YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2019
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2010 -- honoring the best nonfiction book published for young adults
Sponsored by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
- 804 Resources including
- 57 Videos
- 73 Book Readings
- 56 Lesson Plans
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The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
by Candace Fleming(Finalist, 2015)
32 Resources11 Awards
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
by Margarita Engle(Finalist, 2016)
29 Resources9 Awards
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
by Steve Sheinkin(Finalist, 2015)
26 Resources9 Awards
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
by M.T. Anderson(Finalist, 2016)
26 Resources8 Awards
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
by Phillip Hoose(Finalist, 2013)
24 Resources9 Awards
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
by Dashka Slater(Finalist, 2018)
24 Resources7 Awards
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
by Tanya Lee Stone(Finalist, 2010)
23 Resources8 Awards
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin(Winner, 2013)
22 Resources8 Awards
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hinds(Finalist, 2017)
22 Resources4 Awards
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
by Cynthia Y. Levinson(Finalist, 2013)
21 Resources7 Awards
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos(Finalist, 2018)
21 Resources4 Awards
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
by Elizabeth Partridge(Finalist, 2019)
21 Resources8 Awards
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
by Tanya Lee Stone(Finalist, 2014)
20 Resources7 Awards
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Steve Sheinkin(Winner, 2016)
20 Resources10 Awards
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy(Finalist, 2018)
19 Resources6 Awards
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
by Deborah Heiligman(Winner, 2010)
17 Resources4 Awards
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos(Finalist, 2012)
17 Resources2 Awards
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, 4 Presidents, & 5 Black Lives
by Kenneth C. Davis(Finalist, 2017)
16 Resources4 Awards
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery
by Steve Sheinkin(Winner, 2012)
15 Resources4 Awards
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (with a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
by Sue Macy(Finalist, 2012)
15 Resources3 Awards
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb(Winner, 2014)
15 Resources5 Awards
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti(Finalist, 2011)
13 Resources6 Awards
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
by John Hendrix(Finalist, 2019)
13 Resources4 Awards
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
by Sally M. Walker(Finalist, 2010)
12 Resources4 Awards
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
by Candace Fleming and Ray Fenwick(Finalist, 2010)
12 Resources2 Awards
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
by Karen Blumenthal(Finalist, 2012)
12 Resources3 Awards
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
by Martin W. Sandler(Finalist, 2018)
12 Resources5 Awards
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - And Won!
by Emily Arnold McCully(Finalist, 2015)
11 Resources3 Awards
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
by Karen Blumenthal(Finalist, 2017)
10 Resources1 Award
First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race
by Tim Grove(Finalist, 2016)
9 Resources2 Awards
The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
by James L. Swanson(Finalist, 2014)
8 Resources2 Awards
This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon
by Nancy Plain(Finalist, 2016)
7 Resources1 Award
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
by Rick Bowers(Finalist, 2011)
6 Resources1 Award
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
by Martin W. Sandler(Finalist, 2014)
6 Resources3 Awards
