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The Hole Story of the Doughnut

The Hole Story of the Doughnut

By: Pat Miller
Illustrated by:
 Vincent X. Kirsch
ISBN: 9780544319615
Bold Women in Montana History

Bold Women in Montana History

By: Beth Judy
ISBN: 9780878426768
Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education

Malala

By: Raphaelle Frier
Illustrated by:
 Aurelia Fronty
ISBN: 9781580897853
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Out of Wonder

By: Kwame Alexander; Chris Colderley
Illustrated by:
 Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9780763680947
100 Women Who Made History

100 Women Who Made History

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465456885
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

Wangari Maathai

By: Franck Prévot
Illustrated by:
 Aurélia Fronty
ISBN: 9781580896269
The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford

The Inventor’s Secret

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
 Jennifer Black Reinhardt
ISBN: 9781580896672
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine

Fearless Flyer

By: Heather Lang
Illustrated by:
 Raul Colon
ISBN: 9781620916506
Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World

Breakthrough

By: Jake Andraka with Matthew Lysiak
ISBN: 9780062369659
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention

Ben Franklin’s Big Splash

By: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by:
 S.D. Schindler
ISBN: 9781620914465
Ada’s Ideas

Ada’s Ideas

By: Fiona Robinson
ISBN: 9781419718724
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science

By: Diane Stanley
Illustrated by:
 Jessie Hartland
ISBN: 9781481452496
Women Who Launched the Computer Age

Women Who Launched the Computer Age

By: Laurie Calkhoven
Illustrated by:
 Alyssa Petersen
ISBN: 9781481470476
Undefeated

Undefeated

By: Steve Sheinkin
ISBN: 9781596439542
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

By: Gene Barretta
Illustrated by:
 Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9780062430168
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Zunon
ISBN: 9781481468244
The Youngest Marcher

The Youngest Marcher

By: Cynthia Levinson
Illustrated by:
 Vanessa Brantley Newton
ISBN: 9781481400701
Life in Motion

Life in Motion

By: Misty Copeland
ISBN: 9781481479790
Radiant Child

Radiant Child

By: Javaka Steptoe
ISBN: 9780316213882
Comics Confidential

Comics Confidential

By: Leonard S. Marcus
ISBN: 9780763659387
Women Heroes of World War II—The Pacific Theater

Women Heroes of World War II—The Pacific Theater

By: Kathryn J. Atwood
ISBN: 9781613731680
Marie Curie for Kids

Marie Curie for Kids

By: Amy O'Quinn
ISBN: 9781613733202
The Book of Heroines

The Book of Heroines

By: Stephanie Warren Drimmer
ISBN: 9781426325571
Preaching to the Chickens

Preaching to the Chickens

By: Jabari Asim
Illustrated by:
 E.B. Lewis
ISBN: 9780399168567
Charles Darwin’s Around-the-World Adventure

Charles Darwin’s Around-the-World Adventure

By: Jennifer Thermes
ISBN: 9781419721205
Every Falling Star

Every Falling Star

By: Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland
ISBN: 9781419721328
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall

Untamed

By: Anita Silvey
ISBN: 9781426315183
Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan

Lost Boy, Lost Girl

By: John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech with Michael S. Sweeney and Karen M. Kostyal
ISBN: 9781426307089
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

Some Writer!

By: Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780544319592
Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber

Christmas from Heaven

By: Tom Brokaw
Illustrated by:
 Robert T. Barrett
ISBN: 9781609077006
Shackleton’s Journey

Shackleton’s Journey

By: William Grill
Illustrated by:
 William Grill
ISBN: 9781909263109
Looking Back

Looking Back

By: Lois Lowry
ISBN: 9780544807969
National Geographic Readers: Ibn al-Haytham

National Geographic Readers

By: Libby Romero
ISBN: 9781426325007
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger

Let Your Voice Be Heard

By: Anita Silvey
ISBN: 9780547330129
Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed his Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service

Mountain Chef

By: Annette Bay Pimental
Illustrated by:
 Rich Lo
ISBN: 9781580897112
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

Being Jazz

By: Jazz Jennings
ISBN: 9780399554643
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

Tricky Vic

By: Greg Pizzoli
ISBN: 9780670016525
Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still

Nadia

By: Karlin Gray
Illustrated by:
 Christine Davenier
ISBN: 9780544319608
Weird but True Sports

Weird but True Sports

By: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9781426324673
Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong

Just a Lucky So and So

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
 James E. Ransome
ISBN: 9780823434282
Gabe: A Story of Me, My Dog, and the 1970s

Gabe

By: Shelley Gill
Illustrated by:
 Marc Scheff
ISBN: 9781570913549
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super Stream of Inventions

Whoosh!

By: Chris Barton
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781580892971
Will’s Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk

Will’s Words

By: Jane Sutcliffe
Illustrated by:
 John Shelley
Mercy

Mercy

By: Nancy Furstinger
Illustrated by:
 Vincent Desjardins
ISBN: 9780544650312
Hatshepsut of Egypt

Hatshepsut of Egypt

By: Shirin Yim Bridges
Illustrated by:
 Albert Nguyen
ISBN: 9780984509805
Artemisia of Carria

Artemisia of Carria

By: Shirin Yim Bridges
Illustrated by:
 Albert Nguyen
ISBN: 9780984509812
Njinga: “The Warrior Queen”

Njinga

By: Janie Havemeyer
Illustrated by:
 Peter Malone
ISBN: 9780983425663
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

By: Chris Barton
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9780802853790
The Kid from Diamond Street

The Kid from Diamond Street

By: Audrey Vernick
Illustrated by:
 Steven Salerno
ISBN: 9780544611634
Bobbie the Wonder Dog

Bobbie the Wonder Dog

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Carey Porter
ISBN: 9781943328369
Frida Kahlo (Little People, Big Dreams)

Frida Kahlo (Little People, Big Dreams)

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Gee Fan Eng
ISBN: 9781847807830
Voice of Freedom

Voice of Freedom

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
 Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9780763665319
Facing the Lion

Facing the Lion

By: Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton with Herman Viola
ISBN: 9780792272977
Bold Women in Indiana History

Bold Women in Indiana History

By: Louise Hillery
ISBN: 9780878426553
How To Be Human: Diary of an Autistic Girl

How To Be Human

By: Florida Frenz
ISBN: 9781939547019
Reese tiene un secreto de Halloween

Reese tiene un secreto de Halloween

By: Jo Meserve Mach and Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier
Illustrated by:
 Mary Birdsell
ISBN: 9780996835749
Miss Mary Reporting

Miss Mary Reporting

By: Sue Macy
Illustrated by:
 C.F. Payne
ISBN: 9781481401203
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

Two Friends

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Sean Qualls, Selina Alko
ISBN: 9780545399968
Coco Chanel (Little People, Big Dreams)

Coco Chanel (Little People, Big Dreams)

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Ana Albero
ISBN: 9781847807847
To the Stars! The First American Woman in Space

To the Stars! The First American Woman in Space

By: Carmella Van Vleet & Dr. Kathy Sullivan
Illustrated by:
 Nicole Wong
ISBN: 9781580896443
Samurai Rising

Samurai Rising

By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by:
 Gareth Hinds
ISBN: 9781580895842
Hillary

Hillary

By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by:
 Raul Colon
ISBN: 9780553533880
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

Hillary Rodham Clinton

By: Karen Blumenthal
ISBN: 9781250060143
National Geographic Readers: George Washington Carver

National Geographic Readers

By: Kitson Jazynka
ISBN: 9781426322853
National Geographic Readers: Sonia Sotomayor

National Geographic Readers

By: Barbara Kramer
ISBN: 9781426322891
Women Who Broke the Rules: Coretta Scott King

Women Who Broke the Rules

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9780802738271
Women Who Broke the Rules: Mary Todd Lincoln

Women Who Broke the Rules

By: Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9780802738240
Finding Winnie

Finding Winnie

By: Lindsay Mattick
Illustrated by:
 Sophie Blackall
ISBN: 0316324906
Saint Anthony the Great

Saint Anthony the Great

By: John Chryssavgis and Marilyn Rouvelas
Illustrated by:
 Isabelle Brent
ISBN: 9781937786465
Snakes, Alligators, and Broken Hearts—Journeys of a Biologist’s Son

Snakes, Alligators, and Broken Hearts—Journeys of a Biologist’s Son

By: Sneed Collard
ISBN: 9780984446063
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America’s Pioneering Woman in Space

Sally Ride

By: Tam O'Shaughnessy
ISBN: 9781596439948
Frankie Liked to Sing

Frankie Liked to Sing

By: John Seven
Illustrated by:
 Jana Christy
ISBN: 9781419716447
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 April Chu
ISBN: 9781939547200
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People

Sitting Bull

By: S.D. Nelson
ISBN: 9781419707315
The Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki

The Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki

By: Deborah Kogan Ray
ISBN: 9781580896207
Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the Invention of the Modern Zoo

Fur, Fins, and Feathers

By: Cassandre Maxwell
ISBN: 9780802854322
Remarkable Minds

Remarkable Minds

By: Pendred E. Noyce
ISBN: 9780990782902
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Poet

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781561458257
Believarexic

Believarexic

By: J.J. Johnson
ISBN: 9781561457717
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 April Chu
ISBN: 9781939547200
X

X

By: Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
ISBN: 9780763669676
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

Wangari Maathai

By: Franck Prévot
Illustrated by:
 Aurélia Fronty
ISBN: 978-1-58089-626-9
Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot”

Candy Bomber

By: Michael O. Tunnell
ISBN: 978-1-58089-337-4
Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman

Bill the Boy Wonder

By: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by:
 Ty Templeton
ISBN: 978-1-58089-289-6
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves & Other Female Villains

Bad Girls

By: Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Illustrated by:
 Rebecca Guay
ISBN: 978-1-58089-186-8
The Inventor’s Secret

The Inventor’s Secret

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
 Jennifer Black Reinhardt
ISBN: 9781580896672
Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong, The Story of Kyle Unger

Real Justice

By: Richard Brignall
ISBN: 978-1-4594-0862-3
Funny Bones

Funny Bones

By: Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419716478
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Poet

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 978-1-56145-825-7
Misty Copeland: Power and Grace

Misty Copeland

By: Richard Corman
ISBN: 9780692493236
Joe Flacco

Joe Flacco

By: David Aretha
ISBN: 9781627245456
Taking Hold

Taking Hold

By: Francisco Jiménez
ISBN: 9780547632308
Trombone Shorty

Trombone Shorty

By: Troy Andrews
Illustrated by:
 Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781419714658
Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick

By: David Aretha
ISBN: 9781627245449
Mo’ne Davis: Remember My Name

Mo’ne Davis

By: Mo’ne Davis
ISBN: 9780062397522
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch

By: Chris Barton
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9780802853790
Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art

Magic Trash

By: J.H. Shapiro
Illustrated by:
 Vanessa Brantley-Newton
ISBN: 9781580893855
Dream Drum Girl

Dream Drum Girl

By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
 Rafael Lopez
ISBN: 9780544102293
Kevin Love

Kevin Love

By: Marty Gitlin
ISBN: 9781627245487
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
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