12 must-read nonfiction books like In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown

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In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks

By: Don Brown

4.10

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of September 11, 2001.The …

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1. The Great American Dust Bowl

By: Don Brown

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this… read more

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2. It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

By: Robie H. Harris , Michael Emberley

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Providing accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puber… read more

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3. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

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  • graphic novels
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4. Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust

By: Neal Shusterman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through… read more

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5. Girl on Fire

By: Alicia Keys

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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6. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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7. Huda F Are You?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the… read more

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"Use your hijab, woman! Cover that forehead!"

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

"I swear if we end up getting joint weddings, we're running away."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Are You?

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8. Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

By: Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration c… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • war
  • middle grade
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9. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

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"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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10. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

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11. Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)

By: Erika Moen

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An inclusive, accessible and honest graphic novel guide to growing up, from gender and sexuality to… read more

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  • graphic novels
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12. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

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  • teen
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13. In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks

By: Don Brown

4.10

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of September 11, 2001.The … read more

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  • survival
  • history
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14. Two Tribes

By: Emily Bowen Cohen

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the comple… read more

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  • graphic novels
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15. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

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16. The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

By: Estelle Nadel

4.48

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Polan… read more

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17. Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust

By: Don Brown

4.31

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A gripping nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from the… read more

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Cover of Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice by Debbie Levy

18. Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

By: Debbie Levy

4.48

Format: 208 pages, None

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about ce… read more

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Cover of Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

19. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb ―the fascinating and… read more

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20. Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Alverne Ball

4.07

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of… read more

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21. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

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8 must-read history books like In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown

Transform Your Habits

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

Elizabeth Partridge

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

Tommie Smith

4.46

Transform Your Habits

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks

Don Brown

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

Estelle Nadel

4.48

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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