Nonfiction Accelerated Reader
Updated January 25, 2010
020.9 WRI
Wright, Alex. Glut : mastering information through the ages. Washington,
DC: Joseph Henry Press, [2007].Explores how information systems have
emerged throughout history and how previous generations and other
species have dealt with the problem of information overload and examines
the long-term impact networked information systems may have on the
expansion of human knowledge & people's perceptions of the world around
them. Accelerated Reader Level 10 Points 17.
025.213 SHE
Sherrow, Victoria. Censorship in schools. Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
[1996].Discusses issues surrounding various types of censorship which
occur in schools including censorship of literature, courses, textbooks, and
expression. Accelerated Reader Level 9.6 Points 4.
031 JAC
Jacobs, A. J. The know-it-all : one man's humble quest to become the
smartest person in the world. New York: Simon & Schuster, [2004].National
Public Radio contributor A.J. Jacobs chronicles his seemingly impossible
quest to read the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" from A to Z and discusses
how his quest impacted every aspect of his life. Accelerated Reader Level
6.8 Points 24.
133.4 ARO
Aronson, Marcforty. Witch-hunt : mysteries of the Salem witch trials. New
York: Simon & Schuster, [2003]. What really happened in Salem,
Massachusetts, in 1692, when a group of girls and young women accused
certain people in the village of witchcraft, leading to the executions of
innocent men and women. Accelerated Reader Level 8.8Points 8.
153.4 GLA
Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink : the power of thinking without thinking. New York:
Little, Brown and Co, [2005].Presents a study of how people think without
thinking, looking at the brain processes involved in making snap decisions,
discussing why some people seem to have great instincts while others
consistently choose unwisely, and examining ways to control the process.
Accelerated Reader Level 11.0 Points 15.
155.9 SMI
Smith, Alison. Name all the animals: a memoir. New York: Scribner, [2004].
Alison Smith chronicles her family's struggle to overcome the death of her
older brother, and discusses how every aspect of her life was impacted by
the loss of her brother. Accelerated Reader Level 5.2 Points 15.
155.9 VIN
Vincent, Erin. Grief girl : my true story. 1st pbk. ed. New York: Delacorte
Press, [2007].Author Erin Vincent describes her life after her parents were
both killed in a car accident, leaving her parentless at the age of fourteen
with a seventeen-year-old sister and a three-year-old brother; and gives a
description of the stages of grief she experienced. Accelerated Reader
Level 4.2 Points 10.
158 DON
Donahue, Mike. Reinventing my normal. Mike Donahue, [2006].Self-help
for teens about developing a skill to survive and reinventing your normal
when normal was stolen form you, not only surviving but doing something
with your life that matters. Accelerated Reader Level 4.0 Points 4.
158 MIL
Milios, Rita. The value of trust. 1st ed. New York: Rosen Pub. Group,
[1991].Discusses the concept of trust in both a historical and a
contemporary context, how it can be cultivated and contribute to leading a
good life, and what happens when trust is broken. Accelerated Reader
Level 5.6 Points 5.
158.1 PEL
Pelzer, David J. Moving forward : taking the lead in your life. 1st ed. New
York: Center Street, [2008].Offers advice to people on how to move
forward in their lives in spite of the obstacles that might litter their pasts,
explaining how to remain optimistic in even the darkest circumstances.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 9.
174 CAL
Callahan, David. The cheating culture : why more Americans are doing
wrong to get ahead. 1st Harvest ed. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt,
[2004].Explores how the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the last twenty
years has led to corrupt values in the United States, forcing many people to
cutting corners, deception, and corruption. Accelerated Reader Level 11.1
Points 19.
174.2 USC
Uschan, Michael V. Forty years of medical racism : the Tuskegee
experiments. Detroit: Lucent Books, [2006].Examines the forty-year study
by the federal government in the treatment of syphilis in African-American
males conducted at the Tuskegee Institute that eventually killed many of
the four hundred infected men. Accelerated Reader Level 10.0 Points 5.
179 DAY
Day, Nancy. Animal experimentation : cruelty or science? Hillside, N.J.,
U.S.A: Enslow Publishers, [1994].Scientists use animals in medical
research to study how the body works and how to diagnose, cure, and
prevent disease. Accelerated Reader Level 9.6 Points 4.
200 GAS
Gaskins, Pearl Fuyo. I believe in : Christian, Jewish, and Muslim young
people speak about their faith. 1st ed. Chicago: Cricket Books, [2004].The
author draws on personal conversations with young Christians, Jews, and
Muslims and discusses topics such as peer pressure, dating, gender roles,
and worship in relation to their particular religious beliefs. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.8 Points 12.
200 RAU
Raushenbush, Paul B. Teen spirit : one world, many paths : your guide to
spirituality & religion. Deerfield Beach, FL: HCI Teens, [2004].Presents
information for teenagers on various aspects of Buddhism, Christianity,
Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and other religions in question-and -answer
format, providing guidance on faith issues that arise in daily life and how to
live peacefully with people of other faiths, and includes "fast facts" and
verses from sacred texts. Accelerated Reader Level 8.7 Points 10.
258 WIL
Wilkerson, David R. The cross and the switchblade. [New York]: B. Geis
Associates; distributed by Random House, [1963].A minister who left his
small church in Pennsylvania to go to New York City relates his
experiences working with street gang members. Accelerated Reader Level
6.2 Points 11.
270.1 JEN
Jenkins, Philip. The lost history of Christianity : the thousand-year golden
age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and how it died.
New York: HarperOne, [2008].Philip Jenkins argues that the center of
Christianity resided in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, for centuries and
explores the influence Christian groups in Asia had over the entire religion
and its followers. Accelerated Reader Level 11.0 Points 16.
291.9 ZEI
Zeinert, Karen. Cults. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1997].Describes various
types of cults including their history, characteristics, and danger to
American society. Accelerated Reader Level 9.8 Points 5.
301.152 HUX
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world revisited. New York: Harper, [1958].The
author discusses some of the concerns addressed in his novel "Brave New
World," covering such issues as brainwashing, overpopulation, and the use
of propaganda in democratic societies. Accelerated Reader Level 11.4
Points 7.
301.451 GRI
Griffin, John Howard. Black like me. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1961].The
author, a white man, recounts his experiences when he darkened his skin
and traveled through the South as an African-American man. Accelerated
Reader Level 7 Points 11.
302.3 STR
Rosen, Roger. Street gangs : gaining turf, losing ground. New York: Rosen,
[1991].A collection of fictional and non-fictional stories and essays by a
variety of authors dealing various aspects of gang life and its influence on
disenfranchised youth. Accelerated Reader Level 7.2 Points 7.
303.4 TOF
Toffler, Alvin. Future shock. New York: Bantam, [1990, 1970].Examines the
role of change in contemporary society, touching on trends in education,
technology, the arts, and interpersonal relations, and explores what these
changes hold for the future. Accelerated Reader Level 11.6 Points 30.
303.48 HIL
Hill, Laban Carrick. America dreaming : how youth changed America in the
sixties. New York: Little, Brown, [2007]. A comprehensive examination of
how American youth changed the culture of the 1960s, looking at the civil
rights movement, the hippie generation, feminism, and anti-war
demonstrators. Accelerated Reader Level 9.8 Points 10.
303.625 FRI
Fridell, Ron. Terrorism : political violence at home and abroad. Berkeley
Heights, NJ: Enslow, [2001]. Accelerated Reader Level 8.9 Points 3.
304.2 DIA
Diamond, Jared M. Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed. New
York: Penguin, [2006, 2005].Presents a comprehensive historical narrative
that describes how and why ancient civilizations such as the Anasazi,
Maya, and the Polynesian culture on Easter Island failed and fell into ruin
and examines how lessons learned from the past can help in preserving
the future. Accelerated Reader Level 12.3 Points 48.
304.6 SPR
Springer, Jane. Genocide. Toronto: Anansi Press, [2006].Examines the
definition of "genocide"; the response of governments and the United
Nations to genocide; and genocide prevention; and presents case histories.
Accelerated Reader Level 10.3 Points 5.
305.2 KAP
Kaplan, Leslie S. Coping with peer pressure. 1st ed. New York: Rosen
Pub. Group, [1983]. Accelerated Reader Level 8.9 Points 11.
305.23 NAZ
Nazario, Sonia. Enrique's journey. New York: Random House,
[2006].Addresses the issues of family and illegal immigration through the
story of a young boy's dangerous journey from Honduras to the U.S. in
search of his mother, who left him and his sibling behind make a better life
for her family. Accelerated Reader Level 5.6 Points 12.
305.235 FRE
Freedom Writers and Gruwell, Erin. The Freedom Writers diary : how a
teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world
around them. New York: Broadway Books, [2001, 1999].Tells the story of
how young English teacher Erin Gruwell confronted the problem of racial
and ethnic intolerance in her classroom, and features excerpts from the
diaries of her students, now known as The Freedom Writers. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.4 Points 15.
305.235 HAL
Halpin, Mikki. It's your world-- if you don't like it, change it : activism for
teenagers. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York: Simon Pulse, [2004].Presents
advice for teenagers who desire to cultivate changes within their schools
and communities and provides information on racism, animal and human
rights, environmental issues, HIV/AIDS, school violence, and tolerance.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.1 Points 15.
305.235 PER
Musgrave, Susan. Perfectly secret : the hidden lives of seven teen girls.
Toronto: Annick Press, [2004].Presents essays that describe the secret
lives of adolescent girls. Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 4.
305.42 SAS
Sasson, Jean P. Princess : a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi
Arabia. Van Nuys, CA: Windsor-Brooke Books, [2001].A Saudi Arabian
princess tells of her life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged
marriage, revealing the true role designated to women by men in her
country. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0 Points 12.
305.42 SAS
Sasson, Jean P. Princess Sultana's daughters. Atlanta, GA: WindsorBrooke Books, [2001].Saudia Arabian Princess Sultana continues her story
of repression and violence against women in present day Saudia Arabia.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.5 Points 14.
305.48 ROD
Rodriguez, Deborah and Ohlson, Kristin. Kabul Beauty School : an
American woman goes behind the veil. New York: Random House,
[2007].Hairdresser Deborah Rodriguez details her experiences in postTaliban Afghanistan, discussing the opening of her beauty school and
recalls the personal stories of various women who overcame obstacles to
obtain an education in cosmetology. Accelerated Reader Level 6.3 Points
15.
305.5 YAN
Yankoski, Michael. Under the overpass. Sisters, Or: Multnomah Publishers,
[2005].The author describes his personal experiences as he and his friend
spent five months traveling as homeless men from Denver to Washington
DC, and describes the hopelessness and despair of those they
encountered on their journey and the number of persons who turned them
away rather than help them. Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points 9.
305.6 SID
Siddiqui, Haroon. Being Muslim. Toronto, Ont: Anansi Press, [2006].The
author addresses a number of political, cultural, and religious issues
associated with the Muslim faith. Accelerated Reader Level 10 Points 7.
305.8 APA
Apartheid: calibrations of color. New York: Rosen, 1991. Essays, fiction,
and photographs address different aspects of apartheid. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.9 Points 6.
306.3 BAL
Bales, Kevin. Slavery today. Toronto: Groundwood Books, [2008].Traces
the existence and occurrence of slavery in modern factories, jungles, and
farms around the world, and discusses prostitution, the buying back of
slaves, and strategies for ending slavery in the global market. Accelerated
Reader Level 5.0 Points 6.
306.3 UND
Underhill, Paco. Call of the mall. New York: Simon & Schuster,
[2004].Presents a critical survey of malls, analyzing everything from
parking lots to restrooms, and looking at the methods businesses use to
entice shoppers to buy. Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 12.
306.73 SIL
Silverstein, Herma. Date abuse. Hillside, NJ: Enslow, [1994].Explores date
abuse and date rape and tells young people how to cope with these
problems. Accelerated Reader Level 7.1 Points 2.
306.76 ALS
Alsenas, Linas. Gay America : struggle for equality. New York: Amulet,
[2008].An examination of gay and lesbian life in the United States since the
colonial period that discusses the Kinsey study, the McCarthy witch hunts
of the 1950s, the Beat generation, gay marriage, and other related topics.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.8 Points 9.
306.89 LEV
Levine, Beth. Divorce : young people caught in the middle. Springfield,
N.J.,: Enslow, [1995].Author Beth Levine explains what happens to young
adults before, during, and after their parents' divorces. Accelerated Reader
Level 8 Points 4.
320 GAY
Gay, Kathlyn. The new power of women in politics. Hillside, N.J.,: Enslow,
[1994]. If trends continue, women may hold many more important posts
and elected offices in the 1990s, helping to establish the Decade of the
Woman in United States politics. Accelerated Reader Level 10.3 Points 4.
320.53 GAY
Gay, Kathlyn. Neo-Nazis : a growing threat. Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
[1997].Discusses the history of neo-Nazism, examples of organizations and
activities spawned by this ideology, and evidence of the spread of anti Semitism, racism, & hate crimes. Accelerated Reader Level 10.7 Points 4.
322.4 GAY
Gay, Kathlyn. Militias : armed and dangerous. Springfield, NJ: Enslow
Publishers, [1997].Traces the development of the citizen militia movement
from its origins in colonial America through its modern involvement with
racist and neo-Nazi activities. Accelerated Reader Level 6 Points 3.
323.1 LUC
Lucas, Eileen. Civil rights, the long struggle. Springfield, NJ: Enslow
Publishers, [1996].Focuses on the history of civil rights for African
Americans from the founding of the nation to the Million Man March.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.5 Points 3.
323.42 LEW
Lewis, Anthony. Gideon's trumpet. New York: Random House, [1964].
Accelerated Reader Level 10.8 Points 15.
323.44 ZEI
Zeinert, Karen. Free speech : from newspapers to music lyrics. Springfield,
N.J., U.S.A: Enslow Publishers, [1995].Examines the origins of free speech
in United States and provides the historical context for current debates.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.8 Points 4.
323.6 SIM
Simpson, Carolyn. The value of patriotism. New York: Rosen, [1993]. The
nature of patriotism and how it may be expressed in wartime and in
different countries and cultures. Accelerated Reader Level 9.6 Points 6.
326 LES
Lester, Julius and Feelings, Tom. To be a slave. New York: Dial Press,
[1968].A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged
chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their
experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the
early twentieth century. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 5.
327.73 LAX
Laxer, James. Empire. Toronto, Ont: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi
Press, [2006].Compares the United States to the British, Roman, Chinese,
Incan, and Aztec empires, examines how America works, and argues that
empire building can ultimately threaten the health of democracy.
Accelerated Reader Level 11.4 Points 6.
328.73 AAS
Aaseng, Nathan. You are the senator. Minneapolis: Oliver, [1997]. Eight
historic decisions of the United States Senate: Prohibition, the Social
Security Act, the Taft-Hartley Act, the Civil Rights Act, direct election of the
president, the War Powers Act, the Gramm-Rudman bill, and the Brady bill.
The author provides background information for readers to consider three
options in each situation. He then reveals the Senate's vote and the
historical consequences. The format balances the interests of those on all
sides of each question, and effectively portrays the emotions of the public
and the decision makers. Accelerated Reader Level 10.3 Points 5.
331.13 HAN
Hanmer, Trudy J. Affirmative action : opportunity for all? Hillside, N.J:
Enslow, [1993].Discusses affirmative action policy in this country, including
its history, its effects--particularly on African Americans--and current
problems. Accelerated Reader Level 10.6 Points 4.
333.792 CRA
Cravens, Gwyneth. Power to save the world : the truth about nuclear
energy. 1st ed. New York: Knopf, [2007].Gwyneth Cravens offers a
comprehensive overview of the myths, fears, and truths surrounding
nuclear energy, and shares her own experiences using and studying
nuclear energy, describing what she learned about nuclear power and the
promise it holds for the future. Accelerated Reader Level 10.0 Points 26.
333.8 LAX
Laxer, James. Oil. Toronto: Groundwood Books, [2008].Discusses the rise
of petroleum companies and their control over worldwide oil markets,
covering the interrelation of money, geopolitics, and oil as third world
countries develop, the U.S. maintains its hold on the Persian Gulf, and the
environment continues to suffer. Accelerated Reader Level 11.5 Points 7.
336.1 WEI
Weiss, Ann E. Lotteries : who wins, who loses? Hillside, N.J: Enslow
Publishers, [1991].Discusses all aspects of the lottery system. Accelerated
Reader Level 9.4 Points 6.
338.2 KUR
Kurlansky, Mark. Salt : a world history. New York: Walker and Co,
[2002].Chronicles the history of salt, discussing how it has shaped
civilizations from the earliest beginnings of world history and how it has
been used in different cultures. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 23.
338.4 ALM
Almond, Steve. Candyfreak : a journey through the chocolate underbelly of
America. 1st Harvest ed. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt, [2005].Examines the
modern candy industry with both objectivity and humor, investigating the
influence of corporate power on what sorts of chocolate bars survive and
why many "quirky" ones perish. Accelerated Reader Level 7.7 Points 11.
338.7 KAT
Katz, Jon. Geeks : how two lost boys rode the Internet out of Idaho. New
York: Broadway Books, [2001].Tells the true story of Jesse and Eric,
nineteen-year-old roommates in the small town of Caldwell, Idaho who
changed their lives and built a new future for themselves with the power of
the Internet. Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 10.
344.73 AND
Andryszewski, Tricia. School prayer : a history of the debate. Springfield,
NJ: Enslow Publishers, [1997]. Accelerated Reader Level 11.7 Points 4.
345.73 GOT
Gottfried, Ted. Capital punishment : the death penalty debate. Springfield,
NJ: Enslow Publishers, [1997].Discusses the controversial issue of whether
the death penalty is a fair punishment, debating both sides of the
argument. Accelerated Reader Level 9.5 Points 4.
345.73 MAR
Marguiles, Phillip and Rosaler, Maxine. The devil on trial : witches,
anarchists, atheists, communists, and terrorists in America's courtrooms.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, [2008].Examines five cases throughout
history as examples of situations where people have compromised their
principles in the name of safety, and covers the Salem witch trials, the
Haymarket Affair trial, the Scopes "Monkey" trial, and others. Accelerated
Reader Level 10 Points 9.
345.766 GRI
Grisham, John. The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town.
New York: Doubleday, [2006].Presents a comprehensive study of the
controversial murder trial involving baseball player Ron Williamson.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.1 Points 20.
345.773 BOG
Bogira, Steve. Courtroom 302 : a year in felony court. 1st ed. New York:
Knopf, [2005].Chronicles one year in a courtroom in Chicago's Cook
County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country,
recounting the stories of the lawyers, judges, and criminals who passed
through the courtroom. Accelerated Reader Level 9.2 Points 29.
346.7301 JAC
Jacobs, Thomas A. What are my rights? : 95 questions and answers about
teens and the law. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Pub, [1997].Provides
information to help the reader understand laws, recognize responsibilities,
and appreciate rights especially in relation to parents, school, job, and
personal matters. Accelerated Reader Level 9.1 Points 9.
355.8 SUL
Sullivan, Edward T. The ultimate weapon : the race to develop the atomic
bomb. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, [2007].Chronicles the three-year
Manhattan Project, discussing scientific developments, scientists, the three
secret cities, spies, and saboteurs, and describes the decision to use the
atom bomb on Japan, the dropping of the bombs, and the aftermath.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.5 Points 6.
356 HAN
Haney, Eric L. Inside Delta Force : the story of America's elite
counterterrorist unit. 1st trade pbk. ed. New York: Delacorte Press,
[2006].Eric Haney, one of the founding members of Delta Force, provides
an inside look at the elite counterterrorist unit, explaining the process by
which men are selected for the unit, and telling of his personal experiences
with Delta Force in Beirut, Tehran, Honduras, and other hot spots
throughout the world. Accelerated Reader Level 7.4 Points 12.
358.38 COB
Cobb, Allan B. Biological and chemical weapons : the debate over modern
warfare. New York, NY: Rosen Pub. Group, [2000].Discusses the history
and threats of biological and chemical weapons. Accelerated Reader Level
9.4 Points 2.
358.4 CLA
Clancy, Tom. Fighter wing : a guided tour of an Air Force combat wing.
Berkley trade paperback ed. New York: Berkley Books, [1995].The author
presents detailed analyses of the Air Force's premier fighter planes,
exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams, an insider's look at the
people behind the planes and weapons, and combat strategies and training
techniques used by the U.S. Air Force. Accelerated Reader Level 11.0
Points 27.
359.938 CLA
Clancy, Tom. Submarine : a guided tour inside a nuclear warship. 1st ed.
New York: Putnam's, [1993].An inside look at life aboard a Los Angelesclass (SSN-688) nuclear submarine, from captain to crew, from training
exercises to operations. Includes profiles of other submarines. Accelerated
Reader Level 10.3 Points 13.
359.94835 CLA
Clancy, Tom. Carrier : a guided tour of an aircraft carrier. Berkley trade
pbk. ed. New York: Berkley, [1999].Provides detailed information about
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and their associated aircraft and battle group
escorts; examines the lives of the men and women who build and work on
the carriers; and includes an interview with Admiral Jay Johnson, the U.S.
Navy's Chief of Naval Operations. Accelerated Reader Level 10.8 Points
27.
362.1 KUF
Kuffel, Frances. Passing for thin : losing half my weight and finding myself.
1st ed. New York: Broadway Books, [2004].Frances Kuffel discusses how
she learned to accept and appreciate her new body after losing 188
pounds and how she adapted to life as a thin person, even when she felt
uncomfortable in her new shape. Accelerated Reader Level 6.0 Points 12.
362.19 HAY
Hayden, Torey L. Ghost girl : the true story of a child in peril and the
teacher who saved her. New York: Avon Books, [1992, 1991]. A teacher of
emotionally disturbed children tells of her work with a silent and withdrawn
eight-year-old girl who is the possible victim of ritual abuse. Accelerated
Reader Level 5.7 Points 14.
362.196 DAN
D'Antonio, Michael. The state boys rebellion. New York: Simon & Schuster,
[2004].Describes the experiences of a group of boys who had been sent to
the Fernald State School, one of many schools in the United States that
were designed to keep the mentally handicapped and potential criminals
out of society, and their escape and struggles to survive without family,
social connections, or education. Accelerated Reader Level 8.6 Points 20.
362.196 IT
Sparks, Beatrice. It happened to Nancy. New York: Avon, [1994].Presents
a true story written by an anonymous fourteen-year-old teenage who
reveals how she fell for a handsome college student who raped her and
infected her with the HIV virus. Accelerated Reader Level 5.4 Points 9.
362.196 PAT
Patchett, Ann. Truth & beauty : a friendship. New York: Harper, [2005,
2004].Lucy Grealy attained prominence with "Autobiography of a Face," a
restrained account of acute disfigurement and continual surgery after a
childhood tumor required the removal of much of her lower jaw. Grealy died
of a heroin overdose in 2002, at thirty-nine, and Patchett's memoir of her
friend, whom she first met in college, reveals a level of anguish that was
submerged in Grealy's book. Accelerated Reader Level 6.5 Points 13.
362.28 GRI
Griffith, Gail. Will's choice : a suicidal teen, a desperate mother, and a
chronicle of recovery. New York: Harper, [2006, 2005].Gail Griffith
chronicles her efforts to save her teenage son from the throes of
depression, sharing how her son's suicide attempt impacted their family &
her own feelings of self-worth. Accelerated Reader Level 8.8 Points 19.
362.28 RUN
Runyon, Brent. The burn journals. New York: Knopf, [2004].Presents the
true story of Brent Runyon, who at fourteen set himself on fire and
sustained burns over eighty percent of his body and describes the months
of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull
his life together. Accelerated Reader Level 3.8 Points 12.
362.29 LAN
Landau, Elaine. Teenage drinking. Hillside, N.J: Enslow, [1994].Through
text and photographs, the author explores the reasons why young people
drink, and explains how alcohol affects their lives. Accelerated Reader
Level 8.6 Points 2.
362.7 BER
Berck, Judith. No place to be : voices of homeless children. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, [1992].Details the grave situation facing homeless
children and their parents who live in shelters and welfare hotels.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.4 Points 4.
362.7 GAY
Gay, Kathlyn. Adoption and foster care. Hillside, NJ, U.S.A: Enslow
Publishers, [1990].Describes how these placement systems work and
reveals the feelings of young people who find homes through adoption and
foster care. Accelerated Reader Level 10.1 Points 5.
362.76 PEL
Pelzer, Richard B. A brother's journey : surviving a childhood of abuse.
New York: Warner, [2005].The author describes his childhood filled with
nightly beatings and unspeakable abuse by his mother and how he found
the courage to survive. Accelerated Reader Level 5.8 Points 11.
362.76 PEL
Pelzer, Richard B. A teenager's journey : overcoming a childhood of abuse.
New York: Warner, [2006].Richard B. Pelzer, author of the childhood
memoir "A Brother's Journey," continues his personal story, chronicling his
teenage years and young adulthood during which he suffered his mother's
emotional abuse and struggled to come to terms with her physical abuse of
him and of his brother David. Accelerated Reader Level 6.2 Points 8.
362.82 HON
Hong, Maria. Family abuse : a national epidemic. Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
[1997].Discusses many forms of family abuse, including child abuse,
sexual abuse, and domestic violence. Accelerated Reader Level 11.2
Points 5.
363.19 ESH
Esherick, Joan. The FDA and psychiatric drugs : how a drug is approved.
Philadelphia: Mason Crest, [2008].Describes how a psychiatric drug is
approved for use by the FDA, as well as some historical background on the
agency. Psychiatric drugs: what are they and how do they work?; Why we
need the FDA: a brief history of medicines in America; From test tube to
pill: the FDA approval process; After approval: are psychiatric drugs safe?;
Beyond the FDA: alternative treatments and medicines; A case study in
psychosis & psychiatric treatment. Accelerated Reader Level 9.0 Points 4.
362.29 SHE
Sheff, Nic. Tweak : growing up on methamphetamines. New York:
Atheneum, [2009, 2008]. The author describes his childhood in California,
his addiction to crystal meth and heroin at a young age, his relapse after
eighteen months of sobriety, and his path to recovery. Accelerated Reader
Level 4.9Points 17.
363.2 BUS
Busby, Cylin and Busby, John. The year we disappeared : a fatherdaughter memoir. New York: Bloomsbury, [2008].Father and daughter,
Cylin and John Busby, share their memories of the challenges they faced
after their family was forced to go into hiding in order to protect themselves
from a killer who had already shot John, a police officer, once and was
determined to finish the job. Accelerated Reader Level 5.7 Points 13.
362.4 TEN
Tenberken, Sabriye. My path leads to Tibet : the inspiring story of how one
young blind woman brought hope to the blind children of Tibet. New York:
Arcade Pub, [2003].Sabriye Tenberken, a blind woman in her mid-twenties,
discusses how she fought both the Chinese and Tibetan bureaucracies to
help start a school for blind children in Tibet. Accelerated Reader Level 7.3
Points 12.
363.2 G
Gottfried, Ted. Police under fire. Brookfield, Conn: 21st Century Books,
[1999].An examination of police culture, discussing the requirements and
training men and women go through to become a police officer, looking at
the on-the -job challenges and dangers they face, and investigating some
cases of police brutality and corruption. Accelerated Reader Level 10.0
Points 4.
362.404 JON
Jones, Ron and Parker, Tom. The acorn people. New York: Bantam
Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, [1996, 1976].Relates the
experiences of a group of children with severe physical disabilities during a
summer spent at camp. Accelerated Reader Level 5.6 Points 2.
363.25 YAN
Yancey, Diane. Tracking serial killers. Detroit, MI: Lucent Books,
[2007].Examines how serial killers are caught, explaining related statistics,
techniques, and careers; and discussing notorious serial murderers.
363.4 GOT
Gottfried, Ted. Pornography : debating the issues. Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
[1997].Provides a history of pornography in the United States. Discusses
the pros and cons of the issue. Accelerated Reader Level 9.8 Points 4.
363.4 LOW
Lowenstein, Felicia. The abortion battle : looking at both sides. Springfield,
NJ: Enslow, [1996].Balanced account of the issues in the abortion debate.
Accelerated Reader Level 7 Points 3.
363.7 AAS
Aaseng, Nathan. Jobs vs. the environment : can we save both? Hillside,
N.J: Enslow, [1994].Shows how unemployed people came to blame
environmentalists for job losses and outlines the agenda of the Wise Use
Coalition, a group opposed to environmental regulation. Then, point by
point, he counters their arguments and concludes with a chapter on how
environmental stewardship can create jobs while solving other problems as
well. Accelerated Reader Level 9.1 Points 3.
363.72 ROY
Royte, Elizabeth. Garbage land : on the secret trail of trash. New York:
Little, Brown, [2006, 2005].Follows the journey of American trash from the
garbage can to the dump, the recycling center, and elsewhere, speaking to
experts on varied aspects of garbage; odor chemists, conservation
scientists, CEOs, and others; examining the impact of consumption on the
environment; and exploring options for change. Accelerated Reader Level
9.5 Points 19.
363.738 GOR
Gore, Albert. An inconvenient truth : the crisis of global warming. New
York: Viking, [2007].An adaptation of the book in which former Vice
President Al Gore examines the climate crisis that is threatening the future
of the planet, describes what the world's governments are doing to correct
the problem, and explains why the problem should be taken more
seriously. Includes photographs, maps, and graphs. Accelerated Reader
Level 7.4 Points 2.
363.738 TAN
Tanaka, Shelley. Climate change. Toronto, Ont: Groundwood Books,
House of Anansi Press, [2006].A summary that covers the science of
climate change, what its effects are, what it will do in the future, and what
can be done about it. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 4.
364.1 ARE
Aretha, David. The murder of Emmett Till. Greensboro, N.C: Morgan
Reynolds, [2008]. The 1955 murder in Money, Mississippi, of Chicago
teenager, Emmett Till, by local store owner Roy Bryant and his brother-inlaw, J.W. Milam, the trial and acquittal that followed, and how the incident
impacted the civil rights movement. Accelerated Reader Level 8.2 Points 5.
364.1 CAP
Capote, Truman. In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its
consequences. New York: Random House, [1966, 1965].Two two-time
losers living in a lonely house in western Kansas are out to make the heist
of their life, but when things don't go as planned, the robbery turns ugly.
From there, the book is a real-life look into murder, prison, and the criminal
mind. Accelerated Reader Level 7.1 Points 21.
364.1 DUN
Duncan, Lois. Who killed my daughter? New York: Dell, [1994].Story of
popular young adult author Lois Duncan's search for the truth behind her
eighteen year old daughter's brutal death while driving alone in her car.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.3 Points 15.
364.1 HIL
Hilldorfer, Joseph and Dugoni, Robert. The cyanide canary. New York:
Free Press, [2004].Chronicles the fight of the Environmental Protection
Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice to convict an Idaho fertilizer
plant owner of nearly killing an employee whom he ordered to clean out a
storage tank that supposedly contained only mud and water but was laced
with cyanide. Accelerated Reader Level 8.1 Points 21.
364.1 JUD
Judson, Karen. Computer crime : phreaks, spies, and salami slicers.
Hillside, N.J., U.S.A: Enslow, [1994].Describes different computer crimes,
including hacking, computer fraud, viruses, and Internet scams, discussing
the methods used to commit them and penalties for those who are caught.
Accelerated Reader Level 10.3 Points 4.
364.1 OLI
Oliver, Marilyn Tower. Gangs : trouble in the streets. Springfield, N.J:
Enslow, [1995]. Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 3.
364.1 QUE
Queen, William. Under and alone : the true story of the undercover agent
who infiltrated America's most violent outlaw motorcycle gang. New York:
Random House, [2005].William Queen recounts his efforts to infiltrate one
of the most dangerous outlaw motorcycle gangs in America, describing the
men & women he met along the way and the impact they had on his
investigation. Accelerated Reader Level 7.2 Points 14.
364.1 VEN
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. Gang leader for a day : a rogue sociologist takes
to the streets. New York: Penguin Press, [2008].Sudhir Venkatesh recounts
how he managed to work his way into one of Chicago's must brutal crackdealing gangs and describes the horrific events he witnessed, and
sometimes participated in. Accelerated Reader Level 6.8 Points 15.
364.15 ALT
Altman, Linda Jacobs. Genocide : the systematic killing of a people.
Springfield, N.J: Enslow, [1995].This book explains what genocide is, why it
happens, and how genocidal events relate to the past. Accelerated Reader
Level 9.5 Points 3.
364.152 LAR
Larson, Erik. The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the
fair that changed America. New York: Vintage Books, [2004, 2003].Tells
the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893
Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the
challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City,
and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to
lure victims to their deaths. Accelerated Reader Level 5.5 Points 1.
364.152 RUL
Rule, Ann. Too late to say goodbye: a true story of murder and betrayal.
New York: Pocket Books, [2007].Provides an account of the case of Dr.
Barton Corbin, a dentist who was sentenced to life in prison after admitting
to murdering his wife, Jennifer, in 2004, as well as his girlfriend Dolly Hearn
fourteen years earlier. Accelerated Reader Level 7.8Points 20.
364.66 KUK
Kuklin, Susan. No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on death
row. New York: Holt, [2008].A collection of essays in which inmates at
American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens
share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and
how they feel about capital punishment. Accelerated Reader Level 5.2
Points 7.
365 HUB
Hubner, John. Last chance in Texas : the redemption of criminal youth. 1st
ed. New York: Random House, [2005].Journalist John Hubner reveals the
aggressive methods used by the Giddings State School in Texas to
rehabilitate criminal youths. Accelerated Reader Level 6.4 Points 16.
365 OLI
Oliver, Marilyn Tower. Prisons : today's debate. Springfield, Enslow,
[1997].Discusses problems relating to prisons, examines the controversy of
whether prisons should rehabilitate or punish, and possible alternatives to
the current prison system. Accelerated Reader Level 8.5 Points 4.
370.19 NAS
Nash, Carol Rust. Sexual harassment : what teens should know.
Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1996].Author Carol Rust Nash presents the facts
and tells the stories of teens who have been harassed. Accelerated Reader
Level 7.8 Points 3.
371.3 RES
Newbigging, Martha. Research ate my brain : the panic-proof guide to
surviving homework. Toronto: Annick Press, [2005].A step-by-step guide to
research for students, which explains how to break projects into pieces,
create a work plan, find information in libraries, search the Web and library
databases, evaluate sources, and master citation formats. Includes
examples of MLA-style citations and works -cited-list entries. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.6 Points 2.
371.7 BLA
Blanco, Jodee and Blanco, Jodee. Please stop laughing at us : one
survivor's extraordinary quest to prevent school bullying. Dallas, TX:
BenBella Books, [2008].The author reflects on her experiences being
bullied in school; and discusses ways parents, teachers, and students can
prevent bullying. Includes frequently asked questions, a glossary of terms,
and emails to the author. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 18.
371.9 HAY
Hayden, Torey L. Somebody else's kids. New York: Putnam,
[1981].Describes four special students with learning problems who do not
fit into regular classrooms. Accelerated Reader Level 4.4 Points 14.
373.18 COO
Cooper, Elisha. Ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool : a year in an American
high school. New York: Dial Books, [2008].Relates the experiences of eight
high school students in Chicago, Illinois, including a soccer playing honor
roll student, an overachieving class president, a Muslim, and others.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.6 Points 7.
376 HAN
Hanmer, Trudy J. The gender gap in schools : girls losing out. Springfield,
NJ: Enslow Publishers, [1996].Discusses the gender gap in American
schools and society. Accelerated Reader Level 9.5 Points 3.
378.12 ALB
Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and the
life's greatest lesson. New York: Doubleday, [1997].The author, an
alumnus of Brandeis University, tells of his meetings with a former
professor suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease and of the lessons he
learned about life and death from his college mentor. Accelerated Reader
Level 5.5 Points 5.
378.755 ROS
Rosin, Hanna. God's Harvard : a Christian college on a mission to save
America. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt, [2007].An exploration of the students and
academics of Patrick Henry College, a Protestant college founded
specifically for Christian, homeschooled students with a high rate of
success among its graduates.
391 DEJ
DeJean, Joan E. The essence of style : how the French invented high
fashion, fine food, chic cafés, style, sophistication, and glamour. New York:
Free Press, [2005].Reveals how seventeenth-century French culture set
the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule modern
society. Accelerated Reader Level 10.4 Points 18.
391.6 ASH
Ashenburg, Katherine. The dirt on clean : an unsanitized history. New York:
North Point Press, [2007].Explores how cleanliness and bathing have been
viewed throughout history, focusing on how notions of privacy, health,
individuality, religion, and sexuality have influenced different cultures'
bathing practices. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 14.
393 WIL
Wilcox, Charlotte. Mummies & their mysteries. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda
Books, [1993].Discusses mummies found around the world, including Peru,
Denmark, and the Italian Alps, and explains how studying them provides
clues to past ways of life. Accelerated Reader Level 6.8 Points 1.
394.1 SCH
Schlosser, Eric and Wilson, Charles. Chew on this : everything you don't
want to know about fast food. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [2006].A look at
fast food, what's in it, how it's made, and what it does to our bodies.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.1 Points 9.
394.1 SCH
Schlosser, Eric. Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal.
Boston , Mass: Houghton Mifflin, [2001].Traces the history of the fast food
industry and discusses how it arose in postwar America. Accelerated
Reader Level 10.4 Points 22.
394.2663 ARO
Aronson, Marc. Race : a history beyond black and white. New York:
Atheneum, [2007].Marc Aronson traces the history of racial prejudice in the
Western world from ancient times to the present, identifying events and
individuals that have influenced people's conceptions about race.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.8 Points 11.
500 HAK
Hakim, Joy. Aristotle leads the way. Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian,
[2004].Presents full-color illustrated photographs, charts, maps, and
diagrams that examines the history of science through discoveries in
astronomy, math, and physics. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0 Points 15.
523.1 HAW
Hawking, S. W and Mlodinow, Leonard. A briefer history of time. New York:
Bantam Dell, [2005]. Simpfied edition of the landmark work by physicist
Stephen Hawking, describing his theories in a way that is more accessible
to readers, providing information on the nature of space and time and the
history and future of the universe. Accelerated Reader Level 10.1 Points 8.
537 BOD
Bodanis, David. Electric universe : how electricity switched on the modern
world.. New York: Three Rivers Press, [2005].Explains how electricity
works and how it is used through accounts of the lives of some of the
pioneers in the field, including Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell,
Guglielmo Marconi, Heinrich Herz, Alan Turing, and others. Accelerated
Reader Level 9.4 Points 11.
551.6 PEA
Pearce, Fred. With speed and violence : why scientists fear tipping points
in climate change. Boston: Beacon Press, [2007]. The author examines the
history of the earth's climate changes and the consequences of increased
global warming, and maintains that continued human interference could
cause irreversible changes that could threaten the habitability of the earth.
Accelerated Reader Level 10 Points 19.
567.91 DIX
Dixon, Dougal. Dougal Dixon's dinosaurs. Honesdale, Penn: Boyds Mills
Press, [1998].Explores how dinosaurs evolved and disappeared, and
provides information on fourteen of the largest dinosaurs. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.3 Points 3.
577 BUR
Burdick, Alan. Out of Eden : an odyssey of ecological invasion. New York:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2006, 2005].The author explores how exotic
plants and animals are appearing around the world in non-native
environments, drawing from field research in Hawaii, Guam, Tasmania,
San Francisco, and other spots around the globe, and discusses how their
appearance has impacted the natural world. Accelerated Reader Level
10.4 Points 26.
590 NOY
Noyes, Deborah. One kingdom : our lives with animals : the human-animal
bond in myth, history, science, and story. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
[2006].Explores how myth, history, and culture have influenced the lives of
the people who live with and around them. Accelerated Reader Level 9.2
Points 4.
591.5 WEI
Weiner, Jonathan. Time, love, memory : a great biologist and his quest for
the origins of behavior. New York: Vintage, [2000, 1999].Armed with only a
few test tubes, a light bulb, and 100 fruit flies, physicist-turned-biologist
Seymour Bezmour revolutionized molecular biology. Weiner's fascinating
book Recounts how Bezmour's beautifully simple experiments revealed the
genetic origins of human behavior. Accelerated Reader Level9.2 Points 18.
591.75 COU
Couturier, Lisa. The hopes of snakes : and other tales from the urban
landscape. Boston: Beacon Press, [2005].Contains a collection of essays
that examine the role of the wild creatures that make their habitat in urban
environments, and describes the effects of the city on the natural
landscape. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0 Points 10.
591.77 HOY
Hoyt, Erich. Creatures of the deep : in search of the sea's "monsters" and
the world they live in. Buffalo, N.Y: Firefly Books, [2001].Describes the
different species that can be found in the deepest parts of the ocean and
explains how they were first discovered and what scientists have learned
by studying them. Accelerated Reader Level 9.9 Points 8.
595.78 LAS
Lasky, Kathryn and Knight, Christopher G. Monarchs. San Diego: Harcourt
Brace & Co, [1993].Describes the life cycle and winter migrations of the
monarch butterfly and the two towns that protect their winter habitats.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.8 Points 1.
597.8 SOU
Souder, William. A plague of frogs : unraveling an environmental mystery.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, [2002, 2000].A group of
Minnesota schoolchildren came upon a pond filled with deformed frogs
which launched a four-year federal investigation into the possible pollution
of local water supplies. Accelerated Reader Level 9.9 Points 23.
597.96 MAT
Mattison, Christopher. Snake. London: DK, [2006].A photographic
exploration of the lives of snakes, providing information about snake
evolution, physical and behavioral characteristics, defense mechanisms,
and reproduction; and including a gallery of over sixty individual species
from around the world. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 5.
598.6 BLE
Blechman, Andrew. Pigeons : the fascinating saga of the world's most
revered and reviled bird. New York: Grove Press, [2006].Describes how
pigeons have been used since ancient times to deliver messages and save
lives and the fascination of pigeons today as show birds. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.7 Points 11.
598.7 HOO
Hoose, Phillip M. The race to save the Lord God Bird. New York: Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, [2004].The story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's
extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this
species and humans, and what they have taught us about preserving
endangered creatures. Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 9.
598.9 ARN
Arnold, Caroline and Wallace, Michael Phillip. On the brink of extinction :
the California condor. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
[1993].Describes the history of the condor in North America and the efforts
to save the remaining California condors from extinction. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.0 Points 1.
599.4 BAS
Bash, Barbara. Shadows of night : the hidden world of the little brown bat.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books for Children, [1993].Describes the life
cycle, physical characteristics, and habits of the little brown bat, one of the
most widespread bats in North America. Accelerated Reader Level 5.1
Points .5.
599.74 ADA
Adamson, Joy. Born free, a lioness of two worlds. Collector's ed. Norwalk,
Conn: Easton Press, [1989].Joy Adamson describes the remarkable
relationship she and her husband had with Elsa, a lion cub they cared for
during the late 1950s in Kenya, and Elsa's return to the wild as a lioness;
includes the many photographs from the original publication. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.3 Points 9.
599.78 SCH
Schooler, Lynn. The blue bear : a true story of friendship, tragedy, and
survival in the Alaskan wilderness. 1st ed. New York: Ecco, [2002].A
memoir in which wilderness guide Lynn Schooler, having chosen a solitary
life due to adolescent scoliosis and the death of a woman he loved, shares
the story of his decade-long friendship with Japanese photographer Michio
Hoshino with whom he embarked on a quest to photograph the rare and
elusive glacier bear--an adventure marred by the death of Hoshino in a
bear attack. Accelerated Reader Level 8.4 Points 18.
599.784 JAN
Jans, Nick. The grizzly maze : Timothy Treadwell's fatal obsession with
Alaskan bears. New York: Dutton, [2005].Recounts Timothy Treadwell's
efforts to protect grizzly bears and disprove the perception that they are
dangerously aggressive, and chronicles his last expedition into the Alaskan
wilderness, when Treadwell was mauled to death by a bear. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.8 Points 15.
599.9 KOF
Koff, Clea. The bone woman : a forensic anthropologist's search for truth in
the mass graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. New York:
Random House, [2004]. Forensic anthropologist Clea Koff chronicles her
experiences during her involvement in the UN International Criminal
Tribunal's missions to Rwanda to uncover physical evidence of genocide
and crimes against humanity. Accelerated Reader Level 8.8 Points 17.
610 GRO
Groopman, Jerome E. How doctors think. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [2008,
2007].Based on interviews, case histories, and the author's own
experiences, describes how doctors diagnose and treat various ailments,
and offers advice on how patients can engage in dialogue with their doctor
that will improve communication and reduce the risk of misdiagnosis.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.0 Points 18.
611 ROA
Roach, Mary. Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers. New York:
Norton, [2004, 2003].Explores how human cadavers have been used
throughout history, discussing how the use of dead bodies has benefited
every aspect of human existence. Accelerated Reader Level 9.4 Points 16.
612.8 BUR
Burr, Chandler. The emperor of scent : a story of perfume, obsession, and
the last mystery of the senses. New York: Random House,
[2002].Describes biophysicist Luca Turin's groundbreaking research on
how the sense of smell works, and the impact of his discoveries on the
1990s fragrance industry. Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 20.
612.8 RAP
Rapport, Richard L. Nerve endings : the discovery of the synapse. New
York: Norton, [2005]. A comprehensive analysis of the research conducted
by 19th century histologists Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal in
the area of how nerve cells communicate and the discovery of the synapse,
the space between those cells. Accelerated Reader Level 11.6 Points 9.
613.2 PLA
Platkin, Charles Stuart. Lighten up : stay sane, eat great, lose weight. New
York: Razorbill, [2005].Outlines a ten-step process of lifestyle changes that
lead to a permanent weight loss, and is designed specifically for young
people. Accelerated Reader Level 7.2 Points 7.
613.8 GOA
Go ask Alice. New York: Aladdin, [1998, 1971].Based on the diary of a
fifteen-year-old drug user chronicling her daily struggle to escape the pull of
the drug world. Accelerated Reader Level 5.6 Points 7.
613.85 KEY
Keyishian, Elizabeth. Everything you need to know about smoking. New
York: Rosen, [1995].Discusses the dangerous effects of smoking, why
people start, why it's so hard to quit, and how to stop smoking. Accelerated
Reader Level 5.3 Points 1.
614 BAS
Bass, William M and Jefferson, Jon. Death's acre : inside the legendary
forensic lab the Body Farm where the dead do tell tales. New York:
Putnam, [2003].Forensic scientist Bill Bass describes his decades of work
at the U of T's Anthropology Research Facility, a hillside lab dedicated to
the study of human decomposition, and discusses several criminal cases.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.2 Points 18.
614 WAL
Walker, Sally M. Written in bone buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial
Maryland. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda, [2009]. The work of forensic
scientists excavating grave sites in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand who
lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s. Uncovers the
lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, a colonial officer, an African slave
girl, and others. Accelerated Reader Level 9.0 Points 6.
614.5 GRA
Grady, Denise. Deadly invaders : virus outbreaks around the world, from
Marburg fever to avian flu. Boston: Kingfisher, [2006].The 2005 epidemic in
Angola caused by Marburg, a virus related to Ebola; health care in the
developing world; origins and spread of avian flu, HIV and AIDS hantavirus,
West Nile, SARS, & monkeypox. Accelerated Reader Level 8.7 Points 5.
614.5 MUR
Murphy, Jim. An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the
yellow fever epidemic of 1793. New York: Clarion, [2003]. An account of
the epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos
that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city
without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by
physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the
sick. Accelerated Reader Level 9.0 Points 6.
614.5 PRE
Preston, Richard. The hot zone. New York: Random House, [1994].Tells
the dramatic story of U.S. Army scientists and soldiers who worked to stop
the outbreak of a deadly and extremely contagious virus in 1989.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.3 Points 16.
614.5 SAL
Salisbury, Gay and Salisbury, Laney. The cruelest miles: the heroic story of
dogs and men in a race against an epidemic. New York: Norton, [2003].
Story of the Serum Run, a relay of dog sleds and drivers organized to
traverse nearly seven hundred miles in temperatures far below zero in a
desperate quest to acquire serum to treat a deadly outbreak of diphtheria in
Nome, Alaska in 1925. Accelerated Reader Level 8.4 Points 16.
615.8 HUG
Hugo, Lynne. Where the trail grows faint : a year in the life of a therapy dog
team. Lincoln: U of N Press, [2005].Lynne Hugo’s experiences she had
while working with her therapy dog, Hannah, at the Golden View Nursing
Home, sharing her patients' stories and exploring what her patients have
taught her about her own family. Accelerated Reader Level 6.7 Points 9.
616 GAW
Gawande, Atul. Better : a surgeon's notes on performance. New York: Holt,
[2007].Dr. Atul Gawande explores how doctors struggle to achieve
optimum performance in the face of obstacles, recounting true stories of
doctors trying to do right by their patients in the face of insurmountable
challenges and conditions. Accelerated Reader Level 7.0 Points 17.
616.4 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin and Silverstein, Robert A. Diabetes. Berkeley Heights,
N.J: Enslow, [1994]. Explains the disease of diabetes, including its
symptoms, causes, and the ongoing treatments necessary for its control.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.9 Points 4.
616.85 FRI
Frissell, Susan and Harney, Paula. Eating disorders and weight control.
Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1998]. Discusses weight control, body image, and
eating disorders including the social pressures which may cause them;
presents information about diet, nutrition, and exercise. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.4 Points 5.
616.85 KAY
Kaysen, Susanna. Girl, interrupted. New York: Turtle Bay Books, [1993].
Memoir of a young woman who spent two years on a hospital ward for
"disturbed" teenage girls. Susanna Kaysen tells her story with humor and
irony, describing a life interrupted by psychiatric intervention. Accelerated
Reader Level 5.4 Points 5.
616.85 SCO
Scowen, Kate and Szuc, Jeff. My kind of sad : what it's like to be young
and depressed. Toronto: Annick Press, [2006]. Discusses a number of
mental health disorders in teens including bipolar disorder, self-mutilation,
suicide, and clinical depression; and offers advice on identifying problems
and dealing with them effectively. Accelerated Reader Level 8.9 Points 7.
616.86 ZAI
Zailckas, Koren. Smashed : story of a drunken girlhood. New York:
Penguin, [2006, 2005].The author discusses her relationship with alcohol,
telling how she began drinking at the age of fourteen and continued
drinking for the express purpose of getting drunk, bolstering her courage,
or medicating her moods, and sharing the reasons why she decided to give
up alcohol nine years later. Accelerated Reader Level 7.4 Points 18.
616.89 KEN
Kent, Deborah. Snake pits, talking cures, & magic bullets : a history of
mental illness. Brookfield, CT: 21st Century Books, [2003]. How the
mentally ill have been treated throughout history, focusing on advances in
the 19th and 20th centuries regarding mental hospitals, medications, and
social acceptance. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 6.
616.97 NAS
Nash, Carol Rust. AIDS : choices for life. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1997].
Examines the history of AIDS, means of transmission, AIDS-related
illnesses, ways to prevent transmission, personal stories of young people
who have been infected, and recent breakthroughs in treatment.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 3.
617.9 CHE
Cheney, Annie. Body brokers : inside America's underground trade in
human remains. New York: Broadway Books, [2006].Exposes the
underground trade in corpses and human body parts in the U.S. obtained
for the purpose of education and research, a largely unregulated, and
highly profitable business that often operates in the shadows. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.7 Points 8.
617.9 FUL
Fullick, Ann. Rebuilding the body : organ transplantation. Chicago:
Heinemann Library, [2002].Examines the science of organ transplantation,
discusses how the process has been used to save lives, and looks at some
of the ethical objections people have to creating organs outside the body
and using organs from other animals for transplanting into humans.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.1 Points 3.
617.9 SCH
Schwartz, Tina. Organ transplant: a survival guide for the entire family: the
ultimate teen guide. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow, [2005]. Information on organ
transplants, describing what it is like to be organ transplant recipient,
including true stories of the physical and emotional ups and down of the
process, that also offer hope and promise. Accelerated Reader Level 8.2
Points 1.
618.92 HAY
Hayden, Torey L. Twilight children: three voices no one heard until a
therapist listened. New York: William Morrow, [2005]. Psychiatrist Torey
Hayden shares three of her most challenging cases, two dealing with highly
troubled children and another concerning an eighty-two -year-old stroke
victim. Accelerated Reader Level 5.6 Points 15.
621.48 SIL
Silverstein, Ken. The radioactive boy scout : the true story of a boy and his
backyard nuclear reactor. New York: Random House, [2004]. Tells the
story of David Hahn, the Michigan teenager who built a nuclear breeder
reactor in his backyard in 1994, endangering the residents of his Michigan
hometown and raising the ire of the federal government. Accelerated
Reader Level 10.1 Points 11.
629.227 SEA
Seate, Mike. Jesse James : the man and his machines. St. Paul, MN:
Motorbooks, [2003]. Chronicles the career of Jesse James and his rise to
fame, discussing his beginnings, his custom motorcycles, his rise to
celebrity status, and other related topics. Accelerated Reader Level 9.1
Points 5.0.
629.227 SME
Smedman, Lisa. From boneshakers to choppers : the rip-roaring history of
motorcycles. Toronto: Annick Press, [2007]. Traces the history of
motorcycles from the first attempt in 1885 by two German inventors to the
custom choppers of today. Accelerated Reader Level 8.1 Points 4.
629.28 GRA
Gravelle, Karen. The driving book : everything new drivers need to know
but don't know to ask. New York: Walker, [2005]. Presents a guide to
driving an automobile, for new drivers,and includes anecdotes and
information on everyday challenges, from how to drive in bad weather, to
unexpected mishaps such as road rage and traffic accidents. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.9 Points 5.
636.7 KAT
Katz, Jon. The new work of dogs : tending to life, love, and family. 1st ed.
New York: Villard, [2003].Explores the bond between dogs and their
owners, looking at twelve dog -human relationships in Montclair, New
Jersey that illuminate the tendency for people to use dogs to fill the
emotional needs caused by divorce, illness, or other problems. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.7 Points 12.
636.752 GRO
Grogan, John. Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog. New
York: Harper, [2008, 2005].The author presents a tender story of his
family's love for their yellow Labrador retriever, Marley, and recalls how he
grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly impossible adult that no
amount of obedience school training could correct, and of the love they felt
for him. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 15.
636.8 MYR
Myron, Vicki and Witter, Bret. Dewey: the small-town library cat who
touched the world. New York: Grand Central, 2008. Tells the story of
Dewey Readmore Books, the resident cat at Spencer Public Library in
Spencer, Iowa, who was found in the book return in December 1988,
adopted by the library staff, and immediately became a loving member of
the community. Accelerated Reader Level 5.7 Points 11.
639.2 CAR
Carrick, Carol and Frampton, David. Whaling days. New York: Clarion
Books, [1993]. Surveys the whaling industry, ranging from hunting in
colonial America to modern whaling regulations and conservation efforts.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 0.5.
649 GIN
Ginsberg, Debra. Raising Blaze : bringing up an extraordinary son in an
ordinary world. New York: Perennial, [2003, 2002].Debra Ginsberg shares
her fears and frustrations as well as the rewarding moments of joy and
satisfaction she has experienced while raising her son Blaze. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.8 Points 16.
649 LIN
Linderman, Mike and Brozek, Gary. The teen whisperer : how to break
through the silence and secrecy of teenage life. New York: Collins, [2007]
.Advice for parents of troubled teens, discussing the five primary needs of
teenagers and various acting out behaviors and including suggestions on
communication and rules. Accelerated Reader Level 7.0 Points 19.
658.4 AAS
Aaseng, Nathan. You are the corporate executive. Minneapolis: Oliver
Press, [1997].Parker Pens, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, and others are
included in this look at the corporate executive as the responsible party for
making or breaking a company. After being given details of the beginnings
of each company, readers choose from three-to-four options for keeping it
afloat during an extremely trying time. Once chosen, the result and analysis
are revealed as to which option the company actually did take and the
outcome.. Accelerated Reader Level 9.3 Points 4.
701.82 COL
Cole, Alison. Perspective. New York: Dorling Kindersley, [1992]. Discover
the theory and techniques of perspective, from the Renaissance to Pop Art.
Accelerated Reader Level 11.2 Points 2.
709 AND
Anderson, Maxine. Amazing Leonardo da Vinci inventions you can build
yourself : learn some hands-on history! White River Junction, VT: Nomad
Press, [2006].Presents step-by-step instructions for making nineteen of
Leonardo da Vinci's inventions, including a perspectograph, camera
obscura, hydrometer, safety bridge, walk-on-water shoes, and--miniature
versions of--his helicopter and tank, and provides background on each.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.2 Points 3.
726 MAC
Macaulay, David. Cathedral: the story of its construction. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, [1973].Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and
construction of a Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of
Chutreaux during the 19th century. Accelerated Reader Level 7.3 Points 1.
759.9492 GAY
Gayford, Martin. The yellow house : Van Gogh, Gauguin, and nine
turbulent weeks in Arles. New York: Little, Brown, [2006].Explores how
differences in temperament between artists Paul Gauguin and Vincent van
Gogh created an explosive form of inspiration for both while the men lived
together for nine weeks in 1888. Accelerated Reader Level 8.7 Points 17.
775 BID
Bidner, Jenni. The kids' guide to digital photography : how to shoot, save,
play with & print your digital photos. New York: Lark Books, [2004].
Presents a comprehensive full-color illustrated guide understanding digital
photography and provides information on the basics and taking good
pictures, software and the Internet, and interesting projects, gifts, & crafts
to make. Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 4.
781.65 LEE
Lee, Jeanne. Jam! : the story of jazz music. New York: Rosen, [1999].The
history and development of jazz music in America from its roots in Africa to
the contemporary music scene. Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 1.
787.2 LOP
Lopez, Steve. The soloist : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the
redemptive power of music. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2008]."Los
Angeles Times" columnist Steve Lopez shares the story of his relationship
with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless violinist who captured his attention
playing a two-stringed instrument on Skid Row, discussing his attempts to
help Ayers--once a promising student at Juilliard--reclaim the life he was
forced to give up following a mental breakdown. Accelerated Reader Level
6.9 Points 12.
791.45 DAY
Day, Nancy. Sensational TV : trash or journalism? Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
[1996].Questions whether the mass media, especially television, present
an accurate representation of the news or whether it is more concerned
with the sensational story. Accelerated Reader Level 8.6 Points 4.
796 BLU
Blumenthal, Karen. Let me play : the story of Title IX, the law that changed
the future of girls in America. New York: Atheneum Books for Young
Readers, [2005].Examines Title IX, the 1972 legislation which mandated
that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of
gender. and focuses on its effects in schools, politics, sports and the
culture as a whole. Accelerated Reader Level 8.7 Points 6.
796 GOO
Sevastiades, Patra McSharry. Good sports : fair play and foul. New York:
Rosen, [1992].Eight nonfiction and two fiction pieces discuss football in
China, the ballgame in ancient Mexico, lice racing in Turkey, sumo in
Japan, and other sports. Accelerated Reader Level 8.5 Points 8.
796.04 TOM
Tomlinson, Joe and Leigh, Ed. Extreme sports : in search of the ultimate
thrill. Buffalo, N.Y: Firefly Books (U.S.), [2004].Contains photographs and
descriptions of a variety of extreme sports, including bungee jumping,
mountain biking, snowboarding, and others; and provides information on
clothing and equipment, safety, tricks and techniques, and venues.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.5 Points 8.
796.061 JUD
Judson, Karen. Sports & money : it's a sellout! Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
[1995].Discusses the relationship of money and profit on sports and how it
affects those involved. Accelerated Reader Level 8.7 Points 4.
796.323 DOR
D'Orso, Michael. Eagle blue : a team, a tribe, and a high school basketball
season in Arctic Alaska. New York: Bloomsbury, [2007, 2006].Follows the
Fort Yukon Eagles high school basketball team from its 2004 preseason to
the 2005 Alaskan state championship, exploring the lives of its players and
coach and examining the six-hundred-person village's Gwich'in
Athabascan heritage. Accelerated Reader Level 6.2 Points 18.
796.357 MAC
Macy, Sue. A whole new ball game : the story of the all-American girls
professional baseball league. New York: Henry Holt, [1993].Describes the
activities of the members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball
League, the women's professional baseball league that existed between
1943 and 1954. Accelerated Reader Level 7.8 Points 4.
796.42 SHI
Shivers, Joseph P and Shivers, Paul L. Harriers. Uniontown, OH: Fresh
Writers Books, [2006].The authors describe how the cross country coach of
Salem High School, Mike Almond, brought his team back after a
devastating loss the year before. Accelerated Reader Level 7.7 Points 11.
796.52 KRA
Krakauer, Jon. Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest
disaster. New York: Anchor Books, [1998]. Heroism and sacrifice triumph
over foolishness, fatal error, and human frailty in this bone-chilling narrative
in which the author recounts his experiences on last year's ill-fated, deadly
climb. Accelerated Reader Level 8.9 Points 17.
796.522 RAL
Ralston, Aron. Between a rock and a hard place. New York: Atria, [2005,
2004]. The author recounts his harrowing experiences of being trapped for
six days in Blue John Canyon in Utah and having to amputate his own right
arm in order to save his life. Accelerated Reader Level 7.7 Points 22.
796.72 CAL
Caldwell, Dave. Speed show : how NASCAR won the heart of America.
Boston: Kingfisher, [2006]. Discusses NASCAR's growth in popularity since
the death of Dale Earnhardt and describes several aspects of the sport,
including its history, technology, and fans. Accelerated Reader Level 7.0
Points 4.
796.812 KRE
Kreidler, Mark. Four days to glory : wrestling with the soul of the American
heartland. New York: Harper, [2008, 2007].Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere
aspire to be four-time high school wrestling champions in Iowa.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 15.
796.815 POL
Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin : flying kicks, Buddhist monks, and the
legend of iron crotch : an odyssey in the new China. New York: Gotham
Books, [2008, 2007].Matthew Polly recounts the experiences he had during
the two years he spent living and studying in China, performing with the
Shaolin monks, who taught Matthew important lessons about life and his
place in the universe. Accelerated Reader Level 6.5 Points 18.
797.2 COX
Cox, Lynne. Grayson. New York: Knopf, [2006].The author describes how,
while training for a long-distance swim off the coast of California, she
encountered a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother
and had been following her instead, and her efforts to find the baby's
mother. Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 4.
797.2 PHE
Phelps, Michael and Abrahamson, Alan. No limits : the will to succeed.
New York: Free Press, [2008].Michael Phelps describes his experiences at
the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, and discusses his family, coaches, his
passion for swimming, as well as obstacles and challenges he has faced
throughout his career.
808 HAR
Harper, Elizabeth and Harper, Timothy. Your name in print : a teen's guide
to publishing for fun, profit, and academic success. New York: St. Martin's
Griffin, [2005].Offers teens advice on how to write and publish newspaper
and magazine articles, Web blogs, music and movie reviews, novels,
comics, short stories, and more. Accelerated Reader Level 8.2 Points 7.
811 SCH
Schutz, Samantha. I don't want to be crazy. New York: Scholastic, [2006].
A poetry memoir in which the author tells of the pressures that led her to
suffer debilitating anxiety attacks, and the path she took to coping and
recovery. Accelerated Reader Level 5.1 Points 5.
813 CAM
Campbell, Patricia J. Robert Cormier : daring to disturb the universe. New
York: Delacorte Press, [2006].Analyzes several of young adult author’s
novels and novellas, from 1974's "The Chocolate War" to 2001's "The Rag
and Bone Shop." Accelerated Reader Level 9.0 Points 13.
813 DAN
Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm dying. New York: Knopf, [2007].Edwidge
Danticat describes the relationship between her father, Mira, and his older
brother, Joseph, discussing how their relationship changed from their
childhood in Haiti through their immigration to America to their eventual
separation. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 12.
813 REH
Rehak, Melanie. Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her.
Orlando, Fla: Harcourt, [2005].Presents a comprehensive study of the two
women behind the legendary "Nancy Drew" mystery books, and describes
how the characters and her "author" Carolyn Keene were actually invented
by Edward Stratemeyer, who also created the Bobbsey Twins and the
Hardy Boys. Accelerated Reader Level 9.2 Points 20.
813.54 KIN
King, Stephen. On writing : a memoir of the craft. New York: Scribner,
[2000].Stephen King reflects on how his writing has helped him through
difficult times and describes various aspects of the art of writing.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.4 Points 13.
813.54 LOW
Lowry, Lois. Looking back : a book of memories. Boston, Mass: Houghton
Mifflin, [1998].Using family photographs and quotes from her books, the
author gives glimpses into her life. Accelerated Reader Level 5.5 Points 2.
823 BEA
Beahm, George W. Muggles and magic : an unofficial guide to J.K. Rowling
and the Harry Potter phenomenon. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads,
[2007].Presents information and trivia on the literary character Harry Potter,
providing an introduction on author J. K. Rowling, discussion of the first six
novels and first four films, a guide to merchandise and Web sites, and
advice for aspiring writers. Accelerated Reader Level 9.4 Points 16.
909 CAH
Cahill, Thomas. Sailing the wine-dark sea : why the Greeks matter. New
York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2003].Explores the legacy, both good and
bad, of the ancient Greeks, discussing how their achievements, traditions,
art, literature, philosophy, language, sciences, and modes of thinking
helped shape the Western world. Accelerated Reader Level 10.5 Points 15.
909.82 KAU
Kaufman, Michael T. 1968. New York: Roaring Brook Press, [2009].
Highlights significant events that occurred around the world in 1968, such
as the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the student revolt at
Columbia University, the Soviet occupation of Prague, and the Democratic
convention in Chicago. Accelerated Reader Level 9.9 Points 7.
910 HEY
Heyerdahl, Thor. Kon-Tiki : across the Pacific by raft. Chicago: Rand
McNally, [1984].The record of a 4,300 nautical mile journey across the
Pacific Ocean by raft. Accelerated Reader Level 8 Points 14.
910 LOR
Lord, Walter. A night to remember. New York: Bantam, [1956, 1955].The
minute-by-minute story of the sinking of the Titanic. Accelerated Reader
Level 7 Points 8.
910.4 BRO
Brownsworth, Claire. Big world: a girl's own adventure. Crows Nest, NSW:
Allen & Unwin, [2005]. The author chronicles her love of extreme sports
and describes climbing dangerous rock formations, bungy jumping, and
sailing in places around the world. Accelerated Reader Level 7.1 Points 14.
transformed pop culture. New York: Random House, [2003].Tells the rags
to riches story of John Carmack and John Romero, creators of the Doom
and Quake video games, describing the development of the game
programs, and discussing the controversy that arose over the popularity of
the violent game action. Accelerated Reader Level 8.1 Points 20.
910.45 DAN
Dana, Richard Henry. Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of
life at sea. Pleasantville, N.Y: Reader's Digest, [1995].Recounts the joys
and hardships of a sailor's life in a daily journal written on a journey around
Cape Horn to California between 1834 and 1836 aboard the brig Pilgrim.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.7 Points 26.
920 MEL
Meltzer, Milton and Andersen, Bethanne. Ten kings and the worlds they
ruled. New York: Orchard, [2002]. Profiles and illustrations of ten legendary
kings who used their power to change the course of history, including
David, Hammurabi, & Kublai Khan. Accelerated Reader Level 8.5 Points 6.
916.604 BEN
Benanav, Michael. Men of salt : crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of
White Gold. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, [2006].Michael Benanav recounts
the experiences he had while traveling across the Sahara with the Caravan
of White Gold, a group of men who risk their lives to transport slabs of solid
salt for sale at market. Accelerated Reader Level 8.2 Points 14.
917.3 JEN
Jenkins, Peter. A walk across America. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall, [1982,
1979].Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on a walk
across America. This is the classic account of the reawakening of his faith
in himself and his country. Accelerated Reader Level 6.4 Points 14.
917.3 ROO
Roop, Peter. River roads west : America's first highways. Honesdale, Pa:
Calkins Creek, [2007]. The history of travel on the Hudson, Ohio,
Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, & Columbia Rivers through
the 19th century. Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 4.
920 AND
Andronik, Catherine M. Wildly romantic : the English Romantic poets : the
mad, the bad, and the dangerous. New York: Henry Holt, [2007].Profiles
several English Romantic poets of the early nineteenth century such as
Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; and shows how their work was
regarded as subversive by their contemporaries and notes their lasting
influence on literature. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0 Points 9.
920 DAV
Davis, Sampson and Page, Lisa Frazier. The pact : three young men make
a promise and fulfill a dream. New York: Riverhead, 2002]. True story of
three African-American kids from the inner city of Newark, New Jersey,
who made a pact to support each other as they rose from an environment
of poverty, crime, and drugs, and went on to become successful doctors.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.8 Points 11.
920 FRA
Fradin, Dennis B. Bound for the North Star : true stories of fugitive slaves.
New York: Clarion Books, [2000]. Twelve true accounts of slaves who
escaped to freedom from slavery in the American South before the Civil
War. Accelerated Reader Level 7.3 Points 8.
920 KRU
Krull, Kathleen and Hewitt, Kathryn. Lives of the musicians : good times,
bad times (and what the neighbors thought) San Diego: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, [1993]. The lives of 20 composers and musicians are profiled
in this eclectic, humorous, and informative collection. Accelerated Reader
Level 6.9 Points 3.
920 KUS
Kushner, David. Masters of Doom : how two guys created an empire and
920 WHI
Whitelaw, Nancy. Rebels and revolutionaries : voices of American labor.
Greensboro, N.C: Morgan Reynolds Pub, [2007].Describes the lives and
work of socialist reformers Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair,
Norman Thomas, and John Reed, discussing their impact on the U.S.'s
political development. Accelerated Reader Level 9.2 Points 6.
921 ABE
Abeel, Samantha. My thirteenth winter : a memoir. New York: Orchard,
[2003].A memoir in which Samantha Abeel discusses her life before and
after being diagnosed with the math-related learning disability discalculia in
seventh grade. Accelerated Reader Level 7.1 Points 9.
921 ALC
Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa : the story of the author of Little Women.
Boston: Little, Brown, [1968].Find out what happened to the real Jo
(Louisa) and her sisters, and whether there really was an Aunt March, a
Professor Bhaer, or a Laurie. Accelerated Reader Level 8 Points 10.
921 ALI
Remnick, David. King of the world : Muhammad Ali and the rise of an
American hero. New York: Vintage Books, [1999].Biography of the
heavyweight boxing champion. Accelerated Reader Level 7.6 Points 18.
921 ANG
Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings. New York: Bantam,
[1971, 1969].Autobiography covering the childhood of a woman who has
been a professional dancer, actress, poet, journalist, and television
producer. Accelerated Reader Level 6.7 Points 13.
921 ARM
Armstrong, Lance and Jenkins, Sally. It's not about the bike : my journey
back to life. New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, [2000].Champion cyclist Lance
Armstrong describes his triumph over cancer. Accelerated Reader Level
6.7 Points 15.
921 ASH
Ashe, Arthur and Rampersad, Arnold. Days of grace : a memoir. New York:
Knopf, [1993].Inspirational autobiographical memoir of tennis great Ashe,
his battle against AIDS, which he contracted from a blood transfusion
during open-heart surgery, and his struggle against racism. Accelerated
Reader Level 9.0 Points 23.
921 BEA
Beah, Ishmael. A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier. New York:
Farrar Straus & Giroux, [2007]. Ishmael Beah describes his experiences
after being driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by
the government army at age 13, serving as a soldier for three years before
being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the US.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 13.
921 BEN
Benjamin, David. The life and times of the last kid picked. New York:
Random House Trade Paperbacks, [2003, 2002].David Benjamin
chronicles his own childhood growing up in Middle America in the 1950s.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.0 Points 15.
921 DOM
Dominick, Andie. Needles : a memoir of growing up with diabetes / NEW
BOOK. New York: Simon & Schuster, [2000, 1998].The author's memoir
re-creates a childhood shaped by diabetes. Accelerated Reader Level 5.7
Points 11.
921 BER
Bernall, M. She said yes : the unlikely martyrdom of Cassie Bernal.
Nashville, TN: Word Pub, [1999].Moving memoir of one of the victims of
Littleton, Colorado's Columbine High School shooting, written by Cassie's
mother. Accelerated Reader Level 6.6 Points 5.
921 ELE
Brooks, Polly Schoyer. Queen Eleanor, independent spirit of the Medieval
world : a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine. 1st ed. New York: J.B.
Lippincott, [1983].A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France,
then of England, who was the very lively wife of Henry II and mother of
several notable sons, including Richard the Lionhearted. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.3 Points 6.
921 BLA
Bedard, Michael. William Blake : the gates of paradise. Toronto, Ont:
Tundra Books, [2006]. Chronicles the life of Romantic poet and artist
William Blake, discussing his childhood, personal tragedies, analysis of the
dark side of the industrial revolution, schooling, and literary and artistic
accomplishments. Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 7.
921 BOU
Greenberg, Jan and Jordan, Sandra. Runaway girl : the artist Louise
Bourgeois. New York: Abrams, [2003].Chronicles the life of French modern
artist Louise Bourgeois and provides photos of many of her works,
guidance on looking at sculpture, a list of places to see her artwork, and
several other resources. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 2.
921 BRA
Braithwaite, Edward Ricardo. To Sir, with love. Englewood Cliffs, N.J:
Prentice -Hall, [1960, 1959].A black teacher from British Guiana describes
how he overcame the hostility and prejudices of his students in a London
slum. Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 10.
921 CAR
Meltzer, Milton. The many lives of Andrew Carnegie. New York: Franklin
Watts, [1997].A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in
the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.2 Points 6.
921 COB
Macht, Norman L. Ty Cobb. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, [1993].
Accelerated Reader Level 6.4 Points 2.
921 CRA
Freedman, Russell and Bad Heart Bull, Amos. The life and death of Crazy
Horse. 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, [1996].A biography of the Oglala
leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian
lands. Accelerated Reader Level 7.2 Points 6.
921 CRU
Crutcher, Chris. King of the mild frontier : an ill-advised autobiography. 1st
ed. New York: Greenwillow Books, [2003].Chris Crutcher, author of young
adult novels such as "Ironman" and "Whale Talk," as well as short stories,
tells of growing up in Cascade, Idaho, and becoming a writer. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.8 Points 9.
921 DAR
Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith. 1st ed.
New York: Holt, [2009].A biography of English naturalist Charles Darwin
that provides an account of the personality behind evolutionary theory and
the affect of his work on his personal life, such as his relationship with his
religious wife. Accelerated Reader Level 7.6 Points 11.
921 FRA
Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklin's almanac : being a true account of the
good gentleman's life. New York: Atheneum, [2003].Brings together
eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of
a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0
Points 7.
921 FRA
Frank, Anne. Diary of a young girl. [1994].A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish
girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent
hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to
concentration camps. Accelerated Reader Level 6.5 Points 14.
921 FRE
Frey, James. A million little pieces. New York: Anchor Books, [2004].
Accelerated Reader Level 4.2 Points 24.
921 GAN
Gantos, Jack. Hole in my life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2002].The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user
and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and
went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer. Accelerated
Reader Level 5.7 Points 7.
921 GHA
Ghahramani, Zarah and Hillman, Robert. My life as a traitor. New York:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2008].Zarah Ghahramani recollects her
childhood in Iran, being raised by a family who encouraged her creativity in
a country were women were oppressed; and recalls her experiences in
Evin Prison, a jail in Tehran where she was subjected to physical and
psychological torture for showing her hair in public. Accelerated Reader
Level 6.6 Points 12.
921 GIL
Gilbreth, Frank B and McKay, Donald. Cheaper by the dozen. New York:
Bantam, [1948].No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than
those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan, a dozen red-haired,
freckle -faced kids. There's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a
family can be run just like a factory. There's Mother, his partner in
everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades as
forgetting Frank Jr. in a roadside restaurant or going on a first date with
Dad in the backseat or having their tonsils removed en masse will keep you
in stitches. Accelerated Reader Level 6 Points 10.
921 GOT
Gottlieb, Lori. Stick figure : a diary of my former self. Berkley trade pbk. ed.
New York: Berkley Books, [2001, 2000].The author shares her childhood
diaries, chronicling her experiences as an eleven-year-old anorexic.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.8 Points 10.
921 GRA
Graham, Robin Lee and Gill, Derek L. T. Dove. New York: Harper, [1991].
Describes the five years the author spent sailing around the world alone in
his twenty-four-foot sloop. Accelerated Reader Level 6.6 Points 10.
921 GRE
Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a face. New York: HarperPerennial,
[1995].Lucy Grealy describes her journey to find physical beauty after
surgery left her face disfigured. Accelerated Reader Level 7.4 Points 11.
921 GRI
Gordeeva, Ekaterina and Swift, E. M. My Sergei : a love story. New York,
NY: Warner Books, [1997, 1996].Ekaterina Gordeeva tells the love story of
her skating partner and husband Sergei Grinkov who died suddenly at the
age of twenty-eight of a heart attack during a routine practice session.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.0 Points 12.
921 GUN
Gunther, John. Death be not proud. New York: Harper & Row, [1971]. A
biography of the author's son, who died at seventeen after a long illness
caused by a brain tumor. Accelerated Reader Level 8 Points 8.
921 HAR
Daniels, Jeremy. Anfernee Hardaway. New York: Chelsea House, [1998].A
biography of the young scorer whose play helped the Orlando Magic get to
the NBA championship series in 1995. Accelerated Reader Level 6.4
Points 2.
921 HAR
Sobel, Dava. Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the
greatest scientific problem of his time. New York: Penguin Books, [1996,
1995].Story of John Harrison's forty-year quest to build the chronometer,
the clock that enabled sailors to measure longitude, saving lives and
fortunes. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 7.
921 HER
Herriot, James. All things bright and beautiful. New York: St. Martin's
Press, [1974].An English veterinarians reminisces about his life, career,
and animal patients in a small village. Accelerated Reader Level 6.7 Points
23.
921 HER
D'Antonio, Michael. Hershey : Milton S. Hershey's extraordinary life of
wealth, empire, and utopian dreams. New York: Simon & Schuster,
[2006].Presents a biography of Milton S. Hershey, and chronicles his
troubled childhood, his early failures, and his later accomplishments in the
candy -making business. Accelerated Reader Level 9.5 Points 21.
921 HIC
Hickam, Homer H. Rocket boys : a memoir. New York: Delta, [2000,
1998].Homer Hickam, a NASA engineer, recounts his childhood in
Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, and discusses his dreams of
launching rockets into outer space, and how he made those dreams come
true. Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points 21.
921 HIT
Rice, Earle. Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Greensboro, N.C: Morgan
Reynolds Pub, [2006]. Presents a brief biography of Adolf Hitler, providing
information on his youth as a frustrated artist, his rise to power, his role in
the Second World War, his hatred for the Jews, and his impact on the
world. Accelerated Reader Level 9.7 Points 6.
921 HIT
Giblin, James. The life and death of Adolf Hitler. New York: Clarion Books,
[2002]. Chronicles the life of Adolf Hitler and describes the consequences
his quest for German dominance and his hatred of the Jews brought upon
the entire world. Accelerated Reader Level 9.2 Points 11.
921 HUR
Porter, A. P. Jump at de sun : the story of Zora Neale Hurston.
Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, [1992].Follows the life of the AfroAmerican writer known for her novels, plays, articles, and collections of
folklore. Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points 2.
921 JAC
Jackson, Livia Bitton. I have lived a thousand years : growing up in the
Holocaust. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
[1997].The memoir of Elli Friedmann who was one of the few teenage
Auschwitz inmates. Accelerated Reader Level 4.8 Points 8.
921 JOH
Johnson, LouAnne. Dangerous minds. New York: St. Martin's, [1993].ExMarine LouAnne Johnson's account of her first year teaching at Parkmount
High School in California. Accelerated Reader Level 5.8 Points 12.
921 KAM
Kamara, Mariatu and McLelland, Susan. The bite of the mango. Buffalo,
NY: Annick, [2008]. The life of Mariatu Kamara, focusing on her childhood
experiences during the civil war in Sierra Leone where she was raped,
tortured, and had her hands cut off by juvenile rebel soldiers; and
discusses her experiences after the war. Accelerated Reader Level 5.5
Points 8.
921 KHE
Kherdian, David. The road from home : the story of an Armenian girl. New
York: Beech Tree Books, [1995].A biography of the author's mother,
concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish government
deported its Armenian population. Accelerated Reader Level 5.7 Points 9.
921 LEE
Shields, Charles J. I am Scout : the biography of Harper Lee. New York:
Henry Holt, [2008].An exploration of the life and achievements of Harper
Lee that discusses her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of
"To Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and personality.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 10.
921 LEN
Partridge, Elizabeth. John Lennon : all I want is the truth : a photographic
biography. New York: Viking, [2005].Presents a biography of musician
John Lennon, chronicling his life and times from his troubled childhood in
Liverpool, England, through his career writing, recording, and performing
as a member of the Beatles. Includes 140 black-and-white photographs.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.4 Points 8.
921 LUN
Lund, Doris Herold. Eric. New York: Perennial, [2000, 1974].The mother of
a teenage leukemia victim describes the courageous way her son spent the
years before his death. Accelerated Reader Level 5.2 Points 15.
921 MAR
Miller, Calvin Craig. Reggae poet : the story of Bob Marley. Greensboro,
N.C: Morgan Reynolds, [2008].Chronicles the life of reggae musician Bob
Marley, discussing his childhood in Jamaica, love of American rock and roll
music, early musical career, influence on other musicians, personal life,
and other related topics. Accelerated Reader Level 7.8 Points 4.
921 MAT
Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir boy : the true story of a Black youth's coming of
age in Apartheid South Africa. New York: Macmillan, [1986].Recreates the
author's boyhood experiences in South Africa. Accelerated Reader Level
7.1 Points 24.
921 PAU
Paulsen, Gary. The beet fields : memories of a sixteenth summer. New
York: Delacorte Press, [2000].The author recalls his experiences as a
migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age
sixteen. Accelerated Reader Level 5.5 Points 5.
921 MCB
McBride, James. The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white
mother. New York: Riverhead Books, [1996].An African-American male
tells of his mother, a white woman, who refused to admit her true identity.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 11.
921 PAU
Paulsen, Gary. Guts : the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books.
New York: Delacorte Press, [2001].The author relates incidents in his life
and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian
Robeson. Accelerated Reader Level 6.5 Points 4.
921 MCC
McCourt, Frank. Angela's ashes : a memoir. New York: Scribner,
[1996].Memoir of the author's miserable childhood growing up in the
perpetually damp country of Ireland, with the sterotypically long-suffering
mother and drunken father who nurtures in his son an appetite for stories.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points 23.
921 PAU
Paulsen, Gary. Puppies, dogs, and blue northers: reflections on being
raised by a pack of sled dogs. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co,
[1996].Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the
growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around
them. Accelerated Reader Level 6.0 Points 2.
921 MCC
McCourt, Frank. Teacher man : a memoir. New York: Scribner, [2005].
Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points 14.
921 PEL
Pelzer, David J. A child called "It" : one child's courage to survive. Deerfield
Beach, Fla: Health Communications, [1995].David Pelzer, victim of one of
the worst child abuse cases in the history of California, tells the story of
how he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his past.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.8 Points 5.
921 MIL
Buchignani, Walter. Tell no one who you are : the hidden childhood of
Regine Miller. Toronto: Tundra, [2008].Tells the story of one of the 4,000
Jewish children in Belgium who, with their true identities disguised,
survived the Nazi holocaust. Accelerated Reader Level 5.2 Points 6.
921 NAM
Namu, Yang Erche and Mathieu, Christine. Leaving Mother Lake : a
girlhood at the edge of the world. Boston: Little, Brown, [2003]. What it was
like growing up in the Moso society in the remote Himalayas, where women
rule the men. Accelerated Reader Level 6.6 Points 15.
921 NIS
Nissel, Angela. Mixed : my life in black and white. New York: Villard,
[2006].The author reflects upon her experiences as a biracial child and
young adult in Philadelphia, describing her grade school and college years
and her search for racial identity. Accelerated Reader Level 6.3 Points 12.
921 NUW
Nuwere, Ejovi and Chanoff, David. Hacker cracker : a journey from the
mean streets of Brooklyn to the frontiers of cyberspace. New York: W.
Morrow, [2002].The author, raised by an extended family in the BedfordStuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, tells the story of how he became
involved with computers, and discusses some of his exploits as a hacker
before becoming a security specialist for a large financial firm. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.4 Points 12.
921 OHE
Lewis, Michael. The blind side : evolution of a game. New York: Norton,
[2006].Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael
Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age
of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and
salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.2 Points 19.
921 PAR
Parks, Rosa and Haskins, James. Rosa Parks : my story. New York: Dial
Books, [1992].Rosa Park's life story reveals the deliberate choices she
made that earned her the title "Mother to a Movement." Accelerated
Reader Level 6.2 Points 6.
921 PEL
Pelzer, David J. The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a
family. Deerfield Beach, Fla: Health Communications, [1997].The author
tells of his experiences in five foster homes and juvenile detention, after he
was taken away from his abusive mother and alcoholic father, and
discusses how he made it into the Air Force, and found love and
contentment in his life. Accelerated Reader Level 5.1 Points 9.
921 PEL
Pelzer, David J. The privilege of youth : a teenager's story. New York:
Plume, [2005, 2004].Dave Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse
cases in California history, tells the story of his adolescent years after he
was removed from his home and placed in foster care, and discusses the
influence on his life of Dan Brazell, the man he came to regard as his
father. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 9.
921 PFE
Pfetzer, Mark and Galvin, Jack. Within reach : my Everest story. New York:
Puffin Books, [2000, 1998].The author describes how he spent his teenage
years climbing mountains in the United States, South America, Africa, and
Asia, with an emphasis on his two expeditions up Mount Everest.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.0 Points 11.
921 RHO
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. Three little words : a memoir. New York:
Atheneum, [2008].Ashley Rhodes-Courter provides an account of her life,
focusing on the nine years she spent in Florida's foster care system after
being removed from her mother at three, and explaining how her life
changed after she was adopted. Accelerated Reader Level 5.4 Points 12.
921 ROD
Rodriguez, Luis J. Always running : La Vida Loca, gang days in L.A. New
York: Simon & Schuster, [1994, 1993].An involving autobiography about
the author's evolution from an L.A. gang member to a community leader.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.2 Points 13.
921 ROO
Freedman, Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt: a life of discovery. New York:
Clarion, [1993]. A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a
public life and career of her own. Accelerated Reader Level 7.8 Points 6.
921 STU
Stuart, Jesse H. The thread that runs so true. New York: Scribner,
[1958].Describes Stuart's experiences as a school teacher for 20 years,
until he became a sheep farmer. Accelerated Reader Level 6 Points 16.
921 ROO
Fleming, Candace. Our Eleanor : a scrapbook look at Eleanor Roosevelt's
remarkable life. New York: Atheneum, [2005]. A collection of illustrated
photographs and stories representing the life and career of Eleanor
Roosevelt, examining her White House years, her years as a delegate to
the U.N., and more. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0 Points 10.
921 SUM
Summer, Lauralee. Learning joy from dogs without collars : a memoir. New
York: Simon & Schuster, [2003].Lauralee Summer tells the story of her life
growing up as the child of a single, often homeless mother, and discusses
how circumstances conspired to gain her entrance to Harvard where she
majored in children's studies, finally came to know her father, and figured
out her place in the world. Accelerated Reader Level 6.8 Points 17.
921 SAC
Sacks, Oliver W. Uncle Tungsten : memories of a chemical boyhood. New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2001].Neurologist and storyteller Oliver Sacks
recalls his childhood fascination for numbers, metals, and natural patterns,
and tells how he was encouraged by his Uncle Dave, a lightbulb
manufacturer known as "Uncle Tungsten," to investigate the mysteries of
chemistry. Accelerated Reader Level 10.7 Points 25.
921 SCH
Schembechler, Bo and Bacon, John U. Bo's lasting lessons : the legendary
coach teaches the timeless fundamentals of leadership. New York: Warner
Business Books, [2007].Lessons from the late, great Michigan Wolverines
football coach, Schembechler (1929-2006). Completed just days before the
coach was brought down by heart disease, this volume spells out the
leadership principles by which he lived en route to 13 Big 10 titles and 10
Rose Bowl appearances. The book commonsense approaches to
everything from setting goals and motivating mid -level employees to
emphasizing execution and maintaining focus under fire. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.0 Points 15.
921 SCH
Scheeres, Julia. Jesus land : a memoir. New York: Counterpoint, [2006,
2005].The author recalls her childhood in a strict religious Midwestern
town, her brother's and her education in a Christian reform school in the
Dominican Republic, the trials of adolescence and racism. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.2 Points 16.
921 SEB
Sebold, Alice. Lucky. New York: Scribner, [1999]. Story of the author’s
violent rape at the age 18, her accidental sighting of her attacker 6 months
later, the resulting trial and conviction of the man, and the trauma she
suffered for years afterwards. Accelerated Reader Level 5.4 Points 14.
921 SHE
Miller, Calvin Craig. Spirit like a storm : the story of Mary Shelley.
Greensboro: M. Reynolds, [1996].A biography of the nineteenth-century
English author who at the age of nineteen wrote the classic horror novel,
"Frankenstein." Accelerated Reader Level 7.7 Points 4.
921 SPI
Meachum, Virginia. Steven Spielberg : Hollywood filmmaker. Springfield,
NJ: Enslow, [1996].Explores the life and career of the successful filmmaker
beginning with his childhood and including discussion of his projects as a
director, writer, and producer. Accelerated Reader Level 8.7 Points 3.
921 STE
Murphy, Jim and Van de Grift Osbourne, Fanny. Across America on an
emigrant train. New York: Clarion Books, [1993].An account of Robert
Louis Stevenson's travels across the U.S. by train in 1879 and a
description of the building and operation of railroads in 19th -century
America. Accelerated Reader Level 7.8 Points 3.
921 TAM
Tammet, Daniel. Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of an
autistic savant : a memoir. New York: Free Press, [2007].Daniel Tammett,
one of only fifty living savants--autistic individuals who can perform
astounding mental or artistic feats--explains in his memoir how his
miraculous mind functions. Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 13.
921 TAR
Tarbox, Katherine. Katie.com : my story. New York: Dutton Book,
[2000].Katie Tarbox explains how and why she became involved, at the
age of thirteen, with an Internet stalker, a middle-aged man who had told
her he was a wealthy twenty-three-year-old; and shares the story of her
ordeal after she realized, almost too late, that he was a sexual predator.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 9.
921 THE
Theodore, Wayne and Horvitz, Leslie Alan. Wayne : an abused child's
story of courage, survival, and hope. Gig Harbor, WA: Harbor Press,
[2003].The author describes his childhood, during which he was violently
abused by his father and neglected by his mother, and his fight as an adult
to recover, culminating with his exposure of his parents' crimes on national
television. Accelerated Reader Level 5.4 Points 11.
921 TOL
Neimark, Anne E and Weinman, Brad. Myth maker : J.R.R. Tolkien. 1st
Beech Tree ed. New York: Beech Tree, [1998].Follows the life and work of
the renowned fantasy writer, creator of hobbits and Middle Earth and "The
Lord of the Rings". Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 4.
921 TRO
Trope, Zoe. Please don't kill the freshman : a memoir. New York:
HarperTempest, [2004, 2003].A memoir of the then-fifteen-year-old
author's high school experience to that point, in which diary entries reflect
her struggles, angst, and rebellion. Accelerated Reader Level 5.3 Points
10.
921 TUB
Petry, Ann Lane. Harriet Tubman : conductor on the Underground Railroad.
New York: Crowell, [1955].A biography of the famous woman who worked
to free her people on the Underground Railroad. Accelerated Reader Level
6.6 Points 9.
921 TUT
Brier, Bob. The murder of Tutankhamen : a true story. New York: Berkley,
[2005].Drawing both on archaeology and on medical research, the author
argues that the Pharaoh was the victim of a palace coup, and is even
prepared to name the guilty man. Brier's handling of the pathological
research in particular is fascinating, and his book reads as racily as any
novel. Accelerated Reader Level 9.6 Points 15.
921 TWA
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. New York: Signet Classic,
[2001].Mark Twain's autobiographical account of river life. An account of
life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences
as a pilot. Accelerated Reader Level 9.1 Points 24.
921 VIZ
Vizzini, Ned. Teen angst? Naaah : a quasi-autobiography. Minneapolis,
MN: Free Spirit Pub, [2000].A collection of essays wrtten by the author
from age fifteen to seventeen in which he shares impressions of school,
sports, cool people, boring people, friends, family, money, music, and
obsessions. Accelerated Reader Level 5.3 Points 8.
921 WAL
Walls, Jeannette. The glass castle : a memoir. New York: Scribner, [2006,
2005].The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with
an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her
siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources
and will to leave home. Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points 12.
921 WAS
Washington, Booker T. Up from slavery. New York: Oxford University
Press, [1995].The autobiography of the man who, though born in slavery,
educated himself and went on to found Tuskegee Institute. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.2 Points 13.
921 WIL
Wilkomirski, Binjamin. Fragments : memories of a wartime childhood. New
York: Schocken Books, [1996].Memoir of a small boy who was separated
from his family at the age of three or four-years-old after his father was
killed during a round-up of Jews in Latvia, and was sent to the Majdanek
death camp where he was discovered by Allied soliders in 1945.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.6 Points 5.
921 ZEN
Zenatti, Valérie and Hunter, Adriana. When I was a soldier : a memoir. Pbk.
ed. New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, [2007, 2005].Presents the
memoirs of Valerie Zenatti, who at eighteen, enlisted in the Israeli army,
endured harsh conditions and surroundings, and participated in top secret
missions for the Israeli Secret Service, and describes her French -Jewish
heritage and personal struggles. Accelerated Reader Level 6.4 Points 9.
923.273 KEN
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in courage. [Memorial ed.]. New York: Harper &
Row, [1964].A now classic study in courage as seen in the lives of J. Q.
Adams, Daniel Webster, T. H. Benton, Sam Houston, Robert Taft, and
others. Commemorative Edition with a forward by Robert F. Kennedy.
Accelerated Reader Level 11.4 Points 13.
940.53 MEL
Meltzer, Milton. Rescue : the story of how gentiles saved Jews in the
Holocaust. New York: HarperTrophy, [1991, 1988].A recounting drawn from
historic source material of the many individual acts of heroism performed
by righteous gentiles who sought to thwart the extermination of the Jews
during the Holocaust. Accelerated Reader Level 7.7 Points 7.
940.53 ROG
Rogasky, Barbara. Smoke and ashes : the story of the Holocaust. 1st ed.
New York: Holiday House, [1988].Examines the causes, events, and
legacies of the Holocaust which resulted in the extermination of six million
Jews. Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 10.
940.53 STR
Strahinich, Helen. The Holocaust : understanding and remembering.
Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1996].Discusses the circumstances leading up to
and the brutal realities of the murder of millions of Jews and others by the
Nazis. Accelerated Reader Level 6.5 Points 2.
921 WRI
Wright, Richard. Black boy : a record of childhood and youth. New York:
Harper & Row, [1969, 1945].The autobiography oan African-American
writer, recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he
encountered drifting from Natchez to Chicago to Brooklyn. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.4 Points 22.
940.53 TEN
Ten Boom, Corrie and Sherrill, Elizabeth. The hiding place. 25th
anniversary ed., new pbk. ed. Grand Rapids, Mich: Chosen Books,
[1996].The memoirs of a Dutch woman who was sent to Ravensbruck
concentration camp during World War II as a result of her activities in the
anti-Nazi underground. Accelerated Reader Level 6.4 Points 13.
921 WRI
Reynolds, Quentin James and Landau, Jacob. The Wright Brothers,
pioneers of American aviation. New York: Random House, [1981 1950].A
biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the
first airplane. Accelerated Reader Level 4.9 Points 4.
940.5318 SPI
Spiegelman, Art. Maus : a survivor's tale. 1st ed. New York: Pantheon
Books, [1997]. Accelerated Reader Level 3.2 Points 3.
921 X
X, Malcolm and Haley, Alex. The autobiography of Malcolm X. New York:
Ballantine Books, [1999, 1965].Story of national leader who rose to
prominence as a Negro force in shaping the destiny of this country.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 32.
940.5318 WAR
Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler : a boy in the Nazi death camps. 1st ed.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [2001]. Accelerated Reader Level 6.1
Points 4.
921 X
Myers, Walter Dean. Malcolm X : by any means necessary : a biography.
New York: Scholastic, [1993].Chronicles the life of controversial militant
leader Malcolm X. Accelerated Reader Level 8.0 Points 6.
940.54 ABD
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem and Walton, Anthony. Brothers in arms : the epic
story the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's forgotten heroes. New York:
Broadway Books, [2005, 2004].Presents an account of the 761st Tank
Battalion, the first African -American armored unit to see combat in World
War II, based on interviews with surviving members of the unit. Accelerated
Reader Level 9.9 Points 17.
921 YOU
Morgan, Terri and Thaler, Shmuel. Steve Young : complete quarterback.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, [1996].Text and illustrations tell the story
of Steve Young in college and professional football. Accelerated Reader
Level 6.4 Points 1.
940.54 GAV
Gavin, Philip. World war II in Europe. San Diego, Calif: Lucent Books,
[2004].Chronicles Adolf Hitler's quest for European domination and his
downfall, covering the Holocaust, the Blitz in Britain, Operation Barbarossa,
and other related topics. Accelerated Reader Level 10.3 Points 6.
940.54 HER
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. Thorndike, Me: G.K. Hall, [1994].The story of six
people who lived through the explosion of the atomic bomb in 1945 in
Hiroshima. Accelerated Reader Level 8.4 Points 9.
940.54 HOU
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki & Houston, James D. Farewell to Manzanar :
a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World
War II internment. Boston:Houghton Mifflin, [1973]. Accelerated Reader
Level 6.7 Points 7.
940.54 KUR
Kurson, Robert. Shadow divers : the true adventure of two Americans who
risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II. New
York: Random House, [2005, 2004].The discovery in 1991 of a WWII
German U-boat, sunk sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey, by deep sea
divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, and their six year obsession with
identifying the submarine which sank with its crew onboard. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.1 Points 21.
956.7044 MCN
McNab, Andy. Bravo two zero. New York: Dell, [1994, 1993].Andy McNab
provides an account of his experiences as leader of a British Special
Forces team sent behind enemy lines in Iraq in 1991 to destroy scud
missiles, and discusses the tortures he and his men endured after being
captured. Accelerated Reader Level 6.1 Points 22.
956.7044 RAD
Raddatz, Martha. The long road home : a story of war and family. New
York: Berkley Books, [2008, 2007].Chronicles the events of an April 2004
surprise attack on American troops in Sadr City, Iraq; and provides
personal accounts of soldiers in battle and their families and friends waiting
for news at home. Accelerated Reader Level 7.6 Points 15.
956.7044 SMI
Smithson, Ryan. Ghosts of war : the true story of a 19-year-old GI. 1st ed.
New York: Collins, [2009].Ryan Smithson recounts the experiences he had
serving his first tour of duty as an Army engineer in Iraq when he was only
nineteen. Accelerated Reader Level 5.2 Points 10.
940.5426 BRA
Bradley, James and Powers, Ron. Flags of our fathers. New York: Bantam,
[2000] James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak,
and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima; the story
behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage
and indomitable will of America. Accelerated Reader Level 8.4 Points 22.
956.94 ARO
Aronson, Marc. Unsettled : the problem of loving Israel. New York:
Atheneum, [2008].The history of Israel from the start of the Zionist
movement through the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 to the current
political, social, and religious struggles that plague the region at the start of
the 21st century. Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 8.
945 BER
Berendt, John. The city of falling angels. New York: Penguin, [2005]. What
the author learned about the city of Venice and its people in the months
following the fire that destroyed the city's historic Fenice Opera House.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.8Points 21.
956.9405 MIL
Miller, Jen. Inheriting the Holy Land : an American's search for hope in the
Middle East. New York: Ballantine, [2005].The author describes her
experiences working with young Palestinians, Israelis, Egyptians, and
Jordanians and their views concerning on ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 19.
949.702 FIL
Filipovic, Zlata. Zlata's diary : a child's life in Sarajevo. New York: Viking,
[1994].The diary of a thirteen-year-old girl living in Sarajevo, begun just
before her eleventh birthday when there was still peace in her homeland.
Accelerated Reader Level 4.3 Points 5.
949.702 FIR
Fireside, Harvey and Fireside, Bryna J. Young people from Bosnia talk
about war. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1996].A brief description of the conflict
in Bosnia, including several personal stories of tragedy told by the young
people who lived through them. Accelerated Reader Level 7 Points 3.
951.05 JIA
Jiang, Ji-li. Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution. New York:
HarperCollins, [1997].Gives a child's-eye view of a terrifying time in 20th
century history, and of one family's indomitable courage under fire.
Accelerated Reader Level 5 Points 8.
958.104 AKB
Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come back to Afghanistan : trying to
rebuild a country with my father, my brother, my one-eyed uncle, bearded
tribesmen, and President Karzai. New York: Bloomsbury, [2006, 2005].
Presents the author's first-hand account and observations of living in
Afghanistan when his father is appointed President Hamid Karzai's chief
spokesman. Accelerated Reader Level 6.8 Points 20.
958.104 RAL
Rall, Ted. To Afghanistan and back : a graphic travelogue. New York:
Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, [2002]. Cartoonist and columnist’s firsthand
experiences in Afghanistan and other countries in the region before and
after September 11, 2001, criticizing U.S. military actions there in this
graphic novel about the war. Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 5.
951.904 GRA
Granfield, Linda. I remember Korea : veterans tell their stories of the
Korean War, 1950-53. New York: Clarion Books, [2003].Presents the
memories of thirty-two American and Canadian men and women who
served in the Korean War. Accelerated Reader Level 7.1 Points 5.
959.604 UNG
Ung, Loung. First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia
remembers. New York: Harper, [2006, 2000].Loung Ung, one of seven
children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her
experiences after her family fled Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, her training
as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, & how her surviving siblings
were eventually reunited. Accelerated Reader Level 6.0 Points 15.
956.7044 ATK
Atkinson, Rick. In the company of soldiers : a chronicle of combat. New
York: Holt, [2004]. The journalist’s two months with the 101st Airborne
Division of the U.S. Army in the 2003 war in Iraq: guerrilla resistance, one
soldier's violent attack on his comrades, and the leadership of Major
General David H. Petraeus. Accelerated Reader Level 8.8 Points 17.
959.704 CAP
Caputo, Philip. A rumor of war. New York: Ballantine, [1994].View of what
the experience of Vietnam meant to a young college graduate, a 'gung-ho'
lieutenant in the marine corps who enlisted for the 'heroic experience' of
war. What Vietnam was for the lower echelons who had to do the dirty
work. Accelerated Reader Level 7.5 Points 20.
959.704 KEN
Kent, Deborah. The Vietnam War : "what are we fighting for?". Berkeley
Heights, N.J: Enslow, [1994].Photographs and text describe the fighting
between the Americans and Vietcong in the jungles of southeast Asia, how
TV brought graphic war footage to American homes, & peace protests that
took place around the country. Accelerated Reader Level 8.2 Points 3.
960 CAP
Caplan, Gerald L. The betrayal of Africa. Toronto: Anansi, [2008]. Argues
that policies of rich countries, such as the United States, are responsible
for the current plight in Africa thanks to exploitation of the country, its
people, and resources. Accelerated Reader Level 11.0 Points 6.
967.7305 BOW
Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk down : a story of modern war. New York:
Atlantic Monthly Press, [1999].Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine
American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in
1993. Accelerated Reader Level 7.3 Points 23.
970.01 SAT
Sattler, Helen Roney and Zallinger, Jean. The earliest Americans. New
York: Clarion Books, [1993].Covers the history of early man in America
from the earliest known sites to approximately 1492 A.D. Accelerated
Reader Level 8.3 Points 3.
970.5 BRO
Brown, Dee Alexander. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee : An Indian history
of the American West. New York: Henry Holt, [1991, 1970].Reissue of this
first fully documented account of the systematic decimation of the
American Indians during the second half of the 19th century, told from the
Indians' point of view. Accelerated Reader Level 7.9 Points 27.
972 ELL
Ellingwood, Ken. Hard line : life and death on the U.S.-Mexico border. New
York: Vintage, [2005, 2004].Examines the issues and politics surrounding
the Mexican-American border through stories from undocumented
immigrants, American ranchers, townspeople along the border, and border
agents and human-rights workers who struggle to prevent more tragedies.
Accelerated Reader Level 9.9 Points 17.
972.875 MCC
McCullough, David G. The path between the seas : the creation of the
Panama Canal, 1870-1914. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1977].
Accelerated Reader Level 10.2 Points 46.
973 ABD
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem and Steinberg, Alan. Black profiles in courage : a
legacy of African American achievement. New York: Morrow and Co,
[1996].Presents profiles of courageous African-American men and women,
ranging over the course of four centuries, who typify the virtues of integrity,
discipline, and self-respect. Accelerated Reader Level 9.6 Points 13.
973 CEL
Sevastiades, Patra McSharry. Celebration : visions and voices of the
African diaspora. New York: Rosen, [1994].Explores the profound impact of
African culture throughout the world. Accelerated Reader Level 8 Points 7.
973 OBA
Obama, Barack. The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the
American dream. New York: Crown, [2006].Senator Barak Obama
comments on economic insecurities of citizens, race, religion, terrorism,
threat of a pandemic, and other related issues. Accelerated Reader Level
10.9 Points 24.
973 SAN
Sandoz, Mari. Cheyenne autumn. Lincoln, Neb: U. of N. Pr, [1992,
1953].Chronicles the flight of a band of Northern Cheyenees who fled an
Oklahoma reservation in 1878 and their valiant but doomed effort to reach
their home on the Yellowstone. Accelerated Reader Level 6.9 Points 20.
973.2 PAR
Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail : The conspiracy of Pontiac. New
York, N.Y: Literary Classics, [1991]. "The Oregon Trail," a collection of
essays that first appeared in the "Knickerbocker Magazine," discussing
Parkman's trip to Oregon in 1846. "The Conspiracy of Pontiac," relating
Ottawa leader Pontiac's attacks on British forts and settlements in the
1760s. Accelerated Reader Level 8.5 Points 22.
973.3 ARO
Aronson, Marc. The real revolution : the global story of American
independence. New York: Clarion, [2005].Describes philosophical, political,
and economic shifts around the world that led to what John Adams called
the "real revolution" in America--changes in the American mindset--and
explains how these changes brought about the explosive events that set off
the Revolutionary War. Accelerated Reader Level 9.1 Points 7.
973.7 CHA
Chang, Ina. A separate battle : women and the Civil War. New York:
Lodestar Books, [1991].Reveals how women influenced the course of the
Civil War and transformed their own lives in the process. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.8 Points 3.
973.7 HAM
Hamilton, Virginia and Dillon, Diane. Many thousand gone : African
Americans from slavery to freedom. New York: Knopf, [1993].Recounts the
journey of slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended
group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.9 Points 3.
973.7 MUR
Murphy, Jim. The long road to Gettysburg. New York: Clarion, [1992].
Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through
the eyes of two actual participants. Accelerated Reader Level 7.6 Points 2.
973.931 JAC
Jacobson, Sid and Colón, Ernie. The 9/11 report : a graphic adaptation.
New York: Hill and Wang, [2006]. Graphic novel adaptation of The 9/11
Commission Report, the investigation of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks on the United States. Accelerated Reader Level 8.3 Points 4.
974.7 VON
Von Drehle, Dave. Triangle : the fire that changed America. New York:
Grove Press, [2003].Chronicles the events surrounding the fire at the
Triangle shirtwaist factory which broke out on March 25, 1911, killing more
than one hundred factory workers who were trapped after the fire broke
out, and discusses how the fire changed the work force in America.
Accelerated Reader Level 8.8 Points 18.
975.3 TRU
Truman, Margaret. The president's house : 1800 to the present : the
secrets and history of the world's most famous home. New York: Ballantine
Books, [2005].Margaret Truman, daughter of the thirty-third president of the
United States, presents an inside look at the history and secrets of the
White House, and reveals what it is like to live in one of the world's most
famous homes. Accelerated Reader Level 8.4 Points 10.
977.3 MUR
Murphy, Jim. The great fire. New York: Scholastic Inc, [1995].Photographs
and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of
the great fire of 1871 in Chicago. Accelerated Reader Level 7.6 Points 4.
981 WHI
Whitaker, Robert. The mapmaker's wife : a true tale of love, murder, and
survival in the Amazon. New York: Basic Books, [2004].Tells the story of
Isabel Grameson, an upper-class Peruvian woman who in 1741 married
Jean Godin, a member of a team of French mapmakers exploring South
America, focusing on her three-thousand-mile trek down the length of the
Amazon to reach her husband after they were separated on opposite sides
of the continent--victims of international politics. Accelerated Reader Level
9.4 Points 17.
982.6 REA
Read, Piers Paul. Alive : the story of the Andes survivors. [Philadelphia:
Lippincott, [1974].True ordeal of a soccer team who lived through an
airplane crash and severe winter in the Andes. Accelerated Reader Level
7.7 Points 19.