The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
By: Marissa Moss
4.13
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
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1. Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
By: Susan Kuklin
3.80
Format: 182 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of t… read more
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- nonfiction
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"But when you hear the same stories over and over again, from people from all over the world, you start realizing that transgender is not an anomaly. It’s a part of the spectrum of people’s realities.…"-Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
"SK: What causes a person to be transgender? MS: I think the question should be flipped around: What’s the cause for assuming that one’s gender identity has to be the one that you are born with? When …"-Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
2. Hurricane Song
By: Paul Volponi
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Hurricane Katrina is raging and you are inside the Superdome! Miles has only lived in New Orleans w… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
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3. Sabotage: Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb
By: Neal Bascomb
4.01
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
A stunning adventure involving Nazis, nukes, fighting, failure, and everyday heroes, from the autho… read more
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- historical
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- history
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4. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
By: David Maraniss
4.33
Format: None pages,
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- history
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5. Not Without Laughter
By: Langston Hughes , Maya Angelou
4.19
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
Although best known as a poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement, Langston Hughes prove… read more
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6. The Elephant Whisperer (Young Readers Adaptation): My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
By: Thea Feldman , None , Graham Spence
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Hardcover
When Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a rogue herd of elephants in his reserve in South Africa,… read more
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7. Tommy: The Gun That Changed America
By: Karen Blumenthal
3.66
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would hel… read more
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9. The Pretenders (The Cemetery Girl Trilogy, #1)
By: Charlaine Harris , Christopher Golden , Don Kramer , None , None
4.24
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
Charlaine Harris, the #1New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels and the H… read more
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10. Mask of Shadows (Untitled #1)
By: Linsey Miller
3.67
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
I Needed to Win. They Needed to Die. Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender flu… read more
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11. A Rover's Story
By: Jasmine Warga
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
12. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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- middle grade
- audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
13. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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- war
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14. You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
By: Leonard S. Marcus
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, h… read more
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- middle grade
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Intellectually I know free speech will prevail--it almost always does--and I know that some good conversations come out of it. But it's still harrowing to have to face such intolerance on your home g…"-Leonard S. Marcus, You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
15. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
By: Susan Hood
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more
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- nonfiction
16. Fractured Tide
By: Leslie Lutz
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Lost meets Stranger Things in this eerie, immersive YA thriller, thrusting seventeen-year-old Sia i… read more
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- audiobook
"You told me once the mind is an ocean, and most of us live on the surface. But the currents beneath, that’s what moves everything around. The currents make the boats shift position in the night, push…"-Leslie Lutz, Fractured Tide
17. Bump
By: Chiara Atik
3.45
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
2 men, 10 women A car mechanic on the verge of becoming a grandfather, a community of expectant … read more
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18. The Boy in the Red Dress
By: Kristin Lambert
3.81
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery in this rollicking romp o… read more
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"I'd never known freedom could feel so hollow"-Kristin Lambert, The Boy in the Red Dress
19. The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler
By: Deborah Cadbury
4.38
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Named one of Book Riot's BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2022 The extraordinary true story of a courageous sch… read more
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- audiobook
20. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By: Candace Fleming
4.15
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- war
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- audiobook
21. The Secret Library
By: Kekla Magoon
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more
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- audiobook
22. Project F
By: Jeanne DuPrau
2.92
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The City of Ember comes a post-apocalyptic story set hundreds of yea… read more
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- audiobook
23. The Getaway
By: Lamar Giles
3.74
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more
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24. The Lantern's Ember
By: Colleen Houck
3.49
Format: 408 pages, ebook
Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme. Five hundred years ago, Jack made … read more
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"Ember,"-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember
"Yegor,"-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember
"All I ask,"-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember
"In my experience,"-Colleen Houck, The Lantern's Ember
25. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
By: Marissa Moss
4.13
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- history
- jewish
- historical
- middle grade
- war
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- nonfiction
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"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
26. Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party
By: Jetta Grace Martin
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Booklist Editors’ Choice WINNER of the Russell Freedman Award for Non-Fiction for a Better World … read more
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27. The Truth About White Lies
By: Olivia A. Cole
3.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
For fans of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight, this gripping YA novel digs into the historical and pre… read more
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28. This Rebel Heart
By: Katherine Locke
3.73
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
A tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest. In the middle of … read more
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- historical
- jewish
29. Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little known female scientists who wer… read more
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30. Rebuttal
By: Jyotsna Hariharan
3.39
Format: 2 pages, Audio CD
The Grand Prize winner of HarperCollins's audio drama contest. By turns amusing and angst-filled, t… read more
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31. Not Nothing
By: Gayle Forman
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"The book we all need at the time we all need it.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award–winning auth… read more
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