Biography (Middle Grade/YA)

Author

Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander. She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer [Abby the Librarian Review]

Ibtisam Barakat. Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood [Fuse #8 Review]

Ibtisam Barakat. Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood [The Well-Read Child Review]

Jack Bishop. Ralph Ellison: Author [a wrung sponge Review]

Tonya Bolden. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl [Fuse #8 Review]

Tanya Bolden. George Washington Carver [Abby the Librarian Review]

Julie Cummins (ill. Cheryl Harness). Women Daredevils: Thrills, Chills, and Frills [Fuse #8 Review]

Joan Dash (ill. Dusan Petricic). A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, From Scientist to Diplomat [Fuse #8 Review]

Candace Fleming. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart [Fuse #8 Review]

Candace Fleming.  The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum [Fuse #8 Review]

Bethany Hamilton. soul surfer [A Chair, a Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy Review]

Tony Gentry. Paul Laurence Dunbar  [A Wrung Sponge Review]

Beverly Gherman. Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz [Fuse #8 Review]

Alan Govenar (ill. Martin French). Stompin' at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller [Chasing Ray Review]

Victoria Garrett Jones. Marian Anderson  [A Wrung Sponge Review]

David A. Kelly (ill. Tim Jessell). Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (A Stepping Stones Book) [Jen Robinson's Book Page Review]

Kathleen Krull (ill. Boris Kulikov). Isaac Newton (Giants of Science) [Fuse #8 Review]

Tom L. Matthews. Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey [Abby the Librarian Review]

Jon Scieszka. Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka [Fuse #8 Review]

Jacqueline Woodson. brown girl dreaming [Fuse #8 Review]

Title

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, by Candace Fleming [Fuse #8 Review]

Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse, by David A. Kelly (ill. Tim Jessell) [Jen Robinson's Book Page Review]

brown girl dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson [Fuse #8 Review]

A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, From Scientist to Diplomat, by Joan Dash (ill. Dusan Petricic) [Fuse #8 Review]

George Washington Carver, by Tanya Bolden [Abby the Librarian Review] 

The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum, by Candace Fleming [Fuse #8 Review]

Isaac Newton (Giants of Science), by Kathleen Krull (ill. Boris Kulikov) [Fuse #8 Review]

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka, by Jon Scieszka [Fuse #8 Review]

Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey by Tom L. Matthews [Abby the Librarian Review]

Marian Anderson , by Victoria Garrett Jones [A Wrung Sponge Review]

Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, by Tonya Bolden [Fuse #8 Review]

Paul Laurence Dunbar , by Tony Gentry [A Wrung Sponge Review]

Ralph Ellison: Author , by Jack Bishop [A Wrung Sponge Review]

She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander [Abby the Librarian Review]

soul surfer, by Bethany Hamilton [A Chair, a Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy Review]

Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz, by Beverly Gherman [Fuse #8 Review]

Stompin' at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller, collected by Alan Govenar, illustrated by Martin French [Chasing Ray Review]

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood, by Ibtisam Barakat [Fuse #8 Review]

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood, by Ibtisam Barakat [The Well-Read Child Review]

Women Daredevils: Thrills, Chills, and Frills, by Julie Cummins (ill. Cheryl Harness) [Fuse #8 Review]