Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Maus by Art Speilgman
Things I have To Tell You edited by Betsy Franco
33 Things Every Girl Should Know edit by Tonya Bolden
Body Drama by Nancy Amanda Redd (FANTASTIC)This is not our Our Bodies, Ourselves. This rocks!
Sugar In The Raw edited by Rebecca Carroll

yeah A Child Called It was very good

I have read the Dave Pelzer Child Calle It books and all my students love them!

Has anyone read My Story "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy", "A Man Named Dave" by Dave Pelzer? I have heard pretty good things about it and several friends have recommended that book to me.

Janice Erlbaum's other book Have You Found Her is a follow up and a great one too.

Memoirs are amazing to read.

A good one for teens is Girlbomb by Janice Erlbaum.

Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (about child soldiers)and Tweak by Nic Sheff (his teen years on meth) and BlackOut Girl by Jennifer Storm (teen alcoholism and recovery)--our teens have enjoyed these nonfiction books--mostly autobiographies.

Natalie wrote: "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach is popular here.

Also, Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon by Melissa ..."

I was going to mention this one, but I it's not in our teen section at work. However, I think teens would like the quirky humor.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach is popular here.

Also, Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon by Melissa Anelli for an inside look at HP fandom, which I've heard is fascinating. :)

just read Tasting the Sky- a Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat. i recommend it.

the Autobiography of Malcolm X is amazing.

the Persepolis graphic novels, the Maus graphic novels, and the graphic novels by Joe Sacco are all good non-fiction. and i just read the memoir Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and it was great.

Revolutionary Voices- A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology ed. by Amy Sonnie is good to check out, too.

War is-- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war / edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell is a new important book

Three Cups of Tea

Prom Night from Hell is technically non-fiction. It's a great collection of short stories from Meyer, Cabot, Myracle, and more. It's a definite fun read.

"The Forbidden Schoolhouse - The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students" by Suzanne Jurmain

go ask alice
diary of anne frank

What are some good nonfiction books for teens?