YA Nonfiction 2015

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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad 4.35 avg rating — 6,299 ratings
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Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 4.19 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
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Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv
Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv 3.60 avg rating — 380 ratings
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club 4.11 avg rating — 6,210 ratings
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 4.24 avg rating — 11,233 ratings
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Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation]
Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation] 3.93 avg rating — 179 ratings
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The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp
The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp 3.98 avg rating — 300 ratings
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Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat
Chocolate: Sweet Science & Dark Secrets of the World's Favorite Treat 3.57 avg rating — 282 ratings
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Lincoln's Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America's First Private Eye
Lincoln's Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America's First Private Eye 3.80 avg rating — 507 ratings
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Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark
Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark 4.11 avg rating — 681 ratings
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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives 4.38 avg rating — 29,060 ratings
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Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army 4.08 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
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Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator 3.94 avg rating — 4,235 ratings
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Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons
Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons 4.04 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk
The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk 4.04 avg rating — 427 ratings
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Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University
Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University 4.25 avg rating — 268 ratings
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Tommy: The Gun That Changed America
Tommy: The Gun That Changed America 3.62 avg rating — 282 ratings
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America 3.70 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
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In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers
In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers 3.66 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower 4.10 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
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Noah Webster: Man of Many Words
Noah Webster: Man of Many Words 3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings
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FDR and the American Crisis
FDR and the American Crisis 3.89 avg rating — 76 ratings
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When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis 3.82 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 457 ratings