Best Biographies For Middle School Students - April 2024

The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. Now a major motion picture from Disney, starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck.On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half. Wi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250044235
• ASIN: 1250044235
• ISBN: 1250044235
• Brand: Tougias Michael J
• Manufacturer: Square Fish

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Over 3 million copies sold. Over 800 positive reviews. Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age.Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they’re all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there. That’s what Sean Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, has been to millions of t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476764662
• UPC: 884623824973
• ASIN: 1476764662
• ISBN: 9781476764665
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

An instant #1 USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestseller! Get ready for a whole new look into Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Introducing the newest Wimpy Kid author—Rowley Jefferson! Rowley’s best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals . . . and counting. But it’s finally time for readers to hear directly from Rowley in a journal of his own. In Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, Rowley writes about his experiences and agrees to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way. (After al... [Read More]

• ASIN: 141974027X
• ASIN: 141974027X
• ISBN: 141974027X
• Brand: Harry N. Abrams
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)

The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1568585985
• ASIN: 1568585985
• ISBN: 1568585985
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Bold Type Books

Out of My Mind

Over 1.5 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Out of My Mind and discovered the brilliant mind of Melody Brooks. Out of My Mind spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list! “If there’s one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind should be it.” —Denver Post “A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Unflinching and realistic.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Uplifting…This moving novel will makes activists of us all.” —Booklist (starred... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416971718
• ASIN: 1416971718
• ISBN: 1416971718
• Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.Instead, Malala's miraculous recover... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316322423
• UPC: 884340159730
• ASIN: 0316322423
• ISBN: 0316322423
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

• ASIN: B004GB1T8G
• ASIN: B004GB1T8G
• Manufacturer: Clarion Books

Fever 1793

An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review).During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insisten... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0689848919
• ASIN: 0689848919
• ISBN: 9780689848919
• Brand: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“Powerful and unsettling. . . . As memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.” —USA Today   Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.   But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385751532
• ASIN: 0385751532
• ISBN: 0385751532
• Brand: Ember
• Manufacturer: David Fickling Books

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Stonewall Book Award Winner―Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature AwardYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter.One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374303231
• ASIN: 0374303231
• ISBN: 0374303231
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home fro... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316327913
• ASIN: 0316327913
• ISBN: 0316327913
• Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Dog Man Unleashed: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #2)

Howl with laughter with Dog Man, the internationally bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants!Dog Man is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect crime?Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being tr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545935202
• ASIN: 0545935202
• ISBN: 9780545935203
• Manufacturer: Graphix

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

A Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor WinnerAt the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonm... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374300224
• ASIN: 0374300224
• ISBN: 0374300224
• Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist)

A National Book Award Finalist!  In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along. Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal l... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545902487
• ASIN: 0545902487
• ISBN: 0545902487
• Manufacturer: Graphix

March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)

Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the award-winning, #1 bestselling graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement, co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell. This commemorative set contains all three volumes of March in a beautiful slipcase.#1 New York Times and Washington Post BestsellerFirst graphic novel to receive a Robert F. Kennedy Book AwardWinner of the Eisner AwardA Coretta Scott King Honor B... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603093958
• ASIN: 1603093958
• ISBN: 1603093958
• Brand: Top Shelf Productions
• Manufacturer: Top Shelf Productions

The Best of Keystone Tombstones : Biographies of Famous People Buried in Pennsylvania

Joe Farrell and Joe Farley have combed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for interesting biographies of noteworthy people buried in the Keystone State. This volume is the culmination of the best of the stories found in

• UPC: 53278273