Summer of Nonfiction: Young Adult
In my Summer of Nonfiction: Young Adult list, I tried to include a diverse list of titles including personal memoirs, major historical events, and a few titles about events or people you might not even be aware of! As with my middle grade nonfiction list, there could be a number of other titles on this list. And many of these authors are known for writing quality nonfiction titles, so if you like someone’s voice, check out what else they’ve written!
In addition, if you’re looking for some other titles, check out the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults and the CYBILS.
Booklist
- The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
- Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi
- The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
- The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
- Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
- March: Book One by John Lewis
- Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth E. Wein
- Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
- Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling
I’m so excited to try something new this summer! I’m going to be highlighting nonfiction titles for a variety of age groups and in different styles. I plan on creating lists for different age groups – picture books, middle grade, and young adult. Plus, I’d like to take a look at format as well – books filled with facts, narrative non-fiction, and graphic novel format as well.
