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YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2019

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

Resources for this booklist include:

  • 54 Videos
  • 72 Book Readings
  • 55 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 752 resources

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March Book Three
March Book Three
  • by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
  • Multimedia Resources: 38
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    Family Romanov, The: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
    The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
  • by Candace Fleming
  • Multimedia Resources: 30
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    Hey, Kiddo
    Hey, Kiddo
  • by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  • Multimedia Resources: 29
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    Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
    Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
  • by Margarita Engle
  • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
    Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
  • by Phillip Hoose
  • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Port Chicago 50, The: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
    The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
  • by Steve Sheinkin
  • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    57 Bus, The: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
    The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
  • by Dashka Slater
  • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
    Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
  • by M.T. Anderson
  • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
    Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
  • by Tanya Lee Stone
  • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
    Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
  • by Phillip Hoose
  • Multimedia Resources: 22
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    Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
    Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
  • by Steve Sheinkin
  • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
  • by Steve Sheinkin
  • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
    Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
  • by Deborah Heiligman
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
    Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
  • by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
    Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
  • by Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hinds
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2017)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2017)
    SLJ Best Books (Selection, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
    Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
  • by Elizabeth Partridge
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
    We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
  • by Cynthia Y. Levinson
  • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
    Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
  • by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2012)
    SLJ Best Books (Selection, 2010)
  • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
    Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
  • by Tanya Lee Stone
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
    Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
  • by Deborah Heiligman
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
    #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
  • by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
  • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, 4 Presidents, & 5 Black Lives
    In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, 4 Presidents, & 5 Black Lives
  • by Kenneth C. Davis
  • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (with a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
    Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (with a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
  • by Sue Macy
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2012)
    Amelia Bloomer (Commended, 2012)
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Notorious Benedict Arnold, The: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery
    The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery
  • by Steve Sheinkin
  • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Unwanted, The: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
    The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
  • by Don Brown
  • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, The
    The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
  • by Sonia Sotomayor
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2019)
    CSMCL Best Books (Selection, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Nazi Hunters, The: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
    The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
  • by Neal Bascomb
  • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
    Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
  • by Deborah Hopkinson
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2013)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2013)
    Sibert Medal (Honor, 2013)
  • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
    They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
  • by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
  • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Great and Only Barnum, The: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
    The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
  • by Candace Fleming and Ray Fenwick
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2010)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2010)
  • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
    Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
  • by Sally M. Walker
  • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Faithful Spy, The: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
    The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
  • by John Hendrix
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2019)
    SLJ Best Books (Selection, 2018)
  • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Whydah, The: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
    The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found
  • by Martin W. Sandler
  • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Laughing at My Nightmare
    Laughing at My Nightmare
  • by Shane Burcaw
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2015)
  • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - And Won!
    Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - And Won!
  • by Emily Arnold McCully
  • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
    Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
  • by Karen Blumenthal
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2012)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2012)
    SLJ Best Books (Selection, 2011)
  • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
    Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
  • by Karen Blumenthal
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2017)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
    Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
  • by Maya Van Wagenen
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Winner, 2015)
    Junior Library Guild (Selection, 2014)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    President Has Been Shot!, The: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
    The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
  • by James L. Swanson
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2014)
    Notable Social Studies (Selection, 2014)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different
    Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different
  • by Karen Blumenthal
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2013)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2013)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
    Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
  • by Ann Angel
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Winner, 2011)
  • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race
    First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race
  • by Tim Grove
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2016)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design
    Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design
  • by Chip Kidd
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2014)
    ALSC Notables (Commended, 2014)
    SLJ Best Books (Selection, 2013)
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein
    Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein
  • by Susan Goldman Rubin
  • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
    This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
  • by Linda Barrett Osborne
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon
    This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon
  • by Nancy Plain
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2016)
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Dark Game, The: True Spy Stories
    The Dark Game: True Spy Stories
  • by Paul B. Janeczko
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2011)
  • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
    Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
  • by Martin W. Sandler
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2014)
    Notable Social Studies (Selection, 2014)
  • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
    Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
  • by Rick Bowers
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2011)
  • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates
    Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates
  • by Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw
    • YALSA Nonfiction Award (Finalist, 2011)
  • Multimedia Resources: 3
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