Nonfiction+for+Teens

Updated 11/13/07 - ljbj
 * Nonfiction for Teens at JPL (A Selection of Recommended and/or Newer Nonfiction Titles for Teens)**

A Selection of Nonfiction for Teens at JPL* (In Dewey Order) (*Please check in our online catalog to see which library locationeach individual title is located and if it is available for check out. This is NOT a complete list. If a topic you like is not mentioned here, please send a suggestion to Leisl, the Young Adult Librarian.)

J 001.9 GEE //Encyclopedia Horrifica// by Joshua Gee 001.95 BOE //Hippo Eats Dwarf// by Alex Boese Teen 006.6869 CAM //Photoshop and Photoshop Elements for Teens// by Marc Campbell Teen 006.7 GOS //Blogging for Teens// by John W. Gosney Teen 011.625 PEA //Book Crush: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest// by Nancy Pearl J 070.4333 COL //Where The Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II// by Penny Coleman 081 NOR //The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action// by Wendy Northcutt
 * 000s—Mysteries, Computers, Reading, Journalism**

Teen 100 KAM //Philosophy for Teens: Questioning Life’s Big Ideas// by Kaye & Thomson Teen 133.43 DEG //Be a Teen Goddess!// by Francesca De Grandis 133.43097445 ARO //Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials// by Marc Aronson Teen 133.5 ABA Teen Astrology by M.J. Abadie Teen 133.80835 CHE Psychic Power for Teens by Theresa Cheung Teen158.1 COV The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens by Sean Covey
 * 100s—Philosophy, Psychology, Parasychology**

Teen 200.835 RAU Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths by Paul B. Raushenbush Teen 204.40835 CHO Fire in the Heart: A Spiritual Guide for Teens By Deepak Chopra Teen 248.83 LUC It’s Not About Me: Teen Edition by Max Lucado Teen 277.30829092 NIM The Journals of Rachel Scott adapted by Beth Nimmo Teen 297.1 LAW The Qur’an: A Biography by Bruce Lawrence
 * 200s—Religion, Spirituality**

J 305.23086 AHM //The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky// by Farah Ahmedi Teen 305.235 JUK //The Guy Book: An Owner’s Manual// by Mavis Jukes Teen 305.235 NOT //The Notebook Girls: Four Friends. One Diary. Real Life.// By Baskin, Newman, et al. 305.569 HER //Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America// by Barbara Ehrenreich Teen 306.76 GAR //Hear Us Out!: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress and Hope// by Nancy Garden 306.89 CAD //My Parents are Getting Divorced// by Florence Cadier Teen 331.4 REB //In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers// by Deborah Reber J 338.8761004 KAT //Geeks// by Jon Katz Teen 346.7301 TRU //Teen Rights (And Responsibilities), 2nd Edition// by Traci Truly J 362.1 FLE //Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science// by John Fleischman 362.28 RUN //The Burn Journals// by Brent Runyon J 363.17 HAM //Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster// by Wilborn Hampton Teen 364.1523 DUN //Who Killed My Daughter?// By Lois Duncan Teen 379.263092 BEA //Warriors Don’t Cry// by Melba Pattillo Beals Teen 394.12 SCH //Chew On This// by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
 * 300s - Social Issues**

Teen 423 AME //The American Heritage High School Dictionary, Fourth Edition//
 * 400s - Languages (Including Spanish Language Books)**

Teen 500 CAR In and Out of Your Mind: Teen Science: Human Bites by Dale Carlson J 551.46 BUR Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns J 597.3 CAP Close to Shore by Mike Capuzzo J 598.72 HOO The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip M. Hoose 599.757 KRU The Wilderness Family: At Home With Africa’s Wildlife by Kobie Kruger
 * 500s - Sciences and Math**

611 ROA Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach J 614.541 MUR An American Plague: The True and Terrifiying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy J 616.398 WIL The Weight of It: A Story of Two Sisters by Amy Wilensky Teen 612.6 BRY 101 Questions About Reproduction by Faith Hickman Brynie Teen 617.1 FUR Frequently Asked Questions About Sports Injuries by Kathy Furgang Teen 629.283 GRA The Driving Book: Everything New Drivers Need to Know but Don’t Know to Ask by Karen Gravelle Teen 641.86 CAR Teens Cook and Teens Cook Dessert by Megan & Jill Carle Teen 646.700835 HAR The African-American Teenagers Guide to Personal Growth, Health, Sex and Survival by Debrah Harris-Johnson Teen 646.700835 MOR Organizing from the Inside Out: For Teens by Julie Morgenstern
 * 600s - Health, Cars, Pets, Cooking, Business, Technology (and other stuff, too!)**

741.5 SAT or TEEN GN SET Persepolis by Maryam Setrapi Teen 745.58 FUJ Cool Jewels: Beading Projects for Teens by Naomi Fujimoto Teen 746.43 HOW Not Another Teen Knitting Book by Vickie Howell Teen 778.55 SHA Digital Filmmaking for Teens by Shaner and Jones Teen 781.66092 PAR John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge 781.660922 KRU The Book of Rock Stars by Kathleen Krull 782.1092 FRE The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. By Russell Freedman 796.522 KRA Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Teen 796.62092 ARM It’s Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong 796.522092 RAL Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
 * 700s - Arts, Crafts, Entertainment, Sports**

810.9 HIL Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrick Hill Teen 811.54 ISU I Just Hope It’s Lethal: Poems of Sadness, Madness & Joy Collected by Rosenberg and November J 813.54 GAN Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos J 813.54 PAU Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the “Brian” Stories by Gary Paulsen Teen 821.709 AND Wildly Romantic: The English Romantic Poets — The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous by Catherine Andronik Teen 823.7 HOO The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy Hoobler
 * 800s - Literature and Writing**

J 910.45 MEL Piracy & Plunder: A MurderousBusiness by Milton Meltzer Teen 918.04 GRA Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary by Alberto Granado J 919.8904 ARM Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Shackleton’s Amazing Voyage by Jennifer Armstrong J 940.54 NEL Left for Dead by Pete Nelson J 940.5318 OPD In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Opdyke 940.5318 BIT I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson Teen 956.94054092 ZEN When I was a Soldier: A Memoir by Valerie Zenatti Teen 959.6042 CHI Children of Cambodia’s Killing Fields compiled by Dith Pran J 970.3092 FRE The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman
 * 900s– Geography and History**

———————————————————————— Sources: Some of the books suggested came from the YALSA-BK listserv as well as suggested lists put out by YALSA groups. Others are titles that have appeared on the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award lists as well as titles that just may be of interest to JPL teens.