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2016 YALSA Nonfiction Award
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Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir
by Margarita Engle
In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up in two cultures during a time of cold hostility between nations. This almost-war of words shaped a sensitive young girl into an award-winning poet who enriches the world with words of a far more hopeful kind. By the author of The Surrender Tree. Simultaneous eBook.
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Stonewall : breaking out in the fight for gay rights
by Ann Bausum
The award-winning author of Marching to the Mountaintop presents a history of gay tolerance that traces the progression of civil rights for gay citizens and identifies the prejudices and misconceptions that have criminalized homosexual relationships. Simultaneous eBook.
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Fatal fever : tracking down Typhoid Mary
by Gail Jarrow
Chronicles the story of the infamous carrier of typhoid who worked as a cook, unknowingly exposing thousands of people to the deadly disease, and the efforts of three pioneering individuals to trace the outbreak to its source. 10,000 first printing.
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The boy who harnessed the wind : Young Readers Edition
by William Kamkwamba
An accessible young reader's adaptation of the best-selling story about the young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village describes the life-threatening drought that motivated his scrap-metal windmill project. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hot pink : the life & fashions of Elsa Schiaparelli
by Susan Goldman Rubin
A portrait of the innovative 20th-century designer describes her childhood in Rome, the influences of leading artists on her career and the numerous fashion elements of today that are attributed to her creativity.
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Untamed : the wild life of Jane Goodall
by Anita Silvey
A sumptuously photographed introduction to the life and achievements of the world's foremost primatologist traces her humble origins, the scientific breakthroughs that challenged the conventions of her scientific peers and her ongoing efforts to promote conservation.
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Honor girl : [a graphic memoir]
by Maggie Thrash
A 15-year-old girl endures wrenching public and private challenges when she unexpectedly falls in love with a female counselor at her Appalachian summer camp. A first book. Teen
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