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King of the Mild Frontier

by Chris Crutcher

Do You Know:

  • A good reason to be phobic about oysters and olives?
  • That you can step inside a roaring coal furnace and feet cool?
  • That Jesus had an older brother?
  • How shutting your mouth can help you avoid brain...

The Boy on Fairfield Street

by Kathleen Krull, Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher

Award-winning author Kathleen Krull zeros in on the formative first 22 years of the life of Ted Geisel. This is the first picture book biography of Dr. Seuss, written especially for his young fans who want to...


Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman

by Marc Tyler Nobleman & Ross Macdonald

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of...


The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano

by Ann Cameron

Kidnapped at the age of 11 from his home in Benin, Africa, Olaudah Equiano spent the next 11 years as a slave in England, the U.S., and the West Indies, until he was able to buy his freedom. His autobiography,...


Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves

by Miranda Kenneally & E. Kristin Anderson

Dear Teen Me includes reflections and advice from over 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics,...


The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne

by Catherine Reef

After exploring the world of Jane Austen, Catherine Reef now turns her attention to the tragically short but utterly fascinating lives of the Brontë sisters--Charlotte (author of Jane Eyre), Emily (Wuthering...


Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats

by Gary Paulsen

Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix something, save the boat, save myself.

But what?

Gary Paulsen takes readers along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be...


Maya Angelou: A Biography of an Award-Winning Poet and Civil Rights Activist

by Donna Brown Agins

From the child raised by her grandmother in a small village in Arkansas to the writer known as National Treasure, Angelou has lived a remarkable life. She rose from pain and poverty to achieve success as a dancer,...


Toni Morrison: A Biography of a Nobel Prize-Winning Writer

by Barbara Kramer

In TONI MORRISON: A BIOGRAPHY OF A NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING WRITER, author Barbara Kramer explores the life and career of this talented writer. From her childhood in Loraine, Ohio, to her creative expressions of...


Walter Dean Myers: A Biography of an Award-Winning Urban Fiction Author

by Denise M. Jordan

Walter Dean Myers tells it like it is in his award-winning novels about urban teenagers with real problems. With humor and a keen ear for dialogue, Myers creates characters that speak directly to today's teens....


Who Was Mark Twain?: Who Was?

by April Jones Prince & Nancy Harrison

A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has...


Looking Back: A Book of Memories

by Lois Lowry

"I would like to introduce you to this book. It has no plot. It is about moments, memories, fragments, falsehoods, and fantasies. It is about things that happened, which caused other things to happen, so that...


The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey

by Louise W. Borden & Allan Drummond

In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southern France with children’s book manuscripts among their few...


Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey

by Daniel Keyes

In Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes created an unlikely duo-a laboratory mouse and a man-who captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world. Now, in Algernon, Charlie, and I, Keyes reveals his...


A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

by Marion Dane Bauer

Explores the influences that led the author to become a writer, including the importance of inspiration.


Jane Austen: A Life Revealed

by Catherine Reef

Catherine Reef takes an intimate peek at Austen’s life and innermost feelings, interweaving her narrative with well-crafted digests of each of Austen’s published novels. The end result is a book that is...


Poems from the Madhouse

by Sandy Jeffs

A powerful collection of poetry about schizophrenia, with an introduction for young people, discussing the causes/effects .


Nowolipie Street

by Józef Hen & Krystyna Boron

Hen's memoir is about growing up in a middle-class Jewish family in Warsaw during the 1920's and 30's, up through the first few months of the German occupation. Nowolipie Street, where Hen lived as a child and...


A Girl Named Faithful Plum: The True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream

by Richard Bernstein

In 1977, when Zhongmei Lei was eleven years old, she learned that the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy was having open auditions. She'd already taken dance lessons, but everyone said a poor country girl would...


Dr. Seuss: Young Author and Artist

by Kathleen Kudlinski & Meryl Henderson

One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily...