10 best-selling nonfiction books like The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People by Ben Boyington

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The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People

By: Ben Boyington

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

From foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and real-life perspectives, this bo…

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1. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

By: Matthew Desmond

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. Paint Lab: 52 Exercises inspired by Artists, Materials, Time, Place, and Method

By: Deborah Forman

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Paint Labis packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on boo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Westing Game

By: Ellen Raskin

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. W… read more

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4. Red Scarf Girl

By: Ji-li Jiang

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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5. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

By: Maurice Leblanc , Michael Sims , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.81

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780143104865. The suave adventures o… read more

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"A woman was looking at me, Ganimard, and I loved her. Do you fully understand what that means: to be under the eyes of a woman that one loves? I cared for nothing in the world but that."

-Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

"So much the better if no one can ever say with absolute certainty: There is Arsene Lupin! The essential point is that the public may be able to refer to my work and say, without fear of mistake: Arse…"

-Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

"Arsène Lupin, the eccentric gentleman who operates only in the chateaux and salons, and who, one night, entered the residence of Baron Schormann, but emerged empty-handed, leaving, however, his card …"

-Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

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6. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

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"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

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7. Chivalry

By: Neil Gaiman

4.21

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Another delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short sto… read more

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"Mrs. Whitaker found the Holy Grail; it was under a fur coat."

-Neil Gaiman, Chivalry

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8. The Island of Sea Women

By: Lisa See

4.31

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781501154850 Set on the Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Se… read more

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"You should be more careful out there,"

-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

"Who can name a death that was not tragic?"

-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

"How can I help change things if I sit by and do nothing?"

-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

"You aren't aware your clothes are getting wet in the rain."

-Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

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9. The Murmur of Bees

By: Sofía Segovia

4.24

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated int… read more

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"In life, only potential was free."

-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees

"One should not cling to old habits that no longer work in a changing world."

-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees

"Había sido madre y... ¿cómo se les llama a las madres que pierden a un hijo? ¿Amputadas?, así se sentía."

-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees

"It doesn’t matter whether time passes slowly or quickly. What you can be sure of is that, in the end, all you want is to have more."

-Sofía Segovia, The Murmur of Bees

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10. Solito

By: Javier Zamora

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young poet tells the story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at th… read more

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"We nod, and I notice stars beginning to pop behind his head."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

"Puedo sentir El Viaje en las plantas de mis pies. Lo veo en mis sueños."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

"My chest like hummingbirds fighting for the hibiscus in Abuelita's garden."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

"Mom to my left, Dad to my right, a mosquito net like a crown covering all of us."

-Javier Zamora, Solito

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11. 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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12. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

By: Dashka Slater

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
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13. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Unlikely Animals

By: Annie Hartnett

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this… read more

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"You're not too messed up at all, you're just as messed up as you should be."

-Annie Hartnett, Unlikely Animals

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15. American Princess

By: Stephanie Marie Thornton

4.08

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton... Alice may be the president's d… read more

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16. The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

By: Jamil Zaki

3.96

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

"In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will sta… read more

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"Novels and stories give people the chance to experience countless lives."

-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

"People who believe in themselves do things that give them even more reason to believe. They adopt habits of mind that work over the long term."

-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

"Fiction is empathy's gateway drug. It helps us feel for others when real-world caring is too difficult, complicated or painful. Because of this, it can restore bonds between people even when that see…"

-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

"Bring people together, and they'll awaken to their common humanity. A similar thought led Mark Twain to quip, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people nee…"

-Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World

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17. The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition): An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

By: Sandy Tolan

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In 1967, a twenty-five-year-old refugee named Bashir Khairi traveled from the Palestinian hill town… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
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18. How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

By: Naomi Klein

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“[A] uniquely inclusive perspective that will inspire conviction, passion, and action.” — Kirkus Re… read more

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"The world does not have enough resources and energy to give everyone a life of consumer luxury. We could, though, improve everyone's uality of life in different ways."

-Naomi Klein, How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

"We need to build a society around the understanding that well-being for all matters more than economic growth. Only then can we truly move away from climate0changing pollution and climate injustice."

-Naomi Klein, How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

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19. The Book of Radical Answers: Real Questions from Real Kids Just Like You

By: Sonya Renee Taylor

4.38

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

The go-to guide to growing up, rooted in radical self-love and body empowerment, by the NYT bestsel… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People

By: Ben Boyington

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

From foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and real-life perspectives, this bo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
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21. All You Have to Do

By: Autumn Allen

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a grippin… read more

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"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."

-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Amanda Peters

4.14

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Angie Kim

3.75

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