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Autobiographies. Biographies. Memoirs. High School
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Shout
by Laurie Halse Anderson 811.54AND
A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action by the award-winning author of Speak blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world.
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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
by Ishmael Beah 966.404BEA
In a heart-wrenching, candid autobiography, a human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army.
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Laughing at my nightmare
by Shane Burcaw 617.482BUR
"With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to having a girlfriend and everything in between, Shane handles his situation with humor and a "you-only-live-once" perspective on life. While he does talk about everyday issues that are relatable to teens, he also offers an eye-opening perspective on what it is like to have a life threatening disease"
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Model : a memoir
by Cheryl Diamond 746.9DIA
Provides the true story of one teen's attempt to break into New York's modeling industry at the age of fourteen, where a career-altering event changed her life and nearly ruined her shot at her dream.
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Autobiography of a face
by Lucy Grealy 155.916GRE
The author, who endured a severely disfiguring cancer in childhood, offers a meditation on the pain and healing she has endured, searching through a culture obsessed with physical beauty for love, acceptance, and inner peace.
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Rapture practice : a true story about growing up gay in an evangelical family
by Aaron Hartzler 277.3083HAR
Describes the author's coming of age in a fervently religious household that believed Jesus' return to Earth to take the faithful to heaven was imminent, recounting how his growing doubts, earthly ties, and the sacrifices required by his faith prompted his transformation from conflicted do-gooder to full-fledged teen rebel.
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The reason I jump : the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism
by Naoki Higashida 616.85HIG
Co-translated by the Man Booker Prize finalist author of Cloud Atlas, a journey into the mind of a remarkable 13-year-old Japanese boy with severe autism shares firsthand insights into a variety of experiences associated with the disorder, from behavioral traits and misconceptions to perceptions about the world and social awareness.
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Steve Jobs : the man who thought different : a biography
by Karen Blumenthal 621.39092BLU
Traces the inspiring life and career of the late founder of Apple, covering topics ranging from his struggles as an adopted child and a college dropout to his Buddhist faith and friendship with Steve Wozniack, in a portrait framed around his inspirational Stanford University commencement speech.
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The bite of the mango
by Mariatu Kamara 966.404KAM
In this powerful and heartbreaking true story, the author, who lived in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, recounts how tasting the sweet nectar of a mango gave her the will to live after surviving a brutal attack by heavily armed rebel soldiers and living in a refugee camp.
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Skin game
by Caroline Kettlewell 616.8582KET
A deeply moving and personal account of the struggle with self-mutilation or "cutting," a little-known but increasingly common psychological disorder, discusses the family turmoil and personal anguish that led an intelligent young woman to relieve her anxieties by self-mutilation.
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All but my life : A Memoir
by Gerda Weissmann Klein 940.5318KLE
A Polish Jew records her experiences and struggle for survival in Nazi work camps and during a thousand-mile forced march.
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Zayn
by Zayn 782.42166ZAY
Former One Direction band member Zayn Malik is releasing his first autobiography, which will include personal photographs and drawings, presenting his own story so that fans "can judge me on my own terms, not on what the press or anyone else says."
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The pregnancy project : a memoir
by Gaby Rodriguez 306.8743ROD
The teenager famed for faking a pregnancy as part of a social experiment describes the family and cultural history of teen pregnancy that shaped her life, her observations about how she was treated when she pretended to be pregnant and her feelings about the consequences of low expectations.
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House rules : a memoir
by Rachel Sontag 920.93SON
Traces the author's journey of recovery and self-discovery after a childhood marked by her mentally ill father, a respected suburban doctor who hid from the outside world an obsessive need for control that caused him to torture his wife and children about the most minute details of their lives.
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We should hang out sometime : embarrassingly, a true story
by Josh Sundquist 618.92994SUN
The Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star and motivational speaker documents his coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor and his efforts to investigate past dates gone wrong to discover why he was still single.
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Devil in the details : scenes from an obsessive girlhood
by Jennifer Traig 362.1968TRA
A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her overzealous drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her good-natured parents. Reader's Guide included.
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