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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
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
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
Benoit Mandelbrot: Reshaping the World

Benoit Mandelbrot

By: Robert Black
ISBN: 9780898246865
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
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
She Persisted: Virginia Apgar

She Persisted

By: Sayantani Dasgupta and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115787
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Scientists: Inspiring Tales of the World’s Brightest Scientific Minds

Scientists

By: Isabel Thomas
Illustrated by:
 Jessamy Hawke
ISBN: 9780744033823
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
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
Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin

Fred & Marjorie

By: Deborah Kerbel
Illustrated by:
 Angela Poon
ISBN: 9781771474115
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical Artist

Fearless World Traveler

By: Laurie Lawlor
Illustrated by:
 Becca Stadtlander
ISBN: 9780823439591
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

By: Gayle E. Pitman
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781433830471
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor

Dr. Fauci

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
 Alexandra Bye
ISBN: 9781665902434
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Tracey, Theme Park Designer

Tracey, Theme Park Designer

By: Aubre Andrus
ISBN: 9781639460205
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Alexander von Humboldt (Great Minds Series)

Alexander von Humboldt (Great Minds Series)

By: Peter Nys
Illustrated by:
 Conz
ISBN: 9781605377438
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I Begin with Spring

I Begin with Spring

By: Julie Dunlap
Illustrated by:
 Megan Elizabeth Baratta
ISBN: 9780884489085
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Messy Roots

Messy Roots

By: Laura Gao
Illustrated by:
 Laura Gao
ISBN: 9780063067769
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Angella, Beauty Chemist

Angella, Beauty Chemist

By: Aubre Andrus
ISBN: 9781639460151
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran

Hope Is an Arrow

By: Cory McCarthy
Illustrated by:
 Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9781536200324
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
I, Vivaldi

I, Vivaldi

By: Janice Shefelman
Illustrated by:
 Tom Shefelman
ISBN: 9780802855862
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
Fearless Heart

Fearless Heart

By: Frank Murphy and Surya Bonaly
Illustrated by:
 Anastasia Magloire Williams
ISBN: 9781629379340
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Strong Mama

Strong Mama

By: Robin Arzón
Illustrated by:
 Addy Rivera
ISBN: 9780316299947
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
The Chosen One

The Chosen One

By: Echo Brown
ISBN: 9780316310666
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes “The French Chef”

Born Hungry

By: Alex Prud'homme
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781635923230
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)

Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein
ISBN: 9780593176009
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Yummy: A History of Desserts (A Graphic Novel)

Yummy

By: Victoria Grace Elliott
ISBN: 9780593124376
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
This Is Your Time

This Is Your Time

By: Ruby Bridges
ISBN: 9780593378526
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History

No Voice Too Small

By: Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley
Illustrated by:
 Jeanette Bradley
ISBN: 9781623541316
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

Finish the Fight!

By: Veronica Chambers and The Staff of The New York Times
ISBN: 9780358408307
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
All Boys Aren’t Blue

All Boys Aren’t Blue

By: George M. Johnson
Illustrated by:
 cover illustration by Charly Palmer, design and lettering by Cassie Gonzales
ISBN: 9780374312718
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

By: Candace Fleming
ISBN: 9780525646549
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)

Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)

By: Daniel Nayeri
ISBN: 9781646140008
Fiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

Brave. Black. First.

By: Cheryl Hudson
Illustrated by:
 Erin K. Robinson
ISBN: 9780525645818
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Girl on a Motorcycle

Girl on a Motorcycle

By: Amy Novesky
Illustrated by:
 Julie Morstad
ISBN: 9780593116296
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Little People, BIG DREAMS Series

Little People, BIG DREAMS Series

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Sophie Beer
ISBN: 9780711258402
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Beautiful Shades of Brown

Beautiful Shades of Brown

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Felicia Marshall
ISBN: 9781939547651
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Black Ballerinas

Black Ballerinas

By: Misty Copeland
ISBN: 9781534474246
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color

In the Spirit of a Dream

By: Aida Salazar
Illustrated by:
 Alina Chau
ISBN: 9781338552874
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

Saving the Day

By: Karyn Parsons
Illustrated by:
 R. Gregory Christie
ISBN: 9780316457262
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Sing, Aretha, Sing!: Aretha Franklin,”Respect,” and the Civil Rights Movement

Sing, Aretha, Sing!

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Illustrated by:
 Ashley Evans
ISBN: 9780374313456
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words 

Stacey’s Extraordinary Words 

By: Stacey Abrams
Illustrated by:
 Kitt Thomas
ISBN: 9780063209473
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
A Face for Picasso

A Face for Picasso

By: Ariel Henley
ISBN: 9780374314071
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Full Speed Ahead!: America’s First Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

Full Speed Ahead!

By: Louise Borden
ISBN: 9781684379057
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
I Saw A Beautiful Woodpecker

I Saw A Beautiful Woodpecker

By: Michal Skibinski
Illustrated by:
 Ala Bankroft
ISBN: 9783791374864
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Passport

Passport

By: Sophia Glock
ISBN: 9780316458986
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

Signs of Survival

By: Renee Hartman and Joshua M. Greene
ISBN: 9781338753356
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom

Stitch by Stitch

By: Connie Schofield-Morrison
Illustrated by:
 Elizabeth Zunon
ISBN: 9780823439638
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Before I Grew Up

Before I Grew Up

By: John Miller
Illustrated by:
 Giuliano Cucco
ISBN: 9781592703616
Fiction, 7-12, Coming of Age
Good Luck Gold & More

Good Luck Gold & More

By: Janet Wong
ISBN: 9781937057763
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Leaders

Leaders

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Lisbeth Kaiser
Illustrated by:
 Various Illustrators
ISBN: 9780711264106
Nonfiction, 0-3, Biography / Memoir
Only Margaret: A Story about Margaret Wise Brown

Only Margaret

By: Candice Ransom
Illustrated by:
 Nan Lawson
ISBN: 9780802855084
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge

Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge

By: Gary Golio
Illustrated by:
 James Ransome
ISBN: 9781984813664
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt

Stitch by Stitch

By: Rob Sanders
Illustrated by:
 Jamey Christoph
ISBN: 9781433837395
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer

By: Siena Cherson Siegel
Illustrated by:
 Mark Siegel
ISBN: 9781481486668
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
40 Inspiring Icons: Black Music Greats

40 Inspiring Icons

By: Olivier Cachin
Illustrated by:
 Jérôme Masi
ISBN: 9781786034717
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Aretha Franklin (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

Aretha Franklin (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Amy Blackwell
ISBN: 9780711246867
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
B Is for Broadway: Onstage and Backstage from A to Z

B Is for Broadway

By: John Robert Allman
Illustrated by:
 Peter Emmerich
ISBN: 9780593305638
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong’s Life in Jazz

Born to Swing

By: Mara Rockliff
Illustrated by:
 Michele Wood
ISBN: 9781629795553
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Depeche Mode: An Unauthorized Biography

Depeche Mode

By: Soledad Romero Mariño
Illustrated by:
 Fernando López Del Hierro
ISBN: 9781728210940
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Flowers for Sarajevo

Flowers for Sarajevo

By: John McCutcheon
Illustrated by:
 Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781561459438
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
Hold on to Your Music

Hold on to Your Music

By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, and Emil Sher
Illustrated by:
 Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780316463133
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
I, Vivaldi

I, Vivaldi

By: Janice Shefelman
Illustrated by:
 Tom Shefelman
ISBN: 9780802855862
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
In One Ear and Out the Other: the Amazingly Musical Life of Antonia Brico

In One Ear and Out the Other

By: Diane Worthey
Illustrated by:
 Morgana Wallace
ISBN: 9781734225914
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Music Is My Life

Music Is My Life

By: Myles Tanzer
Illustrated by:
 Ali Mac
ISBN: 9780711249189
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Music Train

Music Train

By: Christopher Robbins
Illustrated by:
 Susanna Covelli
ISBN: 9781641705646
Fiction, 0-3, Music / Art
Passing the Music Down

Passing the Music Down

By: Sarah Sullivan
Illustrated by:
 Barry Root
ISBN: 9780763637538
Nonfiction, 4-6, Music / Art
Playlist: The Rebels and Revolutionaries of Sound

Playlist

By: James Rhodes
Illustrated by:
 Martin O'Neill
ISBN: 9781536212143
Nonfiction, Teen, Music / Art
Queen

Queen

By: Soledad Romero Mariño
Illustrated by:
 Laura Castelló
ISBN: 9781728210919
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Queen of Tejano Music: Selena

Queen of Tejano Music

By: Silvia López
Illustrated by:
 Paola Escobar
ISBN: 9781499811421
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Sing and Shout: The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson

Sing and Shout

By: Susan Goldman Rubin
ISBN: 9781629798578
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Song for Jimi

Song for Jimi

By: Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Illustrated by:
 Edel Rodriguez
ISBN: 9780823443338
Nonfiction, 7-12, Music / Art
The Music in George’s Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue

The Music in George’s Head

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
 Stacy Innerst
ISBN: 9781629790992
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
We Are The Supremes

We Are The Supremes

By: Zoë Tucker
Illustrated by:
 Salini Perera
ISBN: 9780711261518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
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
Between Two Worlds: The Art & Life of Amrita Sher-Gil

Between Two Worlds

By: Meera Sriram
Illustrated by:
 Ruchi Bakshi Sharma
ISBN: 9781734225945
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories

Pura’s Cuentos

By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
 Magaly Morales
ISBN: 9781419749414
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Rock Legends Who Changed the World

Rock Legends Who Changed the World

By: Ashley Marie Mireles
Illustrated by:
 Giovana Medeiros
ISBN: 9781641705530
Nonfiction, 0-3, Music / Art
We Are Not Broken: A Memoir

We Are Not Broken

By: George M Johnson
ISBN: 9780759554603
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
We Can: Portraits of Power

We Can

By: Tyler Gordon
Illustrated by:
 Tyler Gordon
ISBN: 9780374389666
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
100 First Words for Little Californians

100 First Words for Little Californians

By: Ashley Mireles
Illustrated by:
 Kyle Kershner
ISBN: 9781641704571
Nonfiction, 0-3, Diversity
Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands

By: Edited by Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith
ISBN: 9781536214338
Fiction, Teen, Contemporary
Beetles for Breakfast: And Other Weird and Wonderful Ways to Save the Planet

Beetles for Breakfast

By: Madeleine Finlay
Illustrated by:
 Jisu Choi
ISBN: 9781912497508
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
Brayden Speaks Up: How One Boy Inspired the Nation

Brayden Speaks Up

By: Brayden Harrington
Illustrated by:
 Betty C. Tang
ISBN: 9780063098299
Nonfiction, 4-6, 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
Curious Creatures Glowing In The Dark

Curious Creatures Glowing In The Dark

By: Zoë Armstrong
Illustrated by:
 Anja Susanj
ISBN: 9781838740009
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
Field Notebooks: How Scientists Record and Write About Observations

Field Notebooks

By: Darcy Pattison
ISBN: 9781629441917
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words

Growing Up Trans

By: Edited by Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry
ISBN: 9781459831377
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
Latinitas (Spanish Edition)

Latinitas (Spanish Edition)

By: Juliet Menendez
ISBN: 9781250796103
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Why Longfellow Lied

Why Longfellow Lied

By: Jeff Lantos
ISBN: 9781580899338
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Chunky

Chunky

By: Yehudi Mercado
Illustrated by:
 Yehudi Mercado
ISBN: 9780062972798
Fiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Sister Corita Kent

Make Meatballs Sing

By: Matthew Burgess
Illustrated by:
 Kara Kramer
ISBN: 9781592703166
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Mindy Kaling (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

Mindy Kaling (Little People, BIG DREAMS Series)

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Roza Nozari
ISBN: 9780711259263
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Zion Unmatched

Zion Unmatched

By: Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch
ISBN: 9781536224184
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
50 Real Heroes for Boys

50 Real Heroes for Boys

By: Christy Monson
ISBN: 9781733633505
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Plan for the People

A Plan for the People

By: Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrated by:
 Charly Palmer
ISBN: 9780802855022
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
All the Way to the Top

All the Way to the Top

By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
 Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins
ISBN: 9781492688976
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
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