War Is...: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War
10 best books like War Is...: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War (Marc Aronson): Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI, Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting, Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary, I Want To Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin's Russia, Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities, Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing, Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case, Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement, Chosen - Graphic Novel, No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
| Author | Ryan Smithson |
| ISBN | 0061664685 |
In this extraordinary and harrowing memoir, follow one GI’s tour of duty as Ryan Smithson brings readers inside a world that few understand.
This is no ordinary teenager’s story. Instead of opting for college life, Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was seventeen. Two years...
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
| Author | Jim Murphy |
| ISBN | 0545130492 |
Two-time Newbery Honor Book author Jim Murphy writes a stunning nonfiction masterpiece about a Christmas miracle on the Western Front during World War I.On July 29th 1914, the world's peace was shattered as the artillery of the Austria-Hungary Empire began shelling the troops of the country to its...
| Author | Elizabeth Partridge |
| ISBN | 0670011894 |
An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning author Only 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama.
Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you straight...
I Want To Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin's Russia
| Author | Nina Lugovskaya |
| ISBN | 0618605754 |
Recently unearthed in the archives of Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD, Nina Lugovskaya’s diary offers rare insight into the life of a teenage girl in Stalin’s Russia—when fear of arrest was a fact of daily life. Like Anne Frank, thirteen-year-old Nina is conscious of the extraordinary dangers...
Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities
| Author | Chris Barton |
| ISBN | 0803733100 |
True crime, desperation, fraud, and adventure: From the impoverished young woman who enchanted nineteenth-century British society as a faux Asian princess, to the sixteen-year-old boy who "stole" a subway train in 1993, to the lonely but clever Frank Abagnale of Catch Me if You Can fame, these ten...
| Author | Ann Angel |
| ISBN | 0810983494 |
Forty years after her death, Janis Joplin remains among the most compelling and influential figures in rock-and-roll history. Her story—told here with depth and sensitivity by author Ann Angel—is one of a girl who struggled against rules and limitations, yet worked diligently to improve as...
| Author | Chris Crowe |
| ISBN | 0803728042 |
The kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955. Likely showing off to friends, Emmett allegedly whistled at a white...
| Author | Ann Bausum |
| ISBN | 0792241738 |
Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that enabled these young men to meet as Freedom Riders...
| Author | Ted Dekker |
| ISBN | 1595546030 |
Think with your heart and prepare to die for you have been chosen.
The land of the Forest Dwellers has been decimated by the Horde under the watchful eye of the vilest of all creatures, Teeleh. Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, is forced to lower the recruitment age of...
| Author | Susan Kuklin |
| ISBN | 0805079505 |
No Choirboy takes readers inside America's prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices—raw and uncensored—they talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also...
Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of a little boy
"Uptown . . .
Harlem, New York.
Chicken and waffles.
Jazz.
Home."
Uptown is a rich mix of flavors, colors, sounds,...
| Author | Pam Calvert |
| ISBN | 1570918902 |
This book is a continuation of the King and Queen's life 10 years later and their son Peter is the main character. Rumpelstiltskin seeks revenge and returns to the castle to steal Peter and cause mayhem among the castle and the village. Rumpelstiltskin multiplies the king's nose by 6 and 4 branches by...
| Author | Harry Mazer |
| ISBN | 0440947979 |
In 1944, as World War II is raging across Europe, fifteen-year-old Jack Raab dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York City, his family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false I.D. and lies his way into the U.S. Air Force.From their base in England, he and his crew fly twenty-four treacherous bombing...
| Author | Angela Johnson |
| ISBN | 0142405442 |
How do you use the gift of a heart which isn't yours? How does one beg the most important question when they couldn't stand to hear the answer either way?
Bird is a leisurely-paced novella that centers around three teens who all are still coping with tragedies faded but still visible - divorce,...
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 0375841970 |
Discover the true story of P.T. Barnum, the man who created the world-famous Barnum & Bailey Circus, as featured in the movie The Greatest Showman!
The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost, and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life...
| Author | Deborah Ellis |
| ISBN | 0888999070 |
USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List
In this book, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war -- Iraqi children. She interviews young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few who are trying to build new lives in North America....
| Author | Tim Flannery |
| ISBN | 0763636568 |
Every young person who cares about preserving the planet needs to know what’s inside this book — and follow the authors’ call to action.
First published for an adult readership, THE WEATHER MAKERS received critical kudos for its solid science and powerful message. Now this accessible...
An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
| Author | Elaine Marie Alphin |
| ISBN | 0822589443 |
I hardly know what to say about this one. An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank is in all probability the best nonfiction book I've ever read. It takes an old, generally forgotten court case from the dusty annals of the history of the American justice system and forms from...
| Author | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent |
| ISBN | 0802728464 |
When the news of the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound broke, the SEAL team member that stole the show was a highly trained canine companion. Throughout history, dogs have been key contributors to military units. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent follows man's best friend onto the battlefield, showing readers...
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
| Author | Karen Blumenthal |
| ISBN | 0689859570 |
Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls play basketball or ice hockey or soccer? Can girls become lawyers or doctors or engineers?
Of course they can...
today. But just a few decades ago, opportunities for girls were far more limited, not because they weren't...
| Author | Mercer Mayer |
| ISBN | 0060835567 |
Little Critter has a day off from school!
When Little Critter® feels just a little sick, Mom lets him stay home from school. Hooray! But between visiting the doctor and staying inside all day, missing school is not what Little Critter expected.
Just a Little Sick is a simple story—perfect...
Profiling: The Psychology of Catching Killers
| Author | David L. Owen |
| ISBN | 1554077257 |
The true stories of how professional profilers help catch serial killers.
Profiling reveals the confidential arsenal of tactics that real-life FBI investigators used to solve some of the most horrific murders in modern history. It begins with an overview of how profiling was first developed...
Boys Who Rocked The World: Heroes from King Tut to Bruce Lee
| Author | Michelle R. McCann |
| ISBN | 1582703310 |
A fully updated, comprehensive collection of true, inspirational profiles of successful young men from throughout history who made their mark on the world before age twenty.
Boys Who Rocked The World introduces readers to forty-five movers and shakers who rocked the world. A variety of...
