2023 SSR Reading Challenge - hosted by spierce44

Nonfiction Fun
Balance out your year of reading with some nonfiction! What do you want to learn more about? Pick a topic, find a book, and learn!
  • Genres: nonfiction, memoir, autobiography, biography, etc.
  • Here are some ideas: Unbroken (YA), The Boy in the Wooden Box, Brown Girl Dreaming, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, I Am Malala, It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime (YA), Just Mercy (YA), Code Talker, Outcasts United (YA), Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids
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Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts by Gregory Mone, Susan Cain, Erica Moroz

Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts

Gregory Mone, Susan Cain, Erica Moroz

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John

Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town

Warren St. John

307 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional fast-paced
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Joseph Bruchac

231 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional informative slow-paced
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice

Bryan Stevenson

6 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) by Trevor Noah

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

Trevor Noah

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir middle grade funny informative reflective slow-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir middle grade poetry race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unbroken (the Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken (the Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive

Laura Hillenbrand

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
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