read me! biographies for teens

In the hands of a good writer, some biographies are better and stranger than fiction.

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Title Author APL Call No.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier Ishmael Beah 921 BEAH
Jane Addams: Champion of democracy Judith Bloom Fradin 921 ADDAMS
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights Russell Freedman 921 AND
Marley & Me: Life and love with the world's worst dog John Grogan 636.752 GRO
Your Own, Sylvia: A verse portrait of Sylvia Plath Stephanie Hemphill 811.6 HEM
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer 917.98 KRA
Houdini: the handcuff king Jason Lutes YA GR LUT
Schulz and Peanuts: a biography David Michaelis 921 SCHULZ
John Lennon: All I want is the truth: a photographic biography Elizabeth Partridge YA 782.42166 LENNON
Born on a Blue Day: The gift of an extraordinary mind Daniel Tammet 920 TAMMET
     
16-Nov-2008