50 Cent
by Michael V. Uschan
Published 2007 by Lucent Books

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Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope
by Jenna Bush
Published 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers

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Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope is a work of narrative nonfiction based on Jenna's experiences while interning for UNICEF and documenting lives of children and teens she encountered through her work. The book focuses on Ana, a teenage single mother who is bravely living with, rather than dying from, HIV.... More...

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser
Published 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
by Nikki Sixx
Published 2007 by Vh1

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Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the cofounder of Motley Crue offers an unflinching and utterly gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. More...

A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book
by Frank Warren
Published 2007 by William Morrow & Company

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In Frank Warrens most extraordinary book yet, he presents the most provocative and outrageous postsecrets to date--the confessions of people whose secrets have been hidden their entire lives, and whose relevations will have a deeply significant effect on their futures.William Morrow More...

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Published 2007 by Farrar Straus Giroux

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This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war, goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare. More...

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
by Andrew J. Helfer
Published 2006 by Hill & Wang

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With the thoroughly researched and passionately drawn "Malcolm X," Andrew Helfer and award-winning artist Randy DuBurke capture Malcolm Little's extraordinary transformation from a black youth beaten down by Jim Crow America into Malcolm X, the charismatic, controversial, and doomed national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. More...

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science
by John Fleischman
Published 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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The true story of Phineas Cage, a man who lived through a horrible accident that left him with a hole in his brain in 1848. Photos. More...

A Practical Guide to Monsters
by Nina Hess
Published 2007 by Mirrorstone

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Just in time for Halloween, this lavishly illustrated sequel to the "New York Times" bestseller "A Practical Guide to Dragons" showcases the spooky, unexpected, and always fascinating world of such monsters as giants, goblins, and mummies. More...

Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep [With 3-D Glasses]
by Mike Everhart
Published 2007 by National Geographic Society

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Featuring incredibly realistic computer-generated images and 3-D film clips--with 3-D glasses--field photography by National Geographic cameramen, and much more, the book interweaves dramatic scenes of the far, far distant past; up-to-the-minute scientific profiles of nearly two dozen sea monsters; and a group portrait of the eccentric Sternberg family, Kansas-bred pioneers of marine paleontology. More...

Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me
by John A. Stokes
Published 2007 by National Geographic Society

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Told in Stokes' own words, the story vividly conveys how his passion for learning helped set in motion one of the most powerful movements in American history, resulting in the desegregation of schools--and life--in the United States. More...

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle
Published 2008 by Henry Holt & Company

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It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not tree. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps. So she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.... More...

Theres a Fungus Among Us!: True Stories of Killer Molds
by John DiConsiglio
Published 2007 by Childrens Press

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Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
by Loree Griffin Burns
Published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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Aided by an army of beachcombers, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer tracks trash in the name of science. From sneakers to hockey gloves, Curt monitors the watery fate of human-made cargo that has spilled into the ocean. The information he collects is much more than casual news; it is important scientific data.... More...

Seventeen Real Girls, Real-Life Stories: True Crime
by Seventeen Magazine
Published 2007 by Hearst Books

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From pranks gone wrong to sexual abuse and murder, these stories of true crime involving teenagers will motivate readers to reflect on their own lives. These people share their personal trials and tragedies in this collection in hopes others will learn from their experience. Includes a 16-page color photo insert. More...

Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
by Mark Cotta Vaz
Published 2008 by Little, Brown Young Readers

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Designed as a celebration of the film--opening on November 21--this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of special effects, and more. More...

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
Published 2008 by Jump at the Sun

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In this "New York Times" bestseller, noted artist Kadir Nelson tells the story of baseball's unsung heroes. [A] sumptuous volume that no baseball fan should be without. More...

The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir
by Cylin Busby
Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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With their lives unraveling around them, the Busby family left everything and everyone they had ever known--and simply disappeared. As told by both father and daughter, this is a harrowing true story of a family, a brutal shooting, and the year that would change their lives forever. More...