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SJPL Picks: YA Historical Nonfiction

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Take a trip through history with these YA nonfiction books! Includes graphic novels.

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19 items

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Rising From the Ashes

Rising From the Ashes

Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and A City on Fire

by Yoo, Paula

Book - 2024

Also available as an eBook. In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal be...Show more Also available as an eBook. In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal beating of a Black man, Rodney King, Los Angeles was torn apart. Thousands of fires were set, causing more than a billion dollars in damage. In neighborhoods abandoned by the police, protestors and storeowners exchanged gunfire. More than 12,000 people were arrested and 2,400 injured. Sixty-three died. In Rising from the Ashes, award-winning author Paula Yoo draws on the experience of the city's Korean American community to narrate and illuminate this uprising, from the racism that created economically disadvantaged neighborhoods torn by drugs and gang-related violence, to the tensions between the city's minority communities. Show less

Also available as an eBook. In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal be...Show more Also available as an eBook. In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal beating of a Black man, Rodney King, Los Angeles was torn apart. Thousands of fires were set, causing more than a billion dollars in damage. In neighborhoods abandoned by the police, protestors and storeowners exchanged gunfire. More than 12,000 people were arrested and 2,400 injured. Sixty-three died. In Rising from the Ashes, award-winning author Paula Yoo draws on the experience of the city's Korean American community to narrate and illuminate this uprising, from the racism that created economically disadvantaged neighborhoods torn by drugs and gang-related violence, to the tensions between the city's minority communities. Show less

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Whose Right Is It?

Whose Right Is It?

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equality

by Bajramovic, Hana

Book - 2024

This important and timely investigation of the Fourteenth Amendment, born in the years after the Civil War, and the impact it's had — and continues to hav...Show more This important and timely investigation of the Fourteenth Amendment, born in the years after the Civil War, and the impact it's had — and continues to have — on our rights as citizens looks at three famous cases, separated by decades, that were decided under the Fourteenth Amendment. Show less

This important and timely investigation of the Fourteenth Amendment, born in the years after the Civil War, and the impact it's had — and continues to hav...Show more This important and timely investigation of the Fourteenth Amendment, born in the years after the Civil War, and the impact it's had — and continues to have — on our rights as citizens looks at three famous cases, separated by decades, that were decided under the Fourteenth Amendment. Show less

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Shift Happens

Shift Happens

The History of Labor in the United States

by Mann, J. Albert

Book - 2024

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. This eye-opening and engaging history of the worker actions that brought us weekends, pay equality, desegregati...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. This eye-opening and engaging history of the worker actions that brought us weekends, pay equality, desegregation, an end to child labor and more documents how the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens. Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. This eye-opening and engaging history of the worker actions that brought us weekends, pay equality, desegregati...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. This eye-opening and engaging history of the worker actions that brought us weekends, pay equality, desegregation, an end to child labor and more documents how the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens. Show less

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American Wings

American Wings

Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

by Smith, Sherri L.

Book - 2024

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II. Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A nonfiction account of a group of determined Black Americans who created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side in the period between World Wars I and II. Show less

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America Redux

America Redux

Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History

by Aberg-Riger, Ariel

Book - 2023

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that reverberate in our society to this very day--from the role of celebrity in immigration policy to the influence of one small group of white women on education to the effects of "progress" on housing and the environment, to the inspiring force of collective action and mutual aid across decades and among diverse groups Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that reverberate in our society to this very day--from the role of celebrity in immigration policy to the influence of one small group of white women on education to the effects of "progress" on housing and the environment, to the inspiring force of collective action and mutual aid across decades and among diverse groups Show less

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83 Days in Mariupol

83 Days in Mariupol

A War Diary

by Brown, Don

Book - 2023

Graphic Novel. Also available as an eBook. Focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb '22 - May '22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against Russian forces as well as the resulting effects on global politics. Graphic Novel. Also available as an eBook. Focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb '22 - May '22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against Russian forces as well as the resulting effects on global politics. Show less

Graphic Novel. Also available as an eBook. Focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb '22 - May '22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against Russian forces as well as the resulting effects on global politics. Graphic Novel. Also available as an eBook. Focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb '22 - May '22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against Russian forces as well as the resulting effects on global politics. Show less

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Terrible Typhoid Mary

Terrible Typhoid Mary

A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Book - 2023

Also available as an eBook. With archival photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting biography looks beyond the tabloid scandal of M...Show more Also available as an eBook. With archival photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting biography looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary Mallon really was. How did her name become synonymous with deadly disease? What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? And who is really responsible for the lasting legacy of Typhoid Mary? Terrible Typhoid Mary also examines extreme public health measures at the time and public misconceptions around disease. Show less

Also available as an eBook. With archival photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting biography looks beyond the tabloid scandal of M...Show more Also available as an eBook. With archival photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting biography looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary Mallon really was. How did her name become synonymous with deadly disease? What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? And who is really responsible for the lasting legacy of Typhoid Mary? Terrible Typhoid Mary also examines extreme public health measures at the time and public misconceptions around disease. Show less

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The Brontës of Haworth Moor

The Brontës of Haworth Moor

How the Three Daughters of A Country Parson Became the Most Revolutionary Novelists of Their Time

by Browning, Diane

Book - 2023

Also available as an eBook. This fascinating work shares the intimate details of the Brontë sisters' lives and reveals how their imagination, creativity, and passion helped them achieve their childhood dreams of being published authors. Also available as an eBook. This fascinating work shares the intimate details of the Brontë sisters' lives and reveals how their imagination, creativity, and passion helped them achieve their childhood dreams of being published authors. Show less

Also available as an eBook. This fascinating work shares the intimate details of the Brontë sisters' lives and reveals how their imagination, creativity, and passion helped them achieve their childhood dreams of being published authors. Also available as an eBook. This fascinating work shares the intimate details of the Brontë sisters' lives and reveals how their imagination, creativity, and passion helped them achieve their childhood dreams of being published authors. Show less

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Men of the 65th

Men of the 65th

The Borinqueneers of the Korean War

by Aikens-Nunez, Talia

Book - 2023

Available as an eBook. Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nunez shares the histor...Show more Available as an eBook. Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nunez shares the history of these soldiers and the discrimination they faced as they served their country during the largest court martial of the Korean War. Show less

Available as an eBook. Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nunez shares the histor...Show more Available as an eBook. Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nunez shares the history of these soldiers and the discrimination they faced as they served their country during the largest court martial of the Korean War. Show less

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The Women Who Built Hollywood

The Women Who Built Hollywood

12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera

by Rubin, Susan Goldman

Book - 2023

In the early twentieth century, women from all walks of life fought against sexism and racism to succeed in Hollywood as actors, directors, costume design...Show more In the early twentieth century, women from all walks of life fought against sexism and racism to succeed in Hollywood as actors, directors, costume designers, editors, and stunt women. From well-known, glamorous starlets like Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, to under-appreciated trailblazers like Anna May Wong and Hattie McDaniel, acclaimed author Susan Goldman Rubin shows that movies wouldn't be the same without the women who succeeded against the odds and built Hollywood from the ground up. Show less

In the early twentieth century, women from all walks of life fought against sexism and racism to succeed in Hollywood as actors, directors, costume design...Show more In the early twentieth century, women from all walks of life fought against sexism and racism to succeed in Hollywood as actors, directors, costume designers, editors, and stunt women. From well-known, glamorous starlets like Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, to under-appreciated trailblazers like Anna May Wong and Hattie McDaniel, acclaimed author Susan Goldman Rubin shows that movies wouldn't be the same without the women who succeeded against the odds and built Hollywood from the ground up. Show less

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American Murderer

American Murderer

The Parasite That Haunted the South

by Jarrow, Gail

Book - 2022

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Although hookworm was eventually controlled in the United States, the parasite remains a serious health problem throughout the world. Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Although hookworm was eventually controlled in the United States, the parasite remains a serious health problem throughout the world. Show less

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Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies

Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies

Unsung Women of the Holocaust

by Swartz, Sarah Silberstein

Book - 2022

Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Show less

Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Show less

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From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry

From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry

The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

by Yoo, Paula

Book - 2021

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial—the first involving a crime against an Asian American—and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement. Show less

Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens...Show more Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial—the first involving a crime against an Asian American—and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement. Show less

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With Their Eyes

With Their Eyes

September 11th, the View From A High School at Ground Zero

Book - 2021

Also available as an eBook. The students of Stuyvesant High School, located a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, provide a dramatization of the events of September 11, 2001 from their perspectives. Also available as an eBook. The students of Stuyvesant High School, located a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, provide a dramatization of the events of September 11, 2001 from their perspectives. Show less

Also available as an eBook. The students of Stuyvesant High School, located a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, provide a dramatization of the events of September 11, 2001 from their perspectives. Also available as an eBook. The students of Stuyvesant High School, located a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, provide a dramatization of the events of September 11, 2001 from their perspectives. Show less

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Flowers in the Gutter

Flowers in the Gutter

The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis

by Gaddy, Kristina R.

Book - 2020

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of working-class young people in the Rhine Valley of Germany. T...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of working-class young people in the Rhine Valley of Germany. They faced off with Nazis during the Third Reich and suffered consequences for their resistance during and after World War II. Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of working-class young people in the Rhine Valley of Germany. T...Show more Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. The Edelweiss Pirates were a loosely organized group of working-class young people in the Rhine Valley of Germany. They faced off with Nazis during the Third Reich and suffered consequences for their resistance during and after World War II. Show less

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

by Mendoza, Jean

Book - 2019

Also available as an eBook. Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigen...Show more Also available as an eBook. Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history. Show less

Also available as an eBook. Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigen...Show more Also available as an eBook. Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history. Show less

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The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

by Fleming, Candace

Book - 2020

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh. Show less

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook. A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh. Show less

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Fever Year

Fever Year

The Killer Flu of 1918 : A Tragedy in Three Acts

by Brown, Don

Book - 2019

Graphic Novel. New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier t...Show more Graphic Novel. New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don't suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands . . . hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can't be dug quickly enough. What made the influenza of 1918 so exceptionally deadly--and what can modern science help us understand about this tragic episode in history? With a journalist's discerning eye for facts and an artist's instinct for true emotion, Sibert Honor recipient Don Brown sets out to answer these questions and more in Fever Year. Show less

Graphic Novel. New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier t...Show more Graphic Novel. New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don't suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands . . . hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can't be dug quickly enough. What made the influenza of 1918 so exceptionally deadly--and what can modern science help us understand about this tragic episode in history? With a journalist's discerning eye for facts and an artist's instinct for true emotion, Sibert Honor recipient Don Brown sets out to answer these questions and more in Fever Year. Show less

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The Grand Escape

The Grand Escape

The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century

by Bascomb, Neal

Book - 2018

The story of a group of Allied POWs in WWI who dared to escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden. The story of a group of Allied POWs in WWI who dared to escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden. Show less

The story of a group of Allied POWs in WWI who dared to escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden. The story of a group of Allied POWs in WWI who dared to escape from Germany's most notorious prison camp, Holzminden. Show less

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