[CASL-L] Literary nonfiction Titles

Shannon McNeice shannon_mcneice at whps.org
Tue Apr 27 09:16:17 PDT 2021


How about Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson?

Shannon McNeice
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On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:27 AM Cathy Andronik via CASL-L <
casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:

> The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh - Candace Fleming
>
> Torpedoed - Deborah Heiligman
>
> The 57 Bus - Dashka Slater
>
> Port Chicago 50 - Steve Sheinkin (or pretty much anything by this author)
>
> Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different - Karen Blumenthal
>
> The Great and Only Barnum! - Candace Fleming.  (CT connection)
>
> The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy - James Giblin
>
> All of these were winners/honor titles of YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction
> Award in the past decade.  The list of nominees for each year has some good
> suggestions, too.
>
>
>
> Cathy Andronik
> Brien McMahon HS (Retired)
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 09:03:36 am GMT-4, Egan, Danelle <
> egand at bethel.k12.ct.us> wrote:
>
>
> I am not sure if these would be literary or not- I think they read like
> that...
> the YA versions of:
> *The Red Bandanna *
> *Just Mercy *
> *Unbroken*
> I am excited to hear what others say!
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:53 AM Levesque, Mary <
> levesquem at stafford.k12.ct.us> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I'm looking for a list of great literary nonfiction titles for 8th grade
> ... what are your favorites?
>
> Thanks!
> Kate
>
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