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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.
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Titanic : voices from the disaster
by Deborah Hopkinson
The award-winning author of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt presents a 100th anniversary tribute to the Titanic tragedy based on the words and stories of its witnesses and survivors, in a dramatic account that is complemented by archival photographs.
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Girls who code : learn to code and change the world
by Reshma Saujani
The founder of the Girls Who Code nonprofit organization presents a graphically illustrated introduction to the relevance of coding that shares down-to-earth explanations about coding principles and real-life stories of women programmers who work at such places as Pixar and NASA.
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Something rotten : a fresh look at roadkill
by Heather L Montgomery
Examines how animals killed during vehicle collisions can be useful in scientific research, from Tasmanian devil remains used in cancer research to red wolf remains used in genetic research and engineering.
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An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793
by Jim Murphy
Accompanied by black-and-white archival photos and drawn from first-hand accounts, a compelling true story vividly recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.
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Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
A dramatic introduction to the international competition to create the first atomic bomb recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos. By the award-winning author of The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
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Free lunch
by Rex Ogle
A sixth grader from an economically disadvantaged family struggles in a new school where he is forced to endure humiliation over his secondhand clothing and public daily requests for his school’s free lunch program. A first novel.
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The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights
by Steve Sheinkin
The Newbery Award-winning and National Book Award finalist author of Bomb presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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The 57 bus
by Dashka Slater
Documents the true story of two Oakland high school students, a white girl from a privileged private school and a black youth from a school overshadowed by crime, whose fateful interaction triggered devastating consequences for both, garnering national attention and raising awareness about hate.
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Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S Turner
Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills.
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How dare the sun rise : memoirs of a war child
by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
The author shares the story of her survival during the Gatumba massacre, despite losing her mother and sister, and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.
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March. Book three
by John Lewis
A first-hand graphic novel account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights continues to cover his involvement in the Freedom Vote and Mississippi Freedom Summer campaigns, and the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Hey, kiddo
by Jarrett Krosoczka
Shares the author's upbringing in a family grappling with addiction and how he used art to survive.
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Being Jazz : my life as a (transgender teen)
by Jazz Jennings
The author reccounts how her public experiences have influenced her attitude towards the transgender community, as she works to educate others about transgenderism while navigating the challenges of being a teenager.
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The unwanted : stories of the Syrian refugees
by Don Brown
The award-winning creator of The Great American Dust Bowl incorporates evocative graphic artwork into an exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis that draws on survivor testimonies to explore the harsh realities of living in, and trying to escape, a war zone.
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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
by Ishmael Beah
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. 75,000 first printing.
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The other Wes Moore : One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name born a year apart in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, White House Fellow and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
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Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers
by Mary Roach
A compelling look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, the testing of the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, space exploration, a Tennessee human decay research facility, and a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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The last lecture
by Randy Pausch
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family
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Seabiscuit : an American legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
The author retraces the amazing journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that nevertheless made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, an owner, and a jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend. 75,000 first printing.
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Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog
by John Grogan
Follows the life story of an exuberant golden Labrador who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from comforting his human companions in the aftermath of a devastating miscarriage, to shutting down an entire beach, to guarding a seventeen-year-old neighbor in the aftermath of a stabbing attack. 100,000 first printing.
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Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
The sharp social critic and author of Blood Rites looks underneath the illusion of American prosperity at poverty and hopelessness in America. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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Laughing at my nightmare
by Shane Burcaw
A twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy describes the challenges he faces in completing everyday tasks and shares stories about growing up and living with this rare neuromuscular disease.
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The day the world came to town : 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Shares the experiences of the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland, who were hosts to the more than six thousand passengers of thirty-eight U.S.-bound jetliners forced to land there in the wake of the September 11 attacks. 40,000 first printing.
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