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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
 YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. 
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction-award

 2022 Award Winner
Ambushed! : the assassination plot against President Garfield
by Gail Jarrow

James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months after he was elected president. But Garfield didn't actually die until 80 days later. In this page-turner, award-winning author Gail Jarrow delves into the fascinating story of the relationship between Garfield and Guiteau, and relates the gruesome details of Garfield's slow and agonizing death. This gripping blend of science, history, and mystery is nonfiction for kids at its best: exciting and relevant and packed with plenty of villains and horrifying facts.
 2022 Award Finalists
Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
by Brandy Colbert

Award-winning author Brandy Colbert recounts one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history and explores the ways the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of America.
From a whisper to a rallying cry : the killing of Vincent Chin and the trial that galvanized the Asian American movement
by Paula Yoo

An account of the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin shares insights into how a miscarriage of justice in the wake of a hate crime rallied the Asian-American community throughout a groundbreaking civil rights trial.
In the shadow of the fallen towers : the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years after the 9/11 attacks
by Don Brown

This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to our history and the ways it shapes our future.
The woman all spies fear : code breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her hidden life
by Amy Butler Greenfield

Recounts the inspiring true story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking during WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions.
KP 3/22

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