Best Biographies For Teens - April 2024

Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive

In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics.  On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a y... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385742525
• ASIN: 0385742525
• ISBN: 0385742525
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: Ember

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)

No Summit out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits

Jordan Romero climbed Mount Everest at age thirteen—and he didn’t stop there. In this inspiring young adult memoir that includes color photos, he tells how he achieved such great heights.On May 22, 2010, at the age of thirteen, American teenager Jordan Romero became the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. At fifteen, he became the youngest person to reach the summits of the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. In this energizing memoir for young adults, Jordan, recounts his experience, which started as a spark of an idea at the age of nine and, many years... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1481432761
• ASIN: 1481432761
• ISBN: 1481432761
• Brand: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution.""Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don't expect it to last. We do." – Alex and BrettDo Hard Things is the Harris twins' revolutionary message in its purest and most compelling form, giving readers a tangible glimpse of what is possible for teens who actively resist cultural lies that limit their potential.Combating the id... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1601428294
• ASIN: 1601428294
• ISBN: 1601428294
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: Multnomah

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

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

Walk to Beautiful: The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way

* NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER* Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover.That’s the real life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It’s a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless, bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping in the streets. But he didn’t just overcome great adversity in his life; he now uses his country music platform to help children everywhere, especially teenagers in foster care who are about t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 071807730X
• ASIN: 071807730X
• ISBN: 071807730X
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader's Edition

Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0147510422
• ASIN: 0147510422
• ISBN: 9780147510426
• Brand: Puffin Books
• Manufacturer: Puffin Books

Shaken: Young Reader's Edition: Fighting to Stand Strong No Matter What Comes Your Way

Your identity is defined--not by changing circumstances-- but an unchanging God!Whether you’re celebrating an incredible victory or facing life’s biggest disappointment, your response will reveal who you really are.In this powerful book designed specifically for young Christians, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow provides an intimate look into how he’s been able to face professional triumphs and defeats and still emerge with his faith and identity intact. In Shaken: The Young Reader’s Edition, Tebow shares his insight for shaping an identity based not on your highs and lows, but on G... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735289964
• ASIN: 0735289964
• ISBN: 0735289964
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: WaterBrook

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography

A riveting biography of the groundbreaking innovator who was a giant in the worlds of computing, music, filmmaking, design, smart phones, and more. A finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award!"Your time is limited. . . . have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." ―Steve JobsFrom the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of twenty, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius―his exacting modera... [Read More]

• ASIN: 125001445X
• ASIN: 125001445X
• ISBN: 125001445X
• Brand: Square Fish
• Manufacturer: Square Fish

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

A New York Times BestsellerStonewall 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 sch... [Read More]

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

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

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers

Printz Honor Book • YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner • SCBWI Golden Kite Winner • Cybils Senior High Nonfiction Award WinnerFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend―Theo supported Vincent as he struggled to find his path in life. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Met... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0805093397
• ASIN: 0805093397
• ISBN: 0805093397
• Brand: Henry Holt Company
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption

The New York Times bestselling account of a courageous eighteen-year-old from Nashville who gave up every comfort and convenience to become the adoptive mother to thirteen girls in Uganda.What would cause an eighteen-year-old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee, to disobey and disappoint her parents by forgoing college, break her little brother’s heart, lose all but a handful of her friends (because they think she has gone off the deep end), and break up with the love of her life, all so she could move to Uganda, where she knew only one person and didn’t e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451612095
• UPC: 001451612095
• ASIN: 1451612095
• ISBN: 9781451612097
• Brand: Howard Books
• Manufacturer: Howard Books

Leonardo da Vinci

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501139169
• ASIN: 1501139169
• ISBN: 1501139169
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Albert Einstein : The Genius Who Failed School - Biography Book Best Sellers | Children's Biography Books - eBook

Albert Einstein lived a very interesting life. When he was young, his teacher said that he would never be anything great because he was stupid. We all know how wrong his teacher was because Einstein

• UPC: 717888462

The Best Cook in the World : Tales from My Momma's Table

From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Margaret Bragg

• UPC: 629484430
• Rating: 3.25

Educated - Hardcover

"An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge

• UPC: 56176569
• Rating: 4.38

The Best Cook in the World : Tales from My Momma's Southern Table

A New York Times bestseller Part cookbook, part memoir, The Best Cook in the World is Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg's loving tribute to the South, his family and, especially, to his extraordinary mother. Here are

• UPC: 907336806

The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table

Presents a food memoir, cookbook, and tribute to the author's mother, sharing classic family recipes, many of them pre-dating the Civil War, and preparation secrets for such traditional fare as short ribs, biscuits, and mashed

• UPC: 612591115
• Rating: 3.25

Why Not the Best? : The First Fifty Years

Why Not the Best: The First Fifty

• UPC: 35985271

My Best Friend's Funeral

"There's a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together. In an openhearted memoir

• UPC: 26886310

Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave : The Original Story Behind the Oscar Winning Best Picture.

Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave: The Original Story Behind the Oscar Winning Best

• UPC: 155602826
• Rating: 4.46

Simply the Best : A Biography of Ronnie O'Sullivan

Books : SIMPLY THE BEST

• UPC: 134689088

Bobby Moore: By the Person Who Knew Him Best - Audiobook

THE STORY WHICH INSPIRED THE MAJOR ITV DRAMA TINA AND BOBBY. Bobby Moore’s untimely death in 1993, at the age of 51, had a profound impact on the people of this country. As the only

• UPC: 650738928