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Educated: A Memoir
Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 0399590501
- ASIN: 0399590501
- Brand: Random House
- Manufacturer: Random House
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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port. Fourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 1501116304
- ASIN: 1501116304
- ISBN: 1501116304
- Brand: Atria Books
- Manufacturer: Atria Books
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Spilled Milk: Based on a true story
Brooke Nolan is a battered child who makes an anonymous phone call to social services about the escalating brutality in her home.When they jeopardize her safety, condemning her to keep her father's secret, it's a glass of spilled milk at the dinner table that forces her to speak about the cruelty she's been hiding. In her pursuit for safety and justice Brooke battles a broken system that pushes to keep her father in the home, and she risks losing the support of family, coming to the realization that some people simply do not want to be saved.Spilled Milk is a novel of shocking narrative, triumph and resiliency. Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 0615835600
- ASIN: 0615835600
- ISBN: 0615835600
- Manufacturer: K.L Randis
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.This title has Common Core connections.Godwin Books Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 1627796185
- ASIN: 1627796185
- ISBN: 1627796185
- Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother to... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 0399588191
- ASIN: 0399588191
- ISBN: 0399588191
- Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school.No one expected her to survive.Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoi... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 0316327913
- ASIN: 0316327913
- ISBN: 0316327913
- Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope
The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at Auschwitz, Anka hopes in vain to be reunited with her husband. With the rest of their families gassed, these young wives are determined to hold on to all they have left—their lives, and those of the... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 006237026X
- ASIN: 006237026X
- ISBN: 006237026X
- Brand: Harper Perennial
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal).If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better.Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 1455570249
- ASIN: 1455570249
- ISBN: 1455570249
- Brand: Grand Central Publishing
- Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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SHOUT
A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Described as "powerful," "captivating," and "essential" in the nine starred re... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 0670012106
- ASIN: 0670012106
- ISBN: 0670012106
- Manufacturer: Viking Books for Young Readers
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The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel
Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived. No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer? Best Mystery/Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018 Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards 2018 Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award 2018 Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards 2018 Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards 2018 Voted Most Loved Cover — NetGalley Readers Grab your copy of this highly-acclaimed psychological thriller today! As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked... [Read More] Best Memoirs For Young Adults
- ASIN: 1683993039
- ASIN: 1683993039
- ISBN: 1683993039
- Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates
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Best-Loved Saints : Inspiring Biographies of Popular Saints for Young Catholics and Adults
Best Loved Saints by Catholic Book Publishing offers more than 50 biographical sketches of the most popular Saints, including Sts. Jerome, Agnes, Thomas Aquinas, Francis Assisi, Ignatius Loyola, John of God, John of the Cross, Martin de Porres, Elizabeth Seton, and Mary the Queen of all Saints. With inspiring illustrations, a full-color illustrated, flexible cover and easy-to-read print, Best Loved Saints by Rev. Lawrence Lovasik S.V.D. will appeal to young and old alike and makes a perfect Best Memoirs For Young Adults Best Loved Saints by Catholic Book Publishing offers more than 50 biographical sketches of the most popular Saints, including Sts. Jerome, Agnes, Thomas Aquinas, Francis Assisi, Ignatius Loyola, John of God, John of the Cross, Martin de Porres, Elizabeth Seton, and Mary the Queen of all Saints. With inspiring illustrations, a full-color illustrated, flexible cover and easy-to-read print, Best Loved Saints by Rev. Lawrence Lovasik S.V.D. will appeal to young and old alike and makes a perfect
- UPC: 26884970
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The Best Young Adult Books Contest : A Simulation for the Language Arts Classroom
Details Coming Soon Best Memoirs For Young Adults The Best Young Adult Books Contest presents a program that involves the whole classroom in an effort to plan, develop, and perform a mock "academy awards" show. The reader is guided through each and every step of the process, beginning with students reading and nominating books in eight categories and ending with a full-fledged production. Full of reproducible handouts, forms, templates, and student-written scripts, The Best Young Adult Books Contest is a classroom simulation that promotes the reading of YA literature and allows all students to cultivate a variety of skills, including reading, written and oral communication, performing and visual
- UPC: 29511577
- Rating: 3.571
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
"Hayley Kincain and her father move back to their hometown to try a "normal" life, but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their Best Memoirs For Young Adults For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the town where he grew up so Hayley can attend school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own.Will being back home help Andy’s PTSD, or will his
- UPC: 26349669
- Rating: 4.023
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How to Be a Young Lady : Your Total Guide for Being the Best Possible You!
How to Be a Young Lady: Your Total Guide for Being the Best Possible You! Best Memoirs For Young Adults How to be a Young Lady: Your Total Guide for Being the Best Possible You is the only book for girls, tweens, teens, and young ladies that, not only addresses self-esteem with an inside-out approach, but also strongly encourages girls, tweens, teens,
- UPC: 53345339
- Rating: 5.0
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The Memory of Things : A Novel
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of "The Summer of Letting Go" comes a powerful story of two teenagers finding friendship, comfort, and first love in the days following 9/11 as their fractured city tries to put itself back Best Memoirs For Young Adults "[A] gripping, emotional story set in the part of history we’ll never forget." - New York Daily NewsOn the morning of September 11, 2001, sixteen-year-old Kyle Donohue watches the first twin tower come down from the window of Stuyvesant High School. Moments later, terrified and fleeing home to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge, he stumbles across a girl perched in the shadows, covered in ash, and wearing a pair of costume wings. With his mother and sister in California and unable to reach his father, a NYC detective likely on his way to the disaster, Kyle makes the split-second decision
- UPC: 55698162
- Rating: 4.25
Book Awards: 2010 SW Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoirs & Young Adult category
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Book Awards for Children, Memoirs, YA (Fiction) & best research: 2010 Sharp Writ Book Awards
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