Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: TeensNonfiction

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Other Names: Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books for Teens
87 Works 19,489 Books 1,024 Reviews 4.1
Stages:
All, No Stage (628)
Categories:
All, Fiction (419), Graphic Novels and Manga (122), Nonfiction (87)
Years:
All, 2023 (8), 2022 (9), 2021 (9), 2020 (12), 2019 (7), 2018 (6), 2017 (7), 2016 (6), 2015 (6), 2014 (10), 2008 (7)

No Stage 87

WorkYear
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger2023
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown2023
In Limbo: A Graphic Memoir by Deb JJ Lee2023
Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing by Suzanne Methot2023
Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer2023
A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars by Hakeem Oluseyi2023
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Germany by Steve Sheinkin2023
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater2023
Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens by Luvvie Ajayi Jones2022
Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming2022
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao2022
Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox2022
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon2022
Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely2022
Queer Ducks and Other Animals: The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer2022
Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith2022
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor2022
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert2021
Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood by Brittney C. Cooper2021
When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them by Jesse Freidin2021
Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human by Erika Moen2021
Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi2021
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis2021
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer2021
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Alice Wong2021
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo2021
Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States by Marke Bieschke2020
This Is What I Know About Art (Pocket Change Collective) by Kimberly Drew2020
The New Queer Conscience (Pocket Change Collective) by Adam Eli2020
Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott2020
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson2020
Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective) by Amyra León2020
Imaginary Borders (Pocket Change Collective) by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez2020
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo2020
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds2020
Taking on the Plastics Crisis (Pocket Change Collective) by Hannah Testa2020
The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color by Virgie Tovar2020
Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective) by Alok Vaid-Menon2020
SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson2019
Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard by Alex Bertie2019
Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw2019
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes2019
Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson2019
The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce by Angie Manfredi2019
The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults): Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America by Lauren Markham2019
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu2018
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni2018
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield2018
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka2018
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero2018
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi2018
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Aronson2017
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman2017
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World by Kelly Jensen2017
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager2017
GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You by Karen Rayne2017
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater2017
How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana2017
Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh2016
The V-Word: True Stories about First-Time Sex by Amber J. Keyser2016
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs2016
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin2016
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner2016
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace2016
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights by Ann Bausum2015
The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp by James M. Deem2015
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose2015
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs2015
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin2015
The Anatomy of Curiosity by Maggie Stiefvater2015
Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews2014
Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights by Larry Dane Brimner2014
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman2014
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming2014
Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America by Russell Freedman2014
Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition by Katie Rain Hill2014
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin2014
How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson2014
Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life by Catherine Reef2014
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery by Abby Sher2014
Gay America : Struggle for equality by Linas Alsenas2008
War Is...: Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War by Marc Aronson2008
ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool: a year in an american high school by Elisha Cooper2008
Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers by Betsy Franco2008
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin2008
Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose by Naomi Shihab Nye2008
Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life by Linda Sivertsen2008

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