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Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States

Sprouting Wings

By: Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker
Illustrated by:
 Floyd Cooper
ISBN: 9781984847621
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Space Explorers: 25 Extraordinary Stories of Space Exploration and Adventure

Space Explorers

By: Libby Jackson
Illustrated by:
 Léonard Dupond
ISBN: 9781582707648
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Song for Jimi

Song for Jimi

By: Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Illustrated by:
 Edel Rodriguez
ISBN: 9780823443338
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir

Somewhere in the Unknown World

By: Kao Kalia Yang
ISBN: 9781250296856
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #3

A Shot in the Arm!

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419750014
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community

Shelter

By: Lois Peterson
Illustrated by:
 Taryn Gee
ISBN: 9781459825536
Nonfiction, 7-12, Diversity
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin

She Persisted

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115848
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges

She Persisted

By: Kekla Magoon and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115879
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
She Persisted: Maria Tallchief

She Persisted

By: Christine Day and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115817
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
She Persisted: Clara Lemlich

She Persisted

By: Deborah Heiligman
ISBN: 9780593115725
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education (Scholastic Focus)

Separate No More

By: Lawrence Goldstone
ISBN: 9781338592832
Nonfiction, Teen, Background / Culture
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas

The Sea-Ringed World

By: Maria Garcia Esperon, Translated by David Bowles
Illustrated by:
 Amanda Mijangos
ISBN: 9781646140152
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch

Saving American Beach

By: Heidi Tyline King
Illustrated by:
 Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9781101996294
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

Runaway

By: Ray Anthony Shepard
Illustrated by:
 Keith Mallett
ISBN: 9780374307042
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand

Rock by Rock

By: Jennifer Bradbury
Illustrated by:
 Sam Boughton
ISBN: 9781481481823
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy

Rise Up!

By: Crystal Marie Fleming
ISBN: 9781250226389
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change

Right Now!

By: Miranda Paul
Illustrated by:
 Bea Jackson
ISBN: 9780358137320
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People

Revolution in Our Time

By: Kekla Magoon
ISBN: 9781536214185
Nonfiction, Teen, 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 Queen to the Rescue: the Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

A Queen to the Rescue

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547958
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation

A Plan for the People

By: Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrated by:
 Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9780802855022
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself

Picturing a Nation

By: Martin W. Sandler
ISBN: 9781536215250
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Papa’s Free Day Party

Papa’s Free Day Party

By: Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by:
 Wayne Anthony Still
ISBN: 9780940975729
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race

Our Skin

By: Megan Madison And Jessica Ralli
Illustrated by:
 Isabel Roxas
ISBN: 9780593519394
Nonfiction, 4-6, Diversity
The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

The Other Talk

By: Brendan Kiely
ISBN: 9781534494046
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

Nina

By: Traci N. Todd
Illustrated by:
 Christian Robinson
ISBN: 9781524737283
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites

Niki Nakayama

By: Debbi Michiko Florence and Jamie Michalak
Illustrated by:
 Yuko Jones
ISBN: 9780374313876
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
My Name Is Bana

My Name Is Bana

By: Bana Alabed
Illustrated by:
 Nez Riaz
ISBN: 9781534412484
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Meltdown: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima

Meltdown

By: Deirdre Langeland
ISBN: 9781626727007
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781536206081
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
Making A Baby

Making A Baby

By: Rachel Greener
Illustrated by:
 Clare Owen
ISBN: 9780593324851
Nonfiction, 4-6, Health
Lunch Around the World

Lunch Around the World

By: Jeanette Ferrara
ISBN: 9781338768688
Nonfiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
Love the Earth: Understanding Climate Change, Speaking Up for Solutions, and Living an Earth-Friendly Life

Love the Earth

By: Mel Hammond
Illustrated by:
 Monique Dong
ISBN: 9781683371786
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
The Little Owl & the Big Tree

The Little Owl & the Big Tree

By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by:
 Jeanette Winter
ISBN: 9781665902137
Nonfiction, 0-3, Animals
Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Latinitas

By: Juliet Menéndez
Illustrated by:
 Juliet Menéndez
ISBN: 9781250234629
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9780593308530
Nonfiction, Teen, History
King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin

King of Ragtime

By: Stephen Costanza
Illustrated by:
 Stephen Costanza
ISBN: 9781534410367
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9780358223573
Nonfiction, Teen, History
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving

If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving

By: Chris Newell
Illustrated by:
 Winnona Nelson
ISBN: 9781338726374
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
I Is for Immigrants

I Is for Immigrants

By: Selina Alko
Illustrated by:
 Selina Alko
ISBN: 9781250237866
Nonfiction, 4-6, Diversity
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story

I Am an American

By: Martha Brockenbrough and Grace Lin
Illustrated by:
 Julia Kuo 
ISBN: 9780316426923
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
How to Become an Accidental Activist

How to Become an Accidental Activist

By: Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by:
 Jenn Playford
ISBN: 9781459826113
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
How to be a Global Citizen: Be Informed. Get Involved.

How to be a Global Citizen

By: DK
ISBN: 9780744029956
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Hold on to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane

Hold on to Your Music

By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, and Emil Sher
Illustrated by:
 Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780316463133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics

History Smashers

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
 Falynn Koch
ISBN: 9780593120408
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
The History of Western Art in Comics Part One: Prehistory to the Renaissance

The History of Western Art in Comics Part One

By: Marion Augustin
Illustrated by:
 Bruno Heitz
ISBN: 9780823446452
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom

Harriet Tubman

By: Whit Taylor
Illustrated by:
  Kazimir Lee
ISBN: 9780759555518
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink

By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
 Nancy Carpenter
ISBN: 9781534449299
Nonfiction, 4-6, 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
Good Girls Don’t Make History

Good Girls Don’t Make History

By: Elizabeth Kiehner, Kara Coyle, and Keith Olwell
Illustrated by:
 Micaela Dawn
ISBN: 9780711265424
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Glory: Magical Visions of Black Beauty

Glory

By: Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
ISBN: 9781250204561
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight

By: Margaret Muirhead
Illustrated by:
 Adam Gustavson
ISBN: 9781580898805
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees

Finding Home

By: Jen Sookfong Lee
Illustrated by:
 Drew Shannon
ISBN: 9781459818996
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
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
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown

Fallout

By: Steve Sheinkin
ISBN: 9781250149015
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

A Face for Picasso

By: Ariel Henley
ISBN: 9780374314071
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition)

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Too Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition)

By: Anton Treuer
ISBN: 9781646140459
Nonfiction, Teen, History
An Equal Shot: How the Law Title IX Changed America

An Equal Shot

By: Helaine Becker
Illustrated by:
 Dow Phumiruk
ISBN: 9781250241955
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration

Drawn Across Borders

By: George Butler
Illustrated by:
 George Butler
ISBN: 9781536217759
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Edited by Alice Wong
ISBN: 9780593381670
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging

The Disability Experience

By: Hannalora Leavitt
Illustrated by:
 Belle Wuthrich
ISBN: 9781459819283
Nonfiction, Teen, Diversity
Defiant: Growing up in the Jim Crow South

Defiant

By: Wade Hudson
ISBN: 9780593126356
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy

By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9781338596618
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall

Code Name Badass

By: Heather Demetrios
ISBN: 9781534431874
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Child of the Flower-Song People

By: Gloria Amescua
Illustrated by:
 Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN: 9781419740206
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Call And Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter

Call And Response

By: Veronica Chambers
ISBN: 9780358573418
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Buses Are A Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider

Buses Are A Comin’

By: Charles Person and Richard Rooker
ISBN: 9781250274199
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War

The Book Collectors

By: Delphine Minoui; Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud
ISBN: 9780374115166
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution

Art of Protest

By: De Nichols
Illustrated by:
 Molly Mendoza, Diana Dagadita, Olivia Twist, and Raul Oprea
ISBN: 9781536223255
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient

Areli is a Dreamer

By: Areli Morales
Illustrated by:
 Luisa Uribe
ISBN: 9781984893994
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Amazing Treasures: 100+ Objects and Places That Will Boggle Your Mind

Amazing Treasures

By: David Long
Illustrated by:
 MUTI
ISBN: 9781912920501
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
Amara and the Bats

Amara and the Bats

By: Emma Reynolds
Illustrated by:
 Emma Reynolds
ISBN: 9781534469013
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

The 1619 Project

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Illustrated by:
 Nikkolas Smith
ISBN: 9780593307359
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

Wonder Women of Science

By: Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue
Illustrated by:
 Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781536207347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
What Is Nintendo?

What Is Nintendo?

By: Gina Shaw and Who HQ
Illustrated by:
 Andrew Thomson
ISBN: 9780593093795
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World

Thank You, Dr. Salk!

By: Dean Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Mike Dutton
ISBN: 9780374313913
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe

The Stuff Between the Stars

By: Sandra Nickel
Illustrated by:
 Aimée Sicuro
ISBN: 9781419736261
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #3

A Shot in the Arm!

By: Don Brown
ISBN: 9781419750014
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist

Secrets of the Sea

By: Evan Griffith
Illustrated by:
 Joanie Stone
ISBN: 9780358244325
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Scene Of The Crime: Tracking Down Criminals with Forensic Science

Scene Of The Crime

By: HP Newquist
ISBN: 9780451476463
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica

Race to the Bottom of the Earth

By: Rebecca E. F. Barone
ISBN: 9781250257802
Nonfiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
Molly and the Mathematical Mysteries: Ten Interactive Adventures in Mathematical Wonderland

Molly and the Mathematical Mysteries

By: Eugenia Cheng
Illustrated by:
 Aleksandra Artymowska
ISBN: 9781536217100
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature

Mimic Makers

By: Kristen Nordstrom
Illustrated by:
 Paul Boston
ISBN: 9781580899475
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Light Bulb: Eureka! The Biography of an Idea

Light Bulb

By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Illustrated by:
 Stephanie Dehennin
ISBN: 9781635923964
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla

A Life Electric

By: Azadeh Westergaard
Illustrated by:
 Júlia Sardà
ISBN: 9780593114605
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest

The Leaf Detective

By: Heather Lang
Illustrated by:
 Jana Christy
ISBN: 9781684371778
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!

Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!

By: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Illustrated by:
 Ginnie Hsu
ISBN: 9781250240361
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem

The Great Stink

By: Colleen Paeff
Illustrated by:
 Nancy Carpenter
ISBN: 9781534449299
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Glasses: Eureka! The Biography of an Idea

Glasses

By: Lori Haskins Houran
Illustrated by:
 John Joven
ISBN: 9781635924251
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves

From Here to There

By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
 Gilbert Ford
ISBN: 9781328560919
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood’s Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife

Cougar Crossing

By: Meeg Pincus
Illustrated by:
 Alexander Vidal
ISBN: 9781534461857
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
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
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Classified

By: Traci Sorell
Illustrated by:
 Natasha Donovan
ISBN: 9781541579149
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid

Building Zaha

By: Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Illustrated by:
 Victoria Tentler-Krylov
ISBN: 9781338282832
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Bones Unearthed (Creepy and True #3)

Bones Unearthed (Creepy and True #3)

By: Kerrie Logan Hollihan
ISBN: 9781419755354
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Bicycle: Eureka! The Biography of an Idea

Bicycle

By: Lori Haskins Houran
Illustrated by:
 Aaron Cushley
ISBN: 9781635923940
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Benoit Mandelbrot: Reshaping the World

Benoit Mandelbrot

By: Robert Black
ISBN: 9780898246865
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Artificial Intelligence (STEAM & Me Series)

Artificial Intelligence (STEAM & Me Series)

By: Dinah Williams
ISBN: 9781946260871
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Amara and the Bats

Amara and the Bats

By: Emma Reynolds
Illustrated by:
 Emma Reynolds
ISBN: 9781534469013
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
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