Nonfiction

Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, […]

Ginger Kid: Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd by Steve Hofstetter In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade… when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds.

Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn’t learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, […]

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge A free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, featuring over 300 pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations.

Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin by James Swanson James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys — but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a […]

Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Albert Marrin In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly […]

Ten Frames Per Second, An Articulated Adventure by Johnny Wu Instagram Sensation Johnny Wu has amassed a gargantuan following for his photographs depicting action figures starring in glorious, cinematic adventures. This first book collection of Wu’s work will take you on a hero’s journey through action figure eyes with appearances throughout from some of pop culture’s most beloved and recognized […]

Shaken by Tim Tebow Presents information about the author’s strong faith, how it allowed him to experience the ups and downs without letting them define him, and advises reader on how they can achieve this type of resilience.

57 Bus by Dashka Slater One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. […]