Sonderbooks

All Teen Nonfiction Reviews


Biography
Edward Lorenz and the Chaotic Butterflies
by Robert Black

Still Stace
by Stacey Chomiak

The Great Nijinsky
by Lynn Curlee

Elena Vanishing
by Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

Dancing at the Pity Party
by Tyler Feder

In Code
by Sarah Flannery with David Flannery

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
by Candace Fleming

Messy Roots
by Laura Gao

The Woman All Spies Fear
by Amy Butler Greenfield

Almost American Girl
by Robin Ha

Welcome to St. Hell
by Lewis Hancox

Charles and Emma
by Deborah Heiligman

The Faithful Spy
by John Hendrix

All Boys Aren't Blue
by George M. Johnson

Banned Book Club
written by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
art by Ko Hyung-Ju

Hey, Kiddo
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Sunshine
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

March, Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March, Book Two
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March, Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Run, Book One
by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
art by L. Fury with Nate Powell

Grand Theft Horse
by G. Neri
illustrated by Corban Wilkin

Punching Bag
by Rex Ogle

Abuela, Don't Forget Me
by Rex Ogle

Stories of my Life
by Katherine Paterson

Gone to the Woods
by Gary Paulsen

House of Dreams
by Liz Rosenberg

Victory. Stand!
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile

Samurai Rising
by Pamela S. Turner
illustrated by Gareth Hinds


Creativity
Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines
gathered and compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston
with photographs by Cora De Vos

The Chemistry of Food
by Carla Mooney
illustrated by Tracy Van Wagoner

Playlist
by James Rhodes

The Singing Bones
by Shaun Tan


Current Issues
Call and Response
by Veronica Chambers

If I Go Missing
by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose
art by Nshannacappo

Beyond Magenta
written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

In Search of Safety
written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

Stamped
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
read by Jason Reynolds


History
Symphony for the City of the Dead
by M. T. Anderson

Sugar Changed the World
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

The Nazi Hunters
by Neal Bascomb

The Grand Escape
by Neal Bascomb

Bootleg
by Karen Blumenthal

83 Days in Mariupol
by Don Brown

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese

Nearer My Freedom
by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge

After the Holocaust
by Howard Greenfeld

The Gettysburg Address
A Graphic Adaptation
written by Jonathan Hennessey
art by Aaron McConnell

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Philip Hoose

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
by Phillip Hoose

Attucks!
by Phillip Hoose

Revolution in Our Time
by Kekla Magoon

This Land Is Our Land
by Linda Barrett Osborne

Seen and Unseen
by Elizabeth Partridge
illustrated by Lauren Tamaki

Give Us the Vote!
by Susan Goldman Rubin

Bomb
by Steve Sheinkin

Fallout
by Steve Sheinkin

Sachiko
by Caren Stilson

They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott
art by Harmony Becker

A Thousand Sisters
by Elizabeth Wein

Dragon Hoops
by Gene Luen Yang


Poetry
Shout
by Laurie Halse Anderson

Ordinary Hazards
by Nikki Grimes

How I Discovered Poetry
by Marilyn Nelson
illustrated by Hadley Hooper

My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin

What the Heart Knows
by Joyce Sidman
illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
by Sophia Thakur


Science
The Code Breaker
by Walter Isaacson
with Sarah Durand

American Murderer
by Gail Jarrow

The Chemistry of Food
by Carla Mooney
illustrated by Tracy Van Wagoner

Queer Ducks
by Eliot Schrefer