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Staff Recommends: Teen Nonfiction

Recommended YA (teen) non-fiction for youth in grades 8-12. Recommended for you by your Austin Public Library teen librarians! Last Revised May 2024.

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21 items

  • Poemhood, Our Black Revival

    History, Folklore & the Black Experience: a Young Adult Poetry Anthology

    Book, 2024New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — Y 808.81 PO
  • Book, 2024New York : Kokila, 2024. — Y 811.6 NE
  • Banned Together

    Our Fight for Readers' Rights

    Book, 2025New York : Holiday House, 2025. — Y FIC BANN
  • Money for Adulting

    Fun Tips and Financial Tricks for Teens

    Hung, Michelle, CFA,
    Book, 2025Naperville, Illinois : Callisto Publishing, an imprint of Sourcebooks, [2025] — Y 332.024 HU
  • Book, 2025New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — Y 811.6 KE
  • Eve

    How the Female Body Shaped Human Evolution

    Bohannon, Cat,
    Book, 2025New York : Bright Matter Books, [2025] — Y 613.042 BO
  • Interabled

    True Stories About Love and Disability From Squirmy & Grubs and Other Interabled Couples

    Burcaw, Shane,
    Book, 2025New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2025. — Y 362.4 BU
  • The Happy Writer

    Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy From First Draft to Publication and Beyond

    Meyer, Marissa,
    Book, 2025New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2025. — Y 153.35 ME
  • The Swans of Harlem

    Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

    Valby, Karen,
    Book, 2025New York : Delacorte Press, [2025] — Y 920 VA
  • 10 Minutes to Beat Anxiety and Panic

    a Step-by-step Guide for Teens Using CBT and Mindfulness

    David, Lee,
    Book, 2025London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2025. — Y 616.852 DA
  • The ADHD Teen Survival Guide

    Your Launchpad to An Amazing Life

    Lazarus, Soli,
    Book, 2025London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2025. — Y 618.928 LA
  • Who Owns the Moon?

    and Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space

    Levinson, Cynthia,
    Book, 2025Atlanta, Georgia : Margaret Quinlin Books, Peachtree, [2025] — Y 629.454 LE
  • King

    a Life : Young Adult Edition

    Eig, Jonathan,
    Book, 2025New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2025. — Y 921 KI
  • Book, 2024London : LOM Art, an imprint of Michael O'Mara Books Limited, [2024] — Y 741.51 YE
  • True Gretch

    Lessons for Anyone Who Wants to Make a Difference

    Whitmer, Gretchen, 1971-
    Book, 2025New York : Atheneum, [2025] — Y 921 WH