New Middle Grade and YA Nonfiction 2014

1.
Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific 4.19 avg rating — 634 ratings
2.
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia 4.16 avg rating — 13,134 ratings
3.
Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action)
Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action) 3.69 avg rating — 93 ratings
4.
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi 4.03 avg rating — 174 ratings
5.
Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food 3.58 avg rating — 134 ratings
6.
The Freedom Summer Murders
The Freedom Summer Murders 3.85 avg rating — 751 ratings
7.
Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation
Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation 3.21 avg rating — 127 ratings
8.
How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous
How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous 3.79 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
8.
Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World
Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World 4.22 avg rating — 125 ratings
10.
Sisters (Smile, #2)
Sisters (Smile, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 108,521 ratings
11.
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat 3.83 avg rating — 717 ratings
11.
Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Changed the World
Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Changed the World 4.33 avg rating — 34,049 ratings
13.
Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen 3.95 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
13.
Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive 4.39 avg rating — 989,202 ratings
15.
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won!
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! 3.51 avg rating — 228 ratings
15.
D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation]
D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation] 3.91 avg rating — 429 ratings
17.
The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times
The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times 4.17 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
18.
Thomas Paine: Crusader for Liberty: How One Man's Ideas Helped Form a New Nation
Thomas Paine: Crusader for Liberty: How One Man's Ideas Helped Form a New Nation 3.97 avg rating — 75 ratings
19.
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters 3.88 avg rating — 206 ratings
19.
Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom
Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
19.
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat (Scientists in the Field Series)
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat (Scientists in the Field Series) 4.17 avg rating — 236 ratings
22.
How the Beatles Changed the World
How the Beatles Changed the World 3.93 avg rating — 115 ratings
22.
Judy Garland: Little Woman, Big Talent
Judy Garland: Little Woman, Big Talent 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
24.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt 3.63 avg rating — 49 ratings
24.
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans 3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings
26.
Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life
Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life 3.78 avg rating — 234 ratings
26.
Sea Turtle Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series)
Sea Turtle Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series) 4.21 avg rating — 117 ratings
28.
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It 4.19 avg rating — 108 ratings
29.
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal 4.04 avg rating — 832 ratings
30.
The Pocket Book of Weather: Entertaining and Remarkable Facts About Our Weather
The Pocket Book of Weather: Entertaining and Remarkable Facts About Our Weather 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
31.
Basher History: States and Capitals: United We Stand
Basher History: States and Capitals: United We Stand
by: Dan Green
4.40 avg rating — 62 ratings
32.
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
by: Box Brown
3.67 avg rating — 4,748 ratings
33.
Everybody Paints! The Lives and Art of the Wyeth Family
Everybody Paints! The Lives and Art of the Wyeth Family 4.14 avg rating — 128 ratings
34.
Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher
Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher 3.98 avg rating — 384 ratings
35.
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 4.25 avg rating — 5,475 ratings
36.
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes 3.90 avg rating — 181 ratings