I very rarely read nonfiction writing for pleasure, unless I am reading the newspaper (which I do daily) or a magazine. It's not that I have anything against reading about factual subjects; it is more that I haven't found many nonfiction YA novels that grasp my attention like the creativity of fictional characters and settings.In my classroom, this past quarter has been devoted to nonfiction, and I must admit that I have had a blast working with the texts I selected for my students. The thing is that many of these informational texts came from online sources and magazines or were excerpts from autobiographies, memoirs, and biographies. When looking for full copies of them, I've had very little luck.
I would like to devote some of 2010 to reading more nonfiction, which is where you guys come in.
I need your help! What nonfiction YA books would you suggest I read? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
4 comments:
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Columbine by Dave Cullen
The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins
The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
The Price of Admission by Daniel Golden
The Power of Their Ideas by Deborah Meier
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
Read the synopses and perhaps an excerpt online and see if they don't appeal to you! :)
I'm not sure what your tastes are, but here are a few of my favorites:
Christian Stuff
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller (After reading this I wanted to go out and buy a case and hand copies out to friends!)
Let Go by Sheila Walsh
Other Stuff
Fat Land by Greg Critser (Surprisingly entertaining!)
Hope you find some interesting reading!
Laura Hartness
The Calico Critic
If you haven't read "What the World Eats" you just have to!
I struggle with non-fiction myself, probably because I read for escape. More YA non fic can be found at this blog: http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/
and the 2009 Cybil nonFic nominees look pretty good as well:
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2009-nominations-nonfiction-mgya.html
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
I'm not a huge non-fiction fan, but these books seriously spoke to me. Beautiful writing. Reads like a fiction, but it's non fiction.
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