Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2019 (Mock Sibert, 2020)

1.
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown 4.20 avg rating — 1,679 ratings
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Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs 4.26 avg rating — 1,178 ratings
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Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando 4.32 avg rating — 1,475 ratings
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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré 4.42 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
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This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality 4.47 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
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Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet 4.17 avg rating — 358 ratings
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The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons 4.37 avg rating — 2,113 ratings
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A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park 4.16 avg rating — 449 ratings
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Sparky & Spike: Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever
Sparky & Spike: Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever 4.16 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum 3.77 avg rating — 15,250 ratings
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The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets
The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets 4.01 avg rating — 2,477 ratings
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A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks 4.16 avg rating — 256 ratings
13.
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII
Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII 4.24 avg rating — 114 ratings
14.
Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon
Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon 4.50 avg rating — 389 ratings
15.
The Discovery of Anime and Manga: The Asian Hall of Fame
The Discovery of Anime and Manga: The Asian Hall of Fame 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 4.39 avg rating — 8,944 ratings
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Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" 4.14 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
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Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor (People Who Shaped Our World, #4)
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor (People Who Shaped Our World, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 603 ratings
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Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II
Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II 4.15 avg rating — 273 ratings
19.
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary 4.41 avg rating — 638 ratings
21.
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue
Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue 3.59 avg rating — 551 ratings
22.
The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books with 4D)
The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books with 4D) 4.24 avg rating — 180 ratings
23.
Bringing Down A President: the Watergate Scandal
Bringing Down A President: the Watergate Scandal 3.83 avg rating — 143 ratings
24.
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood 4.32 avg rating — 636 ratings
25.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (Mister Rogers Poetry Books Book 1)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (Mister Rogers Poetry Books Book 1) 4.35 avg rating — 3,317 ratings
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The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng 4.51 avg rating — 692 ratings
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Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World 4.38 avg rating — 259 ratings
28.
Rocket to the Moon! (Big Ideas That Changed the World, #1)
Rocket to the Moon! (Big Ideas That Changed the World, #1)
by: Don Brown
3.91 avg rating — 535 ratings
29.
The Tornado Scientist: Seeing Inside Severe Storms
The Tornado Scientist: Seeing Inside Severe Storms 4.13 avg rating — 62 ratings
30.
Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines
Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines 4.17 avg rating — 594 ratings
31.
Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial (The History Makers Series)
Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial (The History Makers Series) 4.26 avg rating — 155 ratings
31.
Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals
Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals 4.53 avg rating — 527 ratings
33.
A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa
A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa 4.07 avg rating — 302 ratings
33.
Ice Breaker: How Mabel Fairbanks Changed Figure Skating
Ice Breaker: How Mabel Fairbanks Changed Figure Skating 4.14 avg rating — 175 ratings
35.
The Astronaut With a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa (Amazing Scientists, 4)
The Astronaut With a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa (Amazing Scientists, 4) 4.15 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (People Who Shaped Our World, 6)
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom (People Who Shaped Our World, 6) 4.34 avg rating — 864 ratings
37.
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way 4.45 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
38.
Pencils, Pens & Brushes: A Great Girls' Guide to Disney Animation
Pencils, Pens & Brushes: A Great Girls' Guide to Disney Animation 4.19 avg rating — 233 ratings
39.
A Ray of Light: A Book of Science and Wonder
A Ray of Light: A Book of Science and Wonder 3.95 avg rating — 221 ratings
40.
Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor
Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor 4.43 avg rating — 317 ratings
40.
Child of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963
Child of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963 3.96 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
40.
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat 4.16 avg rating — 322 ratings
43.
Ninita's Big World: The True Story of a Deaf Pygmy Marmoset
Ninita's Big World: The True Story of a Deaf Pygmy Marmoset 3.96 avg rating — 208 ratings
43.
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln 4.22 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
45.
The Bug Girl: Maria Merian's Scientific Vision
The Bug Girl: Maria Merian's Scientific Vision 4.13 avg rating — 100 ratings
46.
The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World 3.97 avg rating — 350 ratings
46.
Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island
Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island 4.44 avg rating — 374 ratings
48.
The Perfect Horse: The Daring Rescue of Horses Kidnapped During World War II
The Perfect Horse: The Daring Rescue of Horses Kidnapped During World War II 3.85 avg rating — 304 ratings
49.
Fly Girls Young Readers’ Edition: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
Fly Girls Young Readers’ Edition: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122 ratings
49.
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist 4.32 avg rating — 969 ratings
51.
Running with Wolves
Running with Wolves 4.40 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany 3.90 avg rating — 583 ratings
53.
The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa's Last Great Herds
The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa's Last Great Herds 4.01 avg rating — 95 ratings
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The Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents
The Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents 4.23 avg rating — 199 ratings
55.
Locked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole
Locked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole 4.06 avg rating — 63 ratings
56.
Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson story
Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson story 4.01 avg rating — 90 ratings
57.
Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia
Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 3.86 avg rating — 273 ratings
58.
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins 4.24 avg rating — 488 ratings
58.
Me and the Sky: Captain Beverley Bass, Pioneering Pilot
Me and the Sky: Captain Beverley Bass, Pioneering Pilot 4.25 avg rating — 217 ratings
60.
When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex
When Sue Found Sue: Sue Hendrickson Discovers Her T. Rex 4.12 avg rating — 556 ratings
60.
The Incredible yet True Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt: The Greatest Inventor-Naturalist-Scientist-Explorer Who Ever Lived
The Incredible yet True Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt: The Greatest Inventor-Naturalist-Scientist-Explorer Who Ever Lived 4.18 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Finding the Speed of Light: The 1676 Discovery that Dazzled the World (The History Makers Series)
Finding the Speed of Light: The 1676 Discovery that Dazzled the World (The History Makers Series) 3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings
62.
Like a Lizard
Like a Lizard 3.84 avg rating — 147 ratings
64.
Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits
Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits 4.19 avg rating — 299 ratings
64.
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs
The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs 4.09 avg rating — 340 ratings
66.
When Eleanor Roosevelt Learned to Jump A Horse
When Eleanor Roosevelt Learned to Jump A Horse 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
67.
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge 4.02 avg rating — 339 ratings
67.
Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive
Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive 3.96 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt: The True Story of the Quest for America's Biggest Bones
Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt: The True Story of the Quest for America's Biggest Bones 3.72 avg rating — 80 ratings
70.
Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World
Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World 4.19 avg rating — 135 ratings
71.
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918: A Graphic Novel
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918: A Graphic Novel
by: Don Brown
3.68 avg rating — 1,361 ratings
72.
The Frog Book
The Frog Book 4.23 avg rating — 171 ratings
73.
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War 4.18 avg rating — 512 ratings
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Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books with 4D)
Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books with 4D) 4.15 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon
Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon 4.16 avg rating — 176 ratings
75.
A Giant Man from a Tiny Town
A Giant Man from a Tiny Town
by: Tom Ryan
4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings
77.
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion
Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion 4.07 avg rating — 366 ratings
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I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon 4.28 avg rating — 347 ratings
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Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington
Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington 3.95 avg rating — 257 ratings
80.
Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid
Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid 4.29 avg rating — 217 ratings
81.
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Carter Reads the Newspaper 4.35 avg rating — 581 ratings
82.
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean 4.22 avg rating — 341 ratings
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A Girl Called Genghis Khan: How Maria Toorpakai Wazir Pretended to Be a Boy, Defied the Taliban, and Became a World Famous Squash Player
A Girl Called Genghis Khan: How Maria Toorpakai Wazir Pretended to Be a Boy, Defied the Taliban, and Became a World Famous Squash Player 4.07 avg rating — 119 ratings
84.
Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler
Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler 4.05 avg rating — 246 ratings
85.
Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration
Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration 4.44 avg rating — 95 ratings
86.
Robert E. Lee: The Man, the Soldier, the Myth
Robert E. Lee: The Man, the Soldier, the Myth 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Popcorn Country: The Story of America's Favorite Snack
Popcorn Country: The Story of America's Favorite Snack 3.82 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades Through the Ages
Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades Through the Ages 3.70 avg rating — 67 ratings
89.
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World 4.34 avg rating — 965 ratings
90.
A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z
A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z 4.39 avg rating — 423 ratings
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The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets 4.04 avg rating — 1,344 ratings