Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2018

Camp Panda

Helping Cubs Return to the Wild

by Thimmesh, Catherine

Book - 2018

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Champion

The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree

by Walker, Sally M.

Book - 2018

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Chasing King's Killer

The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

by Swanson, James L.

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The Confidence Code for Girls

Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self

by Kay, Katty

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Countdown

2979 Days to the Moon

by Slade, Suzanne

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Crash

The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of America

by Favreau, Marc

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DIY Circus Lab for Kids

A Family-friendly Guide for Juggling, Balancing, Clowning, and Show-making

by Davis, Jackie Leigh

Paperback - 2018

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Facing Frederick

The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man

by Bolden, Tonya

Book - 2017

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First Generation

36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

by Wallace, Sandra Neil

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The Girl Who Drew Butterflies

How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

by Sidman, Joyce

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How We Got to Now

Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

by Johnson, Steven

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Itch!

Everything You Didn't Want to Know About What Makes You Scratch

by Sanchez, Anita

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Martin Rising

Requiem for A King

by Pinkney, Andrea Davis

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Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein

by Bailey, Linda

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My Family Divided

One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope

by Guerrero, Diane

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Something Rotten

A Fresh Look at Roadkill

by Montgomery, Heather L.

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Spooked!

How A Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

by Jarrow, Gail

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Undocumented

A Worker's Fight

by Tonatiuh, Duncan

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Very, Very, Very Dreadful

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918

by Marrin, Albert

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You Are Mighty

A Guide to Changing the World

by Paul, Caroline

Book - 2018

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