WHAT S NEW IN NONFICTION?: TITLES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL

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1 WHAT S NEW IN NONFICTION?: TITLES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MASL 2016 Presented By: Carol Bauer Librarian at LaSalle Springs Middle School Lee Mitchell Librarian at Marquette HS Margaret Sullivan Librarian at Rockwood Summit and Marquette HS Sponsored by

2 AMERICAN GIRLS: SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SECRET... BY NANCY JO SALES DEWEY PUB DATE 2016 Explores the changes in the way teenage girls are growing up in America, discussing the new norms, from extreme behaviors to lack of basic communication skills. SO YOU VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED BY JON RONSON DEWEY IL 9-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 Ronson explores the phenomenon of public shaming in the social media age, interviewing those who have been on both the giving and receiving ends. IS SHAME NECESSARY?: NEW USES FOR AN OLD TOOL BY JENNIFER JACQUET DEWEY IL 11-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame and of how it might be used to promote large-scale political change and social reform. MISSOULA: RAPE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY JON KRAKAUER DEWEY IL ADULT PUB DATE 2015 Author Krakauer investigates a swathe of stories involving college women and rape on the campus of the University of Montana in Missoula. Rape is bad enough by itself, but many of the women in these stories had confrontations with football players on the lauded Grizzlies team, and, what s worse, in many cases the women were personally acquainted with their attackers. Acquaintance rape is, according to studies, the most underreported crime in America and the hardest in which to get a conviction. Krakauer investigates court proceedings, police cases, and university policies to find out why. Krakauer evenly relates the aftermath of this horrible crime (SLJ). PRIZE: WHO S IN CHARGE OF AMERICA S SCHOOLS BY DALE RUSSAKOFF DEWEY IL 11-ADULT PUB DATE 2016 Explores what happened in the Newark, New Jersey school district when Mark Zuckerberg tried to give them $100 million to revamp and revitalize their schools. READING NONFICTION BY KYLENE BEERS DEWEY IL PROF PUB DATE 2015 Presents lessons and advice for teachers on instructing their students in reading and evaluating nonfiction. NOTICE AND NOTE: STRATEGIES FOR CLOSE READING BY KYLENE BEERS DEWEY IL PROF PUB DATE 2013 Presents a study on what it means to closely read a text, and offers advice on fostering close reading skills in students. WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU LL BE: AN ANTIDOTE TO THE... BY FRANK BRUNI DEWEY IL 10-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 Dissects the actual numbers behind post-higher education success. Mackin.com Ph Fax

3 SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY BY KRISTEN GREEN DEWEY IL 11-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 This provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period after the Brown v. Board of Education decision when one Virginia school system refused to integrate. CHOCOLATE: SWEET SCIENCE & DARK SECRETS BY KAY FRYDENBORG DEWEY 381 IL 6-9 PUB DATE 2015 Thought-provoking look into one of the world s most popular foods. HOW RUDE! BY ALEX PACKER DEWEY IL 6-12 PUB DATE 2014 Presents etiquette guidelines for children and teens. THING EXPLAINER: COMPLICATED STUFF IN SIMPLE WORDS BY RANDALL MUNROE DEWEY 500 IL 7-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 This book is for anyone age 5 to 105 who has ever wondered how things work, and why. WHAT IF?: SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC ANSWERS TO ABSURD... BY RANDALL MUNROE DEWEY 500 IL 9-ADULT PUB DATE 2014 What if you swam in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool? Is it possible to build a jetpack by strapping machine guns to your back and firing them downward? What would happen if a Richter 15 earthquake struck New York City? And is a fire tornado possible? Author Munroe, creator of the popular XKCD web comic, tackles these and other absurd, highly improbable questions using real science. Interspersed with his text are the stick figures featured in his web comic, acting out situations that kids definitely should not try at home. What if there was a Nobel Prize category for science outreach? Answer: Randall Munroe would be in the running for writing this book (SBF). FATAL FEVER: TRACKING DOWN TYPHOID MARY BY GAIL JARROW DEWEY IL 5-8 PUB DATE 2015 The first middle-grade trade book that tells the true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria. TOMMY: THE GUN THAT CHANGED AMERICA BY KAREN BLUMENTHAL DEWEY IL 7-10 PUB DATE 2015 The fascinating story of this famous and deadly weapon. FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD BY TIM GROVE DEWEY IL 6-8 PUB DATE 2015 Documents the exciting journey of four American planes the Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, and Seattle and their crews on a race around the world. Free cataloging, free processing, free shipping

4 I WILL ALWAYS WRITE BACK: HOW ONE LETTER CHANGED... BY CAITLIN ALIFIRENKA DEWEY 920 IL 6-9 PUB DATE 2015 Presents a true story of how twelve-year-old Caitlin Alifirenka from Pennsylvania became a pen pal with Martin Ganda, who lives in Zimbabwe. SISTERS IN LAW BY LINDA HIRSHMAN DEWEY 920 IL 11-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 Presents a dual biography of Sandra Day O Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. WRIGHT BROTHERS BY DAVID MCCULLOUGH DEWEY 920 IL 11-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 The dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers. MOST DANGEROUS BY STEVE SHEINKIN DEWEY 921 IL 7-12 PUB DATE 2015 Over a period of seven years, a nerdy analyst named Daniel Ellsberg, working for Rand Corp., became the most dangerous man in America, as designated by the media. He exposed the existence of some 7,000 pages of documents, which became known as the Pentagon Papers, detailing a secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg showed the American people that over the course of 23 years and four presidencies, their government lied to them about its involvement and actions in Vietnam, calling into question the trust people place in their government. Easily the best study of the Vietnam War available for teen readers (KIRK). ENCHANTED AIR: TWO CULTURES, TWO WINGS BY MARGARITA ENGLE DEWEY 921 IL 6-10 PUB DATE 2015 Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. HITLER S LAST DAYS BY BILL O REILLY DEWEY 921 IL 6-8 PUB DATE 2015 Presents an illustrated analysis of the final days of World War II and of Adolf Hitler. SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE BY JEFF HOBBS DEWEY 921 IL 10-ADULT PUB DATE 2014 Riveting biography of the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets. MR. SMITH GOES TO PRISON BY JEFF SMITH DEWEY 921 IL 10-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 Missouri senator Jeff Smith offers a look inside the prison system he served a year and a day in as an inmate. Mackin.com Ph Fax

5 BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT BY DAMON TWEEDY DEWEY 921 IL 10-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 Examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. TERRIBLE TYPHOID MARY BY SUSAN BARTOLETTI DEWEY 921 IL 6-9 PUB DATE 2015 This thorough exploration includes an author s note, timeline, annotated source notes, and bibliography. POPULAR: VINTAGE WISDOM FOR A MODERN GEEK BY MAYA VAN WAGENEN DEWEY 921 IL 7-12 PUB DATE 2014 Explores the true meaning of popularity and how to survive middle school. MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE SHOT ME BY JENNIFER TEEGE DEWEY IL 7-12 PUB DATE 2015 The author, a German-Nigerian woman, reflects on her discovery that her grandfather was a sadistic Nazi commandant. BOYS WHO CHALLENGED HITLER BY PHILLIP HOOSE DEWEY IL 7-12 PUB DATE year-old Knud Pedersen, his brother, and a handful of their schoolmates organized themselves against the Nazis. DEATH IN THE BALTIC BY CATHRYN PRINCE DEWEY IL 7-12 PUB DATE 2014 Prince weaves personal narratives into a broader story, finally giving this WWII tragedy its rightful remembrance. ALEX HALEY: AND THE BOOKS THAT CHANGED A NATION BY ROBERT NORRELL DEWEY 973 IL 11-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 HISTORY S GREATEST RIVALS BY ELLIS ROXBURGH DEWEY IL 6-8 PUB DATE 2015 This set includes: Founding Fathers vs. King George, Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee, John F. Kennedy vs. Nikita Khrushchev and Adolf Hitler vs. Winston Churchill. Free cataloging, free processing, free shipping

6 BIG TOP BURNING BY LAURA WOLLETT DEWEY IL 5-8 PUB DATE 2015 Recounts the true story of one of the worst fire disasters in US history. HUMANS OF NEW YORK BY BRANDON STANTON DEWEY IL 9-ADULT PUB DATE 2015 In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton began an ambitious project -to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. YOUR MISSOURI SALES CONSULTANT Laura Hammerschmidt PH EM laura.hammerschmidt@mackin.com Free Shipping Free MARC Records Free Standard Cataloging and Processing MAIL 3505 County Rd 42 W, Burnsville, MN WEB Mackin.com PH FAX