Young Adult Biography
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Beyond the Gender Binary
$8.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 In The Margins Award
“When reading this book, all I feel is kindness.”– Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter “Thank God we have Alok. And I’m learning a- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Vaid-Menon, Alok
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593094654
- Language: English
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
$10.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestselling memoir, Malala Yousafzai–the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize–inspires young readers with her stunning story of resilience and power.
I Am Malala. This is- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 14, 2016
- ISBN10: 0316327913
- Language: English
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Farewell to Manzanar
$10.99 Add to cartJeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. This spe
- Author: Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 11, 2017
- ISBN10: 1328742113
- Language: English
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
$18.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestselling memoir, Malala Yousafzai–the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize–inspires young readers with her stunning story of resilience and power.
I Am Malala. This is- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 031632793X
- Language: English
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No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits
$14.99 Add to cartJordan Romero climbed Mount Everest at age thirteen–and he didn’t stop there. In this inspiring young adult memoir that includes color photos, he tells how he achieved such great heights.
On May 22,- Author: Romero, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12, 2015
- ISBN10: 1481432761
- Language: English
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Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II
$19.99 Read moreA young readers adaptation of Sonia Purnell’s New York Times bestselling book A Woman of No Importance, the story of Virginia Hall; the unassuming American spy who helped the allies win World War II.… [more below]
- Author: Purnell, Sonia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0593350545
- Language: English
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Seeing Gender
$19.99 Add to cartNow with a new foreword by National Book Award Winner Kacen Callender, this fascinating book on a relevant subject illustrates the complexities of gender and sexuality through history, science, sociol… [more below]
- Author: Gottlieb, Iris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 1797211978
- Language: English
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Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
$11.99 Add to cartA moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here in the United States.
Based on the adult bestseller, Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee T- Author: St John, Warren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10, 2013
- ISBN10: 0385741952
- Language: English
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Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning
$18.95 Read moreThe mystery of death strikes at the core of the human soul. We instinctively recoil at the pain of losing loved ones, and as we grapple, we are quick to seek remedies to console ourselves. There is no
- Author: Bonagura Jr, David G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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The New Queer Conscience
$8.99 Add to cartA 2021 Sydney Taylor Notable Book
“The new manifesto for how we as queer people could and should navigate the world. It’s the holding hand I never had–but wish I did.”–Troye Sivan, Golden Globe nomi- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Eli, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593093682
- Language: English
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Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution
$16.95 Add to cartAs featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.
“- Author: Heumann, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 080700359X
- Language: English
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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
$12.99 Add to cartNobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people–introducing a small fraction… [more below]
- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 316523658
- Language: English
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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
$18.95 Add to cart“No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after bec
- Author: Boochever, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 16, 2019
- ISBN10: 1602233705
- Language: English
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
$14.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now in paperback for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic St
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593461614
- Language: English
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Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space
$19.99 Add to cartFilled with beautiful full-color illustrations, a groundbreaking compendium honoring the amazing true stories of fifty inspirational women who helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space ex
- Author: Jackson, Libby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 05, 2018
- ISBN10: 0062850210
- Language: English
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Susie King Taylor: Nurse, Teacher & Freedom Fighter
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Never Caught and She Came to Slay comes a vibrant middle grade biography of Susie King Taylor, one of the first Black Civil War nurses, in a ne… [more below]
- Series: Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women
- Author: Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1665919949
- Language: English
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Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures
$14.99 Add to cartWhen Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be nineteen years before another woman got a chance–cosmonaut Svetlan
- Series: Women of Action
- Author: Gibson, Karen Bush
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1641603135
- Language: English
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It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)
$9.99 Add to cartThe host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, shares his personal story and the injustices he faced while growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid in this New York Times
- Author: Noah, Trevor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 0525582193
- Language: English
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No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves
$18.99 Add to cart“History” sounds really official. Like it’s all fact. Like it’s definitely what happened.
But that’s not necessarily true. History was crafted by the people who recorded it. And sometimes, those histor
- Series: Queer History Project
- Author: Wind, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1541581628
- Language: English
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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
$14.99 Add to cartThis award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths–and not for the faint of heart.
Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact,- Author: Bragg, Georgia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0802727948
- Language: English
