Nonfiction young adult

Highlighting nonfiction for teens is one of my passions. YA nonfiction covers everything topic-wise that adult nonfiction covers. There are memoirs and biographies, histories of events or individuals who changed the course of those historical events, personal essay collections, and more. Some YA nonfiction books are told through the comic format while others are told through scrapbook style formatting, allowing images and documents to pepper the prose. Some are also told in verse.

Search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists. The winner is announced annually at the ALA Youth Media Awards , with a shortlist of up to five titles named the first week of December. Official Nomination Lists. Policies and Procedures. Committee Contacts.

Nonfiction books are incredible to us because they remind us that authors are real people, who experience life as we do. Fiction does a great job of this, of course. There are so many great, accessible books out there we had to give them a shout out.

But they would be remiss to overlook some of the amazing nonfiction works that are equally captivating, thought-provoking, and even worldview-affecting. Here are 12 extra-compelling nonfiction books for teens that span all kinds of interests and curiosities. Yes She Can gathers the inspiring recollections of ten female staffers who joined the Obama White House in their twenties. They share how they got there most having never considered a life in public service before , their triumphs, and even their rookie mistakes.