By: Sally Hobart
Most of us have heard of Helen Keller, but few have heard of Laura Bridgman. Left blind and deaf in her childhood in the 1830's, Bridgman attended school and taught Helen's teacher, Annie Sullivan, to fingerspell.
By: Sam Stern
This big, colorful cookbook features simple recipes for budding Top Chefs. The author is also a teenager.
By: Frank Warren
The latest in a series of PostSecret, Frank Warren's inspirational community art project has become an immense public confessional.
By: Jeremy Leslie David Roberts
This book of miscellany is a browsers' paradise. Using photography, illustration, and a busy layout, the authors offer information on range of subjects-love, bugs, fights, dancing, you name it.
By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
How were otherwise kind, intelligent teenagers drawn into an organization like the Hitler Youth? This well-researched and well-documented book examines the rise of the Nazi party and its sway over teens.
By: Marilyn Nelson
Using a complicated literary format (heroic crown of sonnets) and wrenching subject matter (the lynching of Emmett Till) poet Marilyn Nelson creates a work of complete beauty.
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A truck-loving child imagines that his toy construction vehicles are real and he's driving them and will soon teach his little brother how.
By: Walter Dean Myers
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A boy named Jeremy defines himself in the context of his world. The animated narrator begins by looking in the mirror and seeing a boy, and then adds brother, son, artist, writer, and more as he interacts with his family and community.

By: Buzz Aldrin
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Aldrin relates how he, the second man to walk on the Moon, became interested in aeronautics and flying. The result is a fascinating look at his personal history as well as the history of flight accompanied by precise but equally engaging illustrations.

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