YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2010 -- honoring the best nonfiction book published for young adults
Sponsored by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
![YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/list_image/4350.jpg)
- 1,602 Resources including
- 168 Videos
- 129 Book Readings
- 111 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 75 book results
![Hey, Kiddo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0545902487.jpg)
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Finalist, 2021)
51 Resources18 Awards
![March Book Three](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1603094024.jpg)
![Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1481435221.jpg)
![Family Romanov, The: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0375867821.jpg)
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Finalist, 2015)
40 Resources15 Awards
![Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0374313229.jpg)
![Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1596434872.jpg)
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
(Winner, 2013)
36 Resources10 Awards
![Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0763668184.jpg)
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
(Finalist, 2016)
36 Resources10 Awards
![Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/83962_hi.jpg)
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Winner, 2023)
35 Resources12 Awards
![From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75765_hi.png)
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo
(Finalist, 2022)
34 Resources9 Awards
![Port Chicago 50, The: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1596437960.jpg)
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
(Finalist, 2015)
32 Resources13 Awards
![Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525646558.jpg)
![How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0525647422.jpg)
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
by John Rocco
(Finalist, 2021)
32 Resources11 Awards
![Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1596439521.jpg)
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
(Winner, 2016)
30 Resources13 Awards
![Cat I Never Named, The: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1547604530.jpg)
The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L. Sullivan
(Finalist, 2021)
28 Resources3 Awards
![Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763636118.jpg)
![Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0374304688.jpg)
![57 Bus, The: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0374303231.jpg)
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
(Finalist, 2018)
27 Resources9 Awards
![Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0670785067.jpg)
![Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/77519_hi.jpg)
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
(Finalist, 2022)
27 Resources4 Awards
![Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0763651176.jpg)
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
(Finalist, 2014)
26 Resources10 Awards
![Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0805087214.jpg)
![We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1561456276.jpg)
![Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1580895840.jpg)
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hinds
(Finalist, 2017)
24 Resources4 Awards
![Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0805093397.jpg)
![Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0618574921.jpg)
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
(Finalist, 2012)
23 Resources5 Awards
![Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/87998_hi.jpg)
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
by Thien Pham
(Finalist, 2024)
23 Resources11 Awards
![#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1554519586.jpg)
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
(Finalist, 2018)
22 Resources10 Awards
![Notorious Benedict Arnold, The: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1596434864.jpg)
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery
(Winner, 2012)
21 Resources5 Awards
![Nazi Hunters, The: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0545430992.jpg)
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb
(Winner, 2014)
21 Resources6 Awards
![Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0805098356.jpg)
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
(Finalist, 2018)
21 Resources5 Awards
![Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/65729_hi.jpg)
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship
(Finalist, 2020)
21 Resources6 Awards
![American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/168437815X.jpg)
American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the South
by Gail Jarrow
(Finalist, 2023)
21 Resources7 Awards
![They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/061844033X.jpg)
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
(Finalist, 2011)
20 Resources9 Awards
![Unwanted, The: Stories of the Syrian Refugees](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1328810151.jpg)
![You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0358387426.jpg)
You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People
(Finalist, 2021)
20 Resources3 Awards
![Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1728450985.jpg)
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge
(Finalist, 2024)
20 Resources7 Awards
![In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, & Five Black Lives](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1627793119.jpg)
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, & Five Black Lives
(Finalist, 2017)
19 Resources5 Awards
![Face for Picasso, A: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/78411_hi.jpg)
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
by Ariel Henley
(Finalist, 2023)
19 Resources5 Awards
![Abuela, Don't Forget Me](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1324019956.jpg)
![America Redux](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0063057530.jpg)
![Faithful Spy, The: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1419728385.jpg)
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
by John Hendrix
(Finalist, 2019)
18 Resources5 Awards
![Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/87004_hi.jpg)
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
(Winner, 2024)
18 Resources6 Awards
![Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0822571358.jpg)
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
(Finalist, 2010)
17 Resources5 Awards
![Great and Only Barnum, The: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0375841970.jpg)
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
by Candace Fleming and Ray Fenwick
(Finalist, 2010)
17 Resources3 Awards
![Titanic: Voices from the Disaster](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0545116740.jpg)
![Whydah, The: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763680338.jpg)