[aisle] YA Memoirs/Biographies

[Ann Marie Jinkins]

Favorites here for the annual 9th-grade bio/memoir project:

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned
Astronaut by José M. Hernández
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
Obsessed by Allison Britz
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by Naoki Higashida
Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream by
Julissa Arce
Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape fo a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His
Own Body by Martin Pistorius
Stronger by Jeff Bauman
To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez
Becoming Kareem: Growing up on and off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Why Soccer Matters by Pelé
Courage to Soar by Simone Biles
The Red Bandanna by Tom Rinaldi

Newer that keep circulating:

Brave Face  by Shaun David Hutchinson
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the
Home Front by Mary Jennings Hegar
Becoming by Michelle Obama


Ann Marie Jinkins
Librarian
Rochelle Township High School
(815)562-4161, ext. 4112
ajinkins at rthsd212.org

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On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 11:12 AM Apra Mainardi via AISLE <
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> Hello!
> I'm looking to add more memoirs and biographies to my 9-12 library
> collection. Does anyone have any recommendations for popular/must have ones
> at your schools?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Apra Mainardi
> District Teacher-Librarian
> Winnebago High School
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