read me! alex award nonfiction

Since 1998, the American Library Association (ALA) has picked the top 10 adult nonfiction books for teens. Here's a selection.

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Title Author APL Call No.
The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition Caroline Alexander 910.45 ALE
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier Ishmael Beah 921 BEAH
Flags of Our Fathers James Bradley 940.5426 BRA
All Over but the Shoutin' Rick Bragg 070.92 BRA
My Losing Season Pat Conroy 921 CONROY
Eagle Blue: A team, a tribe, and a high school basketball season in arctic Alaska Michael D'Orso 796.323 DOR
Nickel and Dimed: On (not) getting by in America Barbara Ehrenreich 305.569 EHR
The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey Linda Greenlaw 639.2778 GRE
The Perfect Storm: A true story of men against the sea Sebastian Junger 974.4 JUN
Shadow Divers: The true adventure of two Americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II Robert Kurson 940.5451 KUR
The Blind Side: Evolution of a game Michael Lewis 796.332 OHER
In the Heart of the Sea: The tragedy of the whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick 796.815 POL
American Shaolin: Flying kicks Buddhist monks and the legend of Iron Crotch: an odyssey in the new China Matthew Polly 796.815 POL
True Notebooks Mark Salzman 808.042 SAL
Almost a Woman Esmeralda Santiago 921 SANTIAGO
Persepolis Marjane Satrapi GR FIC SAT
Jesus Land: a memoir Julia Scheeres 920 SCHEERES
The Glass Castle: a memoir Jeannette Walls YA FIC WAL
     
16-Nov-2008