Yorkshire Ripper . . . There's only one Yorkshire Ripper . . . One Yorkshire Ri-pper . . ." A serial murderer is at large in West Yorkshire and the police—despite spending more than two million man-hours hunting the killer and interviewing the man himself no less than nine times—are struggling to solve the case. As this national news story unfolds around her, Una finds herself on the receiving end of a series of violent acts for which she feels she is to blame. Unbecoming explores gender violence, blame, shame, and social responsibility. Through image and text Una asks what it means to grow up in a culture where male violence goes unpunished and unquestioned. With the benefit of hindsight Una explores her experience, wonders if anything has really changed and challenges a global culture that demands that the victims of violence pay its cost. -
Being Jazz: My life as a (Transgender) Teen
Jazz Jennings recounts growing up trans, becoming a national spokesperson, and role model.- Nonfiction, Memoir
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780399554643
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Black Dahlia (Treasury of XXth Century Murder)
Rick Geary reconstitutes and reveals for us the life and murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short who had become known as the Black Dahlia.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781681120522
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The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
A modern-day investigation of one of the most infamous murders of the 20th century.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9780553498080
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible… on Schindler's List
Ten-year-old Leon watched as the Nazis took over his hometown of Krakow. Forced with his family to move to the ghetto, they were ultimately saved – on Schindler's List.
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The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
Most widely known for their classic 19th century novels Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, sisters Charlotte and Emily Bronte helped to pioneer the literary industry for women. Reading like a fascinating novel, this biography highlights the romance and tur
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Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
Candid and thoughtful, Hart's memoir details her difficult childhood and rise to internet fame.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2017
- ISBN: 9780062457516
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CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics: The Untold Story of the Women Who Changed Free Expression in Comics
SHE CHANGED COMICS celebrates the women who changed free expression in comics, with profiles of more than sixty groundbreaking female professionals and interviews with the women who are changing today's medium, including RAINA TELGEMEIER, NOELLE STEVENSON, G. WILLOW WILSON, and more! SHE CHANGED COMICS also examines the plights of women imprisoned and threatened for making comics and explores the work of women whose work is being banned here in the United States. A must for readers of all ages, students, and educators.- Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781632159298
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The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby
Learn about another perspective on the Civil War from the graphic novel adaptation of a New Hampshire teacher's Civil War memoir.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9780982415351
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Clarina Nichols: Frontier Crusader for Women's Rights
Everyone knows about the ''Votes for Women'' campaign that led to the 19th Amendment in 1920. Few know just how long the struggle really was. Decades earlier, brave women began breaking the taboo of remaining silent at gatherings that included men. They began signing their names to petitions, flexing political muscle long before they had the vote. They wrote millions of words and published some of the most influential books and journals of their day. No one represents this early struggle -- the small triumphs and discouraging setbacks -- better than Clarina Howard Nichols (1810-1885), the Vermont newspaper publisher whose speeches made a powerful case for equality. Nichols, herself the victim of a failed marriage, was a magnet to abused and mistreated women and was their advocate at a time when her sex was just beginning to speak up. And when she felt progress wasn't coming soon enough, she moved west, to Bleeding Kansas, where she would make history and show the world that feminism could thrive on the frontier.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780966925883
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Curls, Curls, Curls! Your Go-To Guide for Rocking Curly Hair-Plus Tutorials for 60 Fabulous Looks
Styles and products just for curly girls, including information on natural hair care.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9781452158341
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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey
Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions of Turkey and the conflicts between secularism and fundamentalism. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Cousteau? A stage actress? Would it be possible to please everyone including herself? In her unpredictable and funny graphic memoir, Ozge recounts her story using inventive collages, weaving together images of the sea, politics, science, and friendship. -
Dark Night: A True Batman Story
Walking home one evening, legendary Batman writer, Paul Dini, was jumped and viciously beaten. Through the darkest moments of his recovery, he always imagined the Batman at his side.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781401241438
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Deep Dark Fears
A collection of fears - some gruesome, some funny, some bizarre - submitted by the author and readers.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781607748151
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Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-tech Toilets and Maid Cafes
Travel with Christine as she explores Japanese food and culture in this illustrated journal.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9784805313961
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Die Young with Me: A Memoir
A story of punk rock, first love, cancer and the incredible power of music to get us through the hardest times in our lives. Rufus details his brave fight for his life in this tender and contemplative memoir.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2017
- ISBN: 9781501142611
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Discovering Wes Moore
Wes Moore grew up in poverty, but through his supportive family and discipline learned in military school was able to graduate college and become a Rhodes Scholar. As an adult, he learns of another Wes Moore whose childhood resembled his, but who ended u
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The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
Reyna longs for her family to be reunited after her mother and father leave Mexico for the United States, but when she is finally able to join them, it is not the happy reunion she expects.
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Elena Vanishing
Well-written and compelling, this title focuses on several mental illnesses including OCD, in addition to Anorexia. As a memoir, there is a depth and grit only found in personal accounts and does not gloss over how difficult it is to treat this illness.
- Nonfiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781452152141
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Everything is Teeth
Evie Wyld's deeply moving graphic memoir about family, love, loss, and the irresistible forces that, like the sharks that captivated her imagination, course through life unseen, ready to emerge at any moment.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781101870815
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Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game
Softball is played by tens of millions in various age groups all around the world, but the origins of this beloved sport (and the charismatic athletes who helped it achieve prominence in the mid-twentieth century) have been shrouded in mystery…until now. Fastpitch brings to vivid life the eclectic mix of characters that make up softball's vibrant 129-year history. From its humble beginnings in 1887, when it was invented in a Chicago boat club and played with a broomstick, to the rise in the 1940s and 1950s of professional-caliber, company-sponsored teams that toured the country in style, softball's history is as varied as it is fascinating. Though it's thought of today as a female sport, fastpitch softball's early history is full of male stars, such as the vaudeville-esque Eddie Feigner, whose signature move was striking out batters while blindfolded. But because softball was one of the only team sports that also allowed women to play competitively, it took on added importance for female athletes. Women like Bertha Ragan Tickey, who set strikeout records and taught Lana Turner to pitch, and her teammate Joan Joyce, who struck out baseball star Ted Williams, made a name—and a life—for themselves in an era when female athletes had almost no prospects. Softball allowed them to flourish, and they in turn inspired a whole new generation of athletes.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781501118593
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Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word
A discussion of feminism, what it is, what it isn't, and why it is important.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9781467761475
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Filmish: a Graphic Journey Through Film
Ross's cartoon alter ego guides readers through the annals of cinematic history, introducing some of the strange and fascinating concepts at work in the movies and tackles serious issues—sexuality, race, censorship, propaganda—with authority and wit.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781910593035
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Flying Couch: a Graphic Memoir.
This graphic memoir/coming-of-age narrative captures three generations of Jewish women.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781936787289
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Frightlopedia: An Encyclopedia of Everything Scary, Creepy, and Spine-Chilling, from Arachnids to Zombies
An A-Z guide to creepy, scary, and unsettling creatures and phenomena.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9780761183792
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Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History
Based on the Instagram account @TheUnsungHeroines, a celebration of the pioneering, forgotten female athletes of the twentieth century that features rarely seen photos and new interviews with past and present game changers including Abby Wambach and Cari Champion. Two years ago, filmmaker Molly Schiot began the Instagram account @TheUnsungHeroines, posting a photo each day of a female athlete who had changed the face of sports around the globe in the pre-Title IX age. These women paved the way for Serena Williams, Carli Lloyd, and Lindsey Vonn, yet few today know who they are. Slowly but surely, the account gained a following, and the result is Game Changers, a beautifully illustrated collection of these trailblazers' rarely-before-seen photos and stories. Featuring icons Althea Gibson and Wyomia Tyus, complete unknowns Trudy Beck and Conchita Cintron, policymaker Margaret Dunkle, sportswriter Lisa Olson, and many more, Game Changers gives these “founding mothers” the attention and recognition they deserve, and features critical conversations between past and present gamechangers—including former US Women's National Soccer Team captain Abby Wambach and SportsCenter anchor Cari Champion—about what it means to be a woman on and off the field. Inspiring, empowering, and unforgettable, Game Changers is the perfect gift for anyone who has a love of the game.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781501137099
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The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens & Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
This is a workbook designed to help young adults explore gender identity and its intersectionalities.- Nonfiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781626252974
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers', calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘coloured computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War and the women's rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures' interweaves a rich history of mankind's greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780062363596
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
Active in politics from a young age, Hillary Clinton has maintained her commitment to public service while serving as First Lady of Arkansas and of the U.S, and as New York Senator and U.S. Secretary of State. Blumenthal presents an honest, well-rounded a- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781250115119
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Caitlin and Martin couldn't have been farther apart – she in Pennsylvania, he in Zimbabwe. As pen pals, the mail became magic, and enabled a miracle to happen to them both.
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The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded
Mathematician and pioneer of computer science, Alan Turing, cracked the Enigma Code aiding in WWII's conclusion. Persecuted for his sexual orientation, his life comes to a catastrophic end.- Nonfiction, Graphic Novel, Biography
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017, Rainbow Book List - Graphic Novels 2017
- ISBN: 9781419718939
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In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
After Diane Guerrero returned home from school one day to find her family deported, the 14-year-old went on to combat self-injury and suicidal thoughts, finish her education, and to become a successful actress and citizenship activist.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2017
- ISBN: 9781627795272
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
In a clear-eyed, well-researched work, Davis looks at the relationship between five enslaved persons and the former presidents who considered them property. In weaving together the story of these lives, Davis explains the contradiction between America's f- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781627793117
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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
Master of Japanese horror manga Junji Ito presents a series of hissterical tales chronicling the real-life trials and tribulations of becoming a cat owner.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017
- ISBN: 9781632361974
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Lazy Crafternoon
Enjoy an afternoon creating inexpensive and simple crafts that are sure to impress.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2017
- ISBN: 9781623707514
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LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality
The stories of LGBTQ+ athletes, past and present, who have struggled for inclusion in competitive sports.- Nonfiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781467780124
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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Life in Motion is a memoir from the first African American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theater.
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
This is a beautiful, inspirational memoir of a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. She is lucky in that she has parents that support her independence and education; many others are not so lucky.
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Popular: How a Geek in Pearls Discovered the Secret to Confidence
An 8th grade girl uses a 1950's popularity guide in a modern quest to become more popular.
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Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
In 1934, Irène Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity. This breakthrough allowed scientists to modify elements and create new ones by altering the structure of atoms. Curie shared a Nobel Prize with her husband for their work. But when she was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the academy denied her admission and voted to disqualify all women from membership. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to a brilliant leap of understanding that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner's unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atom bomb, yet her achievement was left unrecognized by the Nobel committee in favor of that of her male colleague.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781616204150
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Reproductive Rights: Who Decides?
Throughout history, men and women have always found ways to control reproduction. In some ancient societies, people turned to herbs or traditional rituals. Others turned to methods that are still used in the twenty-first century, such as abstinence, condoms, and abortions. Legislating access to birth control, sex education, and abortion is also not new. In 1873 the US Congress made it illegal to mail 'obscene, lewd, or lascivious materials'--including any object designed for contraception or to induce abortion. In some states in the 1900s, it was illegal for Americans to possess, sell, advertise, or even speak about methods of controlling pregnancy. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and others began to defy these laws and advocate for the legalization of birth control and for better women's reproductive healthcare. By 1960 doctors had developed the Pill, but it wasn't until 1972 that all US citizens had legal access to birth control. And in the landmark decision Roe v Wade (1973), the US Supreme Court ruled that women had a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. Disputes over contraception, sex education, and abortion continue to roil the nation, leading to controversial legal and political rulings and occasionally violence. As society changes--and as new reproductive technologies expand the possibilities for controlling and initiating pregnancy--Americans will continue to debate reproductive rights for all.- Nonfiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Nonfiction 2017
- ISBN: 9781467741873
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Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
Bushido, or samurai culture, has been widely explored in film and literature; here, its origins are presented for a teen audience with the tale of the "ultimate samurai," Minamoto Yoshitsune. A fast-paced and unexpectedly funny tale filled with family feu- Nonfiction
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781580895842