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Most Wanted. The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams

Most Wanted. The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams

By: Sarah Jane Marsh
Illustrated by:
Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9781368026833
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents

The Next President

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Adam Rex
ISBN: 9781452174884
Nonfiction, History, 3-5 Grade
The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read

The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Illustrated by:
Oge Mora
ISBN: 9781524768287
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-5 Grade
On the Horizon

On the Horizon

By: Lois Lowry
Illustrated by:
Kenard Pak
ISBN: 9780358129400
Nonfiction, History, 6-8 Grade
The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and America to Share

The Pig War

By: Emma Bland Smith
Illustrated by:
Alison Jay
ISBN: 9781684371716
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
The Power of Her Pen. The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

The Power of Her Pen. The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
John Parra
ISBN: 9781481462891
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
Powwow. A Celebration through Song and Dance

Powwow. A Celebration through Song and Dance

By: Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
ISBN: 9781459812345
Nonfiction, Diversity, 6-8 Grade
Boardwalk Babies

Boardwalk Babies

By: Marissa Moss
Illustrated by:
April Chu
ISBN: 9781939547668
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Radium Girls, Young Readers’ Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark

Radium Girls, Young Readers’ Edition

By: Kate Moore
ISBN: 9781728209470
Nonfiction, Health, 6-8 Grade
Respect. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

Respect. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781534452282
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph’s Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty

Saving Lady Liberty

By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781684371303
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
The Secret Garden of George Washingon Carver

The Secret Garden of George Washingon Carver

By: Gene Barretta
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9780062430151
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, K-2 Grade
A Sporting Chance. How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

A Sporting Chance. How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

By: Lori Alexander
Illustrated by:
Allan Drummond
ISBN: 9781328580795
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 6-8 Grade
Strong Voices. Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

Strong Voices. Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

By: Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by:
Eric Valasquez
ISBN: 9780062572042
Nonfiction, History, 6-12 Grade
Strongman. The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy

Strongman. The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy

By: Kenneth C. Davis
ISBN: 9781250205643
Nonfiction, History, 6-8 Grade
The Suffragist Playbook. Your Guide to Changing the World

The Suffragist Playbook. Your Guide to Changing the World

By: Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Roberts
ISBN: 9781536210330
Nonfiction, History, 6-8 Grade
Thanks to Frances Perkins. Fighter for Workers’ Rights

Thanks to Frances Perkins. Fighter for Workers’ Rights

By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781682631362
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
The True West: Real Stories About Black Cowboys, Women Sharpshooters, Native American Rodeo Stars, Pioneering Vaqueros, and the Unsung Explorers, Builders, and Heroes Who Shaped the American West

The True West

By: Mifflin Lowe
Illustrated by:
Wiliam Luong
ISBN: 9781733633512
Nonfiction, History, 3-5 Grade
We Are Power. How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

We Are Power. How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

By: Todd Hasak-Lowy
ISBN: 9781419741111
Nonfiction,, History, 6-8 Grade
We The People. The United States Constitution Explored and Explained

We The People. The United States Constitution Explored and Explained

By: Aura Lewis and Evan Sargent
Illustrated by:
Aura Lewis
ISBN: 9780711254046
Nonfiction, History, 3-5 Grade
The Woman’s Hour (Adapted for Young Readers): Our Fight for the Right to Vote

The Woman’s Hour (Adapted for Young Readers)

By: Elaine Weiss
ISBN: 9780593125182
Nonfiction, History, 6-8 Grade
Wood, Wire, Wings. Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Wood, Wire, Wings. Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

By: Kirsten W. Larson
Illustrated by:
Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 3-5 Grade
A Plan for the People

A Plan for the People

By: Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrated by:
Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9780802855022
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Ancient Games

Ancient Games

By: Iris Volant
Illustrated by:
Avalon Nuovo
ISBN: 9781912497768
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Baby Loves Political Science: Congress!

Baby Loves Political Science

By: Ruth Spiro
Illustrated by:
Greg Paprocki
ISBN: 9781623542344
Nonfiction, 0-3, History
Baby Loves Political Science: The Presidency!

Baby Loves Political Science

By: Ruth Spiro
Illustrated by:
Greg Paprocki
ISBN: 9781623542351
Nonfiction, 0-3, History
Kids On The March

Kids On The March

By: Michael Long
ISBN: 9781643751009
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Kite to Freedom: The Story of a Kite-Flying Contest, the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, and the Underground Railroad

Kite to Freedom

By: Kathleen A. Dinan
Illustrated by:
Iris M. Kirkwood
ISBN: 9781942483717
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide To Sex, Relationships, And Being A Human

Let’s Talk About It

By: Erika Moen
Illustrated by:
Matthew Nolan
ISBN: 9781984893147
Nonfiction, Teen, Health
Niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile

Niños

By: María José Ferrada
Illustrated by:
María Elena Valdez
ISBN: 9780802855671
Nonfiction, 7-12, Diversity
Seen: Rachel Carson OGN SC

Seen

By: Birdie Willis
Illustrated by:
Rii Abrego
ISBN: 9781684156481
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars

Code Breaker, Spy Hunter

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
Brooke Smart
ISBN: 9781419739637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators

Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call

By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781684373505
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Great Rivers of the World

Great Rivers of the World

By: Volker Mehnert
Illustrated by:
Martin Haake
ISBN: 9783791374703
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Little Kid, Big City!: New York

Little Kid, Big City!

By: Beth Beckman
Illustrated by:
Holley Maher
ISBN: 9781683692447
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Planes: From the Wright Brothers to the Supersonic Jet

Planes

By: Jan Van Der Veken
ISBN: 9783791374413
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Standing on Her Shoulders: A Celebration of Women

Standing on Her Shoulders

By: Monica Clark-Robinson
Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9781338358001
Fiction, 4-6, Diversity
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee

By: Julie Leung
Illustrated by:
Julie Kwon
ISBN: 9780759554955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Twenty-One Steps

By: Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrated by:
Matt Tavares
ISBN: 9781536201482
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance (Scholastic Focus)

We Must Not Forget

By: Deborah Hopkinson
ISBN: 9781338255775
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Angel of Greenwood

Angel of Greenwood

By: Randi Pink
ISBN: 9781250768476
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
Lincoln Clears a Path: Abraham Lincoln’s Agricultural Legacy

Lincoln Clears a Path

By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by:
Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781684371532
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men

Race Against Time

By: Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace
ISBN: 9781629798165
Nonfiction, Teen, History
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals

By: Christopher Corr
Illustrated by:
Claire Grace
ISBN: 9780711245433
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word

Alphamaniacs

By: Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by:
Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780763690663
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon

Countdown

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
Thomas Gonzalez
ISBN: 9781682630136
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Nantucket Sea Monster

Nantucket Sea Monster

By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
Peter Willis
ISBN: 9781629441009
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Beastly Bionics: Rad Robots, Brilliant Biomimicry, and Incredible Inventions Inspired by Nature

Beastly Bionics

By: Jennifer Swanson
ISBN: 9781426336737
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)

Ada Lovelace (The First Names Series)

By: Ben Jeapes
Illustrated by:
Nick Ward
ISBN: 9781419740756
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Changing the Equation

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419707346
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
Machines in Motion: The Amazing History of Transportation

Machines in Motion

By: Tom Jackson
Illustrated by:
Chris Mould
ISBN: 9781547603374
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

Jumbo

By: Chris Gall
Illustrated by:
Chris Gall
ISBN: 9781250155801
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
Galileo! Galileo!

Galileo! Galileo!

By: Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan
Illustrated by:
Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan
ISBN: 9781939360083
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Machines That Think!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #2

Machines That Think!

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419740985
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
Mission to the Bottom of the Sea

Mission to the Bottom of the Sea

By: Jan Leyssens
Illustrated by:
Joachim Sneyers
ISBN: 9781605375311
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics

Numbers in Motion

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Math
Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea

Marie’s Ocean

By: Josie James
Illustrated by:
Josie James
ISBN: 9781250214737
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Spaceman (Adaptation for Young Readers): The True Story of a Young Boy’s Journey to Becoming an Astronaut

Spaceman (Adaptation for Young Readers)

By: Mike Massimino
ISBN: 9780593120866
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses: How James Kelly’s Nose Saved the New York City Subway

Smelly Kelly and His Super Senses

By: Beth Anderson
Illustrated by:
Jenn Harney
ISBN: 9781684373994
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Work It, Girl:  Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison

Work It, Girl

By: Caroline Moss
Illustrated by:
Sinem Erkas
ISBN: 9780711245150
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Wood, Wire, Wings

By: Kirsten Larson
Illustrated by:
Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
The Polio Pioneer

The Polio Pioneer

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
Lisa Anchin
ISBN: 9780525646518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

Parker Looks Up

By: Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Illustrated by:
Brittany Jackson
ISBN: 9781534451865
Fiction, 0-3, History
Pride Colors

Pride Colors

By: Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9781459820708
Nonfiction, 0-3, Diversity
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Fry Bread

By: Kevin Noble Maillard
Illustrated by:
Juana Martinez-Neal
ISBN: 9781626727465
Fiction, 4-6, History
In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More than 500 Million Years

In the Past

By: David Elliott
Illustrated by:
Matthew Trueman
ISBN: 9780763660734
Nonfiction, 4-6, Poetry
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Magic Ramen

By: Andrea Wang
Illustrated by:
Kana Urbanowicz
ISBN: 9781499807035
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Planting Stories

By: Anika Aldamuy Denise
Illustrated by:
Paola Escobar
ISBN: 9780062748683
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
America’s National Parks

America’s National Parks

By: Alexa Ward
Illustrated by:
Mike Lowery
ISBN: 9781788681155
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve
ISBN: 9781534416185
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City

Attucks!

By: Phillip Hoose
ISBN: 9780374306120
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir,
Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

Because They Marched

By: Russell Freedman
ISBN: 9780823435685
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across America

Born to Fly

By: Steve Sheinkin
Illustrated by:
Bijou Karman
ISBN: 9781626721302
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters

Monstrous

By: Carlyn Beccia
ISBN: 9781512449167
Fiction, Teen, Picture Book
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs

The Poison Eaters

By: Gail Jarrow
ISBN: 9781629794389
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb

Atomic Women

By: Roseanne Montillo
ISBN: 9780316489591
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Big Bang Book

The Big Bang Book

By: Asa Stahl
Illustrated by:
Carly Allen-Fletcher
ISBN: 9781939547644
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
The Big One: The Cascadia Earthquakes and the Science of Saving Lives

The Big One

By: Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN: 9780544889040
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease

Blood and Germs

By: Gail Jarrow
ISBN: 9781684371761
Nonfiction, Teen, Health
Bones: An Inside Look at the Animal Kingdom

Bones

By: Jules Howard
Illustrated by:
Chervelle Fryer
ISBN: 9781536210415
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists

Born Curious

By: Martha Freeman
Illustrated by:
Katy Wu
ISBN: 9781534421530
Nonfiction, 7-12 / Teen, Biography / Memoir
Bright Dreams: The Brilliant Inventions of Nikola Tesla

Bright Dreams

By: Tracy Dockray
Illustrated by:
Tracy Dockray
ISBN: 9781684461417
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Changing the Equation

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419707346
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Condor Comeback

Condor Comeback

By: Sy Montgomery
Illustrated by:
Tianne Strombeck (photographer)
ISBN: 9780544816534
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
Darwin’s Rival: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Search for Evolution

Darwin’s Rival

By: Christiane Dorion
Illustrated by:
Harry Tennant
ISBN: 9781536209327
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

Dinosaur Lady

By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728209517
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
If You Take Away the Otter

If You Take Away the Otter

By: Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Illustrated by:
Matthew Trueman
ISBN: 9780763689346
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

Jumbo

By: Chris Gall
Illustrated by:
Chris Gall
ISBN: 9781250155801
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Chemistry for Kids: Homemade Science Experiments and Activities Inspired by Awesome Chemists, Past and Present

The Kitchen Pantry Scientist

By: Liz Lee Heinecke
ISBN: 9781631598302
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Saves the Everglades

By: Sandra Neil Wallace
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781534431546
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Polio Pioneer

The Polio Pioneer

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
Lisa Anchin
ISBN: 9780525646518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts

To Fly Among the Stars

By: Rebecca Siegel
ISBN: 9781338290158
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Sea Otters: A Survival Story

Sea Otters

By: Isabelle Groc
ISBN: 9781459817371
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal

Return from Extinction

By: Linda L. Richards
ISBN: 9781459821361
Nonfiction, Teen, History
What Do Scientists Do All Day?

What Do Scientists Do All Day?

By: Jane Wilsher
Illustrated by:
Maggie Li
ISBN: 9780711249783
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Charlotte’s Bones: The Beluga Whale in a Farmer’s Field

Charlotte’s Bones

By: Erin Rounds
Illustrated by:
Alison Carver
ISBN: 9780884488606
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Exploring the White House: Inside America’s Most Famous Home

Exploring the White House

By: Kate Andersen Brower
ISBN: 9780062906410
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality

Finding a Way Home

By: Larry Dane Brimner
ISBN: 9781629797519
Nonfiction, Teen, History
Flying Free: How Bessy Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight

Flying Free

By: Karyn Parsons
Illustrated by:
R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9780316457194
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
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