Non-Fiction for Young Adults

U.S. History

Doomed : Sacco, Vanzetti, and the End of the American Dream

by John Florio & Ouisie Shapiro

available now, hardcover, Roaring Brook Press

From Emmy Award–winning duo John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder in 1920s, xenophobic America.

LGBTQ+ Memoir I Have Something to Tell You —For Young Adults: A Memoir

by Chasten Buttigieg

available in May, hardcover, Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Introducing the Young Readers' Edition of the moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate and current Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town. I Have Something to Tell You is for anyone who's felt like a fish out of water, and it will give readers courage and inspiration to forge their own path to acceptance in the face of all obstacles.

School & Education

Rising Class : How Three FirstGeneration College Students Conquered Their First Year

by Jennifer Miller

available in March, hardcover, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they experience not only their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their spring semester upside down. From life in the Ivy League to classes at a community college, readers follow these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home.

Racism The Sum of Us : How Racism Hurts Everyone (Adapted for Young Readers)

by Heather McGhee

available now, hardcover, Delacorte Press

The New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers of a new generation of leaders, thinkers and activists. A groundbreaking call to action that examines how racism affects all of us and how we need to face it head on, together.

Non-Fiction Graphic Novels

In Limbo : A Graphic Memoir

by Deb JJ Lee

available in March, paperback, First Second Enjoy this debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean American girl's comingof-age story—and a coming-home story—set between a New Jersey suburb and Seoul, South Korea. Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee knows she's different. Ever since her family emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her Otherness. And as the pressures of high school ramp up, friendships change or end and everything gets harder. Even home isn't a safe place, as fights with her mom escalate. Deb is caught in a limbo, with nowhere to go.

Hidden Systems : Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day

by Dan Nott

available in March, paperback, Random House Graphic

We use water, electricity, and the internet every day—but how do they actually work? And what's the plan to keep them running in years to come? This nonfiction science graphic novel takes readers on a journey from how the most essential systems were developed to how they are implemented in our world today and how they will be used in the future.