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Sotomayor’s memoir adaptation follows her from childhood in the South Bronx towards becoming a US Supreme Court Justice, alongside a short history of the Court.

A nonfiction introduction to teenagers’ lives in Saudi Arabia, spanning family, religious customs, traditional values and modern freedoms. Maps, statistics and translations accompany the teen-focused text.

This illustrated book pairs practical potty-training advice with playful scenarios: children might use props, imagine a princess or gymnast approach, or try an outdoor option.

This biography links Bourgeois’s childhood, her mother’s weaving and their close relationship with the artist she became.

A brief, illustrated introduction to Lincoln’s life, told through selected scenes and free verse rather than a comprehensive biography.

A short, high-interest story about a teenager facing distress, secrets and changing friendships. The plot centres on Darcy’s efforts to recover and support a friend, rather than on an informational account.

This is a neighbour-focused mystery in which Lydia and her sister pursue answers together. The plot’s appeal centres on puzzling discoveries and growing suspicion rather than an informational topic.

A broad tour of India featuring photographs combines places, wildlife, history and culture with details about family life, food and the economy.

A faith-centred biography, it presents Father Mateo’s travels and efforts to encourage devotion to the Sacred Heart. The opening also invites young readers to take part in that mission.

A compact life story links Banneker’s practical work and self-directed study with his later scientific, surveying and publishing achievements.

The book offers a life-and-business biography, covering Monaghan’s early experiences and later work in pizza delivery. Its timeline and glossary may help readers keep track of people, events and terms.

Virena's question—what is it like to be a fish? —sparks Papa's next invention.

This is a historical account centred on Jack’s testimony, alongside photographs and context about the Holocaust. It follows his imprisonment, efforts to survive, liberation and search for family.

This illustrated story pairs a child’s imagined Old West adventure with time spent listening to his grandfather, while drawing attention to Black history.

A bilingual life story linking Cris Plata’s Mexican American family background and migrant farmwork with his development as a musician and his eventual home in Wisconsin.

A concise life-and-career account traces Mars’s path from family music-making and early performances to work as a producer and solo artist.

This is a first-person account of a child’s survival under Khmer Rouge rule, including the loss of family and the struggle to escape. It also aims to bear witness to what happened.

A short biography of Diana’s public life, with attention to her charitable causes and her influence on perceptions of the royal family.

This is a chapter-based tour of nine wild-dog species, combining animal behaviour, habitats and survival with coloured photographs. It ranges from coyotes in cities to bush dogs, dholes, dingoes, jackals and singing dogs.

This is an adventurous historical novel that places two vulnerable siblings amid harsh nineteenth-century poverty. Its fast-changing journey offers suspense, vivid Manchester settings and questions about family, survival and social change.

This is a concise, illustrated Christian biography combining life events with Calvin’s writings, ministry, theology and sixteenth-century setting. It includes personal relationships, bereavement and illness, while presenting Calvin within a distinctly Reformed understanding of church history.

A real-life sports memoir about football skill, recognition and the changing circumstances that followed public attention. Its distinctive angle is a girl succeeding in a boys’ league while navigating visibility beyond the field.

This memoir offers a candid account of surviving sexual assault, rebuilding a voice and turning lived experience into writing, while widening the focus to consent, rape culture and other survivors’ stories.

This is a focused life story that connects one leader’s family background and political career with India’s independence struggle, national government, religious and cultural tensions, and the human cost of public leadership.

A realistic school-and-family story about a small triplet seeking greater independence, with friendship developing through a butterfly-garden project and factual butterfly material extending beyond the narrative.

This offers a life-based introduction to Emerson alongside his ideas about self-reliance, individual judgement, nature and religion. It may suit a reader interested in how a writer’s beliefs connect with his public work.

This is structured for shared devotional reading: a short anecdote introduces a Christian lesson, followed by Scripture, prayer and an activity that invites children to practise the idea.

This is a hands-on self-discovery book rather than a continuous narrative. Its main appeal is the combination of quizzes, written responses, creative tasks and explanations that turn reflection into an activity.

This is a historical biography centred on faith, bereavement, financial loss and service. It presents Seton’s work founding a religious community and school, alongside the community’s later charitable institutions.

This is an informational life story centred on Sacajawea’s involvement with Lewis and Clark. It combines personal history, motherhood and travel with a broader account of the expedition and its place in American history.

This is a broad, structured guide to family life and practical decision-making, moving from relationships and communication to crises, health, money, careers, marriage and parenting. It offers an informational framework rather than a narrative story.

A warm, historically grounded account of how a rescued bear became connected with Winnie-the-Pooh. Its layered storytelling, photographs and family records offer both an engaging animal story and an introduction to memory, wartime history and literary origins.

This is a personal account of rejecting inherited hatred and choosing peace. It offers a way into questions about responsibility, identity and prejudice, while engaging with terrorism and family history rather than treating them as abstract subjects.

A raw addiction memoir that offers an unflinching account of relapse, drug-seeking and recovery attempts. Its strongest material is candid and confronting; the reading experience may feel relentless as crises accumulate.

This is a deliberately irreverent coming-of-age novel about turning embarrassing experiences into writing. Its comic voice may offer recognition to readers who feel socially awkward, but it includes frank references to sexual subjects and bodily functions.

A direct, encouraging guide for young men, combining personal experience with advice about identity, education, friendships, family, money and sexual behaviour. Its strongest offering is a supportive mentor voice addressing difficult social pressures.

Expect a high-stakes resistance story centred on loyalty, oppression and difficult choices. Its speculative world includes a plague’s aftermath, time-travelling operatives and a society controlled through medicine, walls and surveillance.

This is an adventure-led environmental story in which children respond to pollution, encounter wildlife and learn about protecting habitats.

This is a brisk detective adventure led by an inventive young protagonist. It offers missing-person puzzles, disguises, sibling tension and eventual cooperation, with humour and suspense rather than an informational or realistic treatment.

This offers an accessible introduction to a pioneering doctor and inventor, combining a poetic life story with scientific and historical detail. Its strongest appeal is the connection between personal ambition, medical discovery and wider questions of equality.

A richly visual memoir follows Say from childhood in Japan through wartime upheaval and family strain to a serious apprenticeship with cartoonist Noro Shinpei.

A lyrical, illustrated account of Henry Brown’s life under slavery, his family’s forced separation, and his dangerous escape in a box.

A focused introduction to anteaters, covering their unusual physical features, insect-eating, species differences, protection from enemies and mothers’ care of their babies.

This book offers a broad, direct introduction to sexuality and reproduction, with body care and health alongside relationships, diversity and family discussion. It is designed to prompt questions rather than close them all.

A suspenseful historical adventure combines a child-led mystery with Tutankhamun’s story. It offers friendship, family loyalty and questions about who has the right to remove cultural treasures, alongside period travel and Egyptian history.

A focused biography about curiosity, family support and persistence: Louis Braille loses his sight, encounters inadequate books and develops a six-dot system to make reading and writing more accessible by touch.