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A group of extraordinarily talented African-American women help NASA achieve some of its greatest successes, even as they face discrimination and oppression.

This biography explores the life and mysterious disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart.

This award-winning book explores the relationship between artist Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo.

Laura Hillenbrand recounts the tumultuous and amazingly true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who, after surviving 40 days adrift at sea, became a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II.

This biography explores the life and legacy of the first astronaut to walk on the moon.

This biography explores the ascension and reign of Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

This biography explores Charles Darwin's relationship with his wife Emma, whose faith both challenged and influenced Darwin's theory of evolution.

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery, escaped to freedom, and worked to liberate countless other enslaved people. Learn more about Tubman's life by reviewing these words from Ann Petry's acclaimed biography.

Using both text and graphics, John Hendrix details the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a spy who attempted to bring down the Nazi regime.

A biography unlike any other, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of a woman who made a contribution to science that still reverberates to this day in laboratories around the world.

This biography, which won the Robert F. Sibert Medal, recounts the life of Maria Merian, a naturalist who studied insects.

Using a graphic novel format, this book explores the lives and work of primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas.

Using a graphic novel format, the authors of Primates tell the stories of the first women in space, focusing on astronaut Mary Cleave.

Courageous and determined, teenager Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus and became a plaintiff in a landmark civil rights case. This nonfiction account celebrates an often unacknowledged American heroine.

Journalist Blaine Harden recounts the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, a young man who made a daring escape from a North Korean prison camp.

This account of teacher Lou Volpe, who built a renowned high school theater program in a struggling town, was written by one of Volpe's former students.

Enrique's mother left Honduras to find work in the United States; eleven years later, Enrique embarked on a dangerous journey to reunite with her. In this powerful nonfiction account, journalist Sonia Nazario recounts his experiences.

In this engrossing nonfiction account, Thomas Allen explains how the colonists used spies, codes, and covert operations in order to win the American Revolution.

This nonfiction narrative tells the story Jack Mandelbaum, who was imprisoned in Nazi-led concentration camps during World War II.

Freedman's meticulously researched biography of vocalist Marian Anderson contextualizes the singer's life within the broader movement for civil rights and equality.

Two children, both named Wes Moore, grew up in similar circumstances in Baltimore, but one ended up in prison while the other won a Rhodes Scholarship and became a respected business leader. In this book, author Wes Moore explores the challenges and choices that led him and the other Wes Moore to have two radically different fates.

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Zeitoun family faced not only the aftermath of the storm, but also the sudden and inexplicable arrest of Adbulrahman Zeitoun, a small business owner and father of four. Learn these words from their story, as reported by acclaimed writer Dave Eggers.

After the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play. This book explores the assassination and its aftermath from the perspectives of both the President and the conspirators against him.