Frank Diary of Anne Frank

Greiten The Warrior’s Heart

Hameister Polar Explorer

Hill Rethinking Normal

Gold Room to Grow

Jennings Being Jazz

Kimmel A Girl Named Zippy

Kohler Rock’N’Roll Soldier

Lu Double Luck

Lukasiak Girl on Pointe

Ma Yan The Diary of Ma Yan

Myers Bad Boy

Nafisi Reading Lolita in Tehran

Padilla Undocumented

Paul You Gotta Want It

Ralston Between a Rock & a Hard Place

Rhodes Three Little Words

Richards-Ross Right on Track

Ritland Navy Seal Dogs

Schmidt A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me

Settle Never Quit

Sheff Tweak

Smith All Better Now

Solo Hope Solo: My Story

Sundquist We Should Hang Out Sometime

Traig Devil in the Details

Uwiringiyimana How Dare the Sun Rise

Wasdin I am a Seal team Six Warrior

Seal Team Six

155.9 V Grief Girl

305.124 V Teen Angst? Naaah...

362.28 R Burn Journals

621.48 S The Radioactive Boy Scout

808.06 S I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets

A Child Called “It” (362.76) This book chronicles the life of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother.

The Making of a Navy Seal (YA B Webb) Brandon Webb, a navy seal sniper shares his incredible life story of overcoming adversity.

I am Malala ( B Yousafzai) Speaking out against the Taliban, she refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

The Year We Disappeared (YA 363.2) A family forced to leave everyone they knew in order to save their lives after discovering that a shooter was out on the hunt for them.

With Their Eyes (YA 812.04) Firsthand stories from students, faculty and staff of Stuyvesant High School, a school only a few blocks from the World Trade Center on the day that no one will ever forget.

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