“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Thanks to Anne Bogel for the quote!)

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@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@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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