Excellent YA Nonfiction
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Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance 3.95 avg rating — 4,134 ratings
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The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
by:
Candace Fleming
4.16 avg rating — 13,134 ratings 11. 
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by:
Steve Sheinkin
4.13 avg rating — 20,579 ratings 12. 
A Hundred Years A-Growing: A History of the Irish Girl Guides
by:
Gillian Finian
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
by:
Paul Fleischman
3.72 avg rating — 429 ratings 14. 
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
by:
Sam Maggs
3.68 avg rating — 3,683 ratings 
14. 
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
by:
Georgia Bragg
4.08 avg rating — 6,530 ratings 
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How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous
by:
Georgia Bragg
3.79 avg rating — 1,269 ratings 
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The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles
by:
Paul B. Janeczko
3.37 avg rating — 401 ratings 
35. 
Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.58 avg rating — 134 ratings 37. 
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
by:
John Fleischman
3.66 avg rating — 3,976 ratings 
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One Red Paperclip: The Story of How One Man Changed His Life One Swap at a Time
by:
Kyle Macdonald
3.52 avg rating — 1,297 ratings 
