Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2021 (Mock Sibert 2022)
1. 
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field
by:
Scott Riley
4.27 avg rating — 663 ratings 2. 
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by:
Colleen Paeff
4.35 avg rating — 887 ratings 
4. 
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge
by:
Ann Bausum
4.05 avg rating — 177 ratings 5. 
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
by:
Peter Sís
4.47 avg rating — 1,301 ratings 
8. 
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by:
Traci Sorell
4.12 avg rating — 738 ratings 8. 
A Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad 3.52 avg rating — 99 ratings
12. 
The Light of Days Young Readers' Edition: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
by:
Judy Batalion
4.07 avg rating — 9,480 ratings 
14. 
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by:
Traci Sorell
4.29 avg rating — 1,281 ratings 15. 
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Dovey Undaunted: A Black Woman Breaks Barriers in the Law, the Military, and the Ministry
by:
Tonya Bolden
3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings 
18. 
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
by:
Kekla Magoon
4.33 avg rating — 312 ratings 18. 
Violet & Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins
by:
Sarah Miller
3.64 avg rating — 382 ratings 18. 
Bugs for Breakfast: How Eating Insects Could Help Save the Planet
by:
Mary Boone
4.63 avg rating — 30 ratings 
18. 
Ambushed! The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield
by:
Gail Jarrow
4.19 avg rating — 355 ratings 23. 
Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane
by:
Mona Golabek
3.88 avg rating — 150 ratings 23. 
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life 4.21 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
25. 
Lisa of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Music and Survival During World War II
by:
Mona Golabek
4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings 
27. 
Kate's Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse
by:
Elizabeth Spires
4.28 avg rating — 215 ratings 
31. 
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston 4.25 avg rating — 733 ratings
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The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship
by:
Kim Tomsic
4.59 avg rating — 465 ratings 36. 
37. 
Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11)
by:
Nathan Hale
4.24 avg rating — 1,198 ratings 
38. 
June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus
by:
Suzanne Slade
4.16 avg rating — 277 ratings 40. 
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb
by:
Candace Fleming
4.23 avg rating — 423 ratings 
42. 
Scribbles, Sorrows, and Russet Leather Boots: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
by:
Liz Rosenberg
3.91 avg rating — 125 ratings 
45. 
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
by:
Gloria Amescua
4.38 avg rating — 467 ratings 45. 
Gizmos, Gadgets, and Guitars: The Story of Leo Fender
by:
Michael Mahin
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 82 ratings 47. 
50. 
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
by:
Steve Sheinkin
4.35 avg rating — 2,219 ratings 51. 
In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race
by:
Amy Cherrix
3.97 avg rating — 167 ratings 52. 
Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins
by:
Glenda Armand
4.20 avg rating — 92 ratings 
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A Time of Fear: America in the Era of Red Scares and Cold War
by:
Albert Marrin
3.57 avg rating — 110 ratings 58. 
The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees
by:
Dana L. Church
3.83 avg rating — 58 ratings 
60. 
The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe
by:
Sandra Nickel
4.25 avg rating — 319 ratings 61. 
66. 
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
by:
Louisa Jaggar
4.13 avg rating — 183 ratings 67. 
One Step Further: My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Lifelong Mission 4.35 avg rating — 106 ratings
68. 
There Goes Patti McGee!: The Story of the First Women's National Skateboard Champion
by:
Tootie Nienow
4.40 avg rating — 188 ratings 
70. 
Anteaters, Bats & Boas: The Amazon Rainforest from the Forest Floor to the Treetops
by:
Roxie Munro
4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings 71. 
Galloping Gertie: The True Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
by:
Amanda Abler
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97 ratings 
73. 
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines
by:
Dean Robbins
3.89 avg rating — 167 ratings 
76. 
Game Maker: A Creative Kid Becomes The Father of Basketball
by:
Brian Hanni
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings 77. 
Dolley Madison & the War of 1812: America's First Lady
by:
Libby McNamee
4.55 avg rating — 77 ratings 78. 
The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence
by:
Audrey Ades
4.16 avg rating — 67 ratings 79. 
Full Speed Ahead! America's First Admiral: David Glasgow Farragut
by:
Louise Borden
3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings 80. 
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars
by:
Laurie Wallmark
4.12 avg rating — 496 ratings 81. 
Only Margaret: A Story about Margaret Wise Brown (Incredible Lives for Young Readers
by:
Candice Ransom
3.89 avg rating — 102 ratings 82. 
A Raven Named Grip: How a Bird Inspired Two Famous Writers, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe
by:
Marilyn Singer
3.81 avg rating — 140 ratings 83. 
Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories 4.26 avg rating — 272 ratings
84. 
Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Football-Playing Artist Ernie Barnes
by:
Don Tate
4.12 avg rating — 120 ratings 
87. 
Sing, Aretha, Sing!: Aretha Franklin,"Respect," and the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Hanif Abdurraqib
3.91 avg rating — 150 ratings 
91. 
Black Hole Chasers: The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings
94. 
What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum
by:
Candace Fleming
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 243 ratings 
97. ![It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel [and Poop]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1623802798i/58350118._SX100_.jpg)
It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel [and Poop]
by:
Jennifer Gardy
4.45 avg rating — 93 ratings 98. 
Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal (A Sweet Blackberry Book)
by:
Karyn Parsons
3.82 avg rating — 196 ratings 
100. 
A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp
by:
Jack Fairweather
4.14 avg rating — 886 ratings