Best Books for Young Adults
Nonfiction
2002 Selection(s)
Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves
The stories of fifteen fugitive slaves who escaped to the North via the Underground Railroad and other routes.
Counting Coup: the True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn
Sportswriter Larry Colton chronicles a season of
Failure Is Impossible: the History of American Women's Rights
A brief but lively account of the struggles for equality and opportunity faced and won by American women throughout our country's history.
Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II
The Japanese-American experience at home and on the front lines is revealed in this thoughtful book about World War II.
Finding Fish
Once an abused foster child and a homeless teen, Antwone relates his struggle to attain successful manhood and find his lost family.
Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by 20th Century American Art
A compilation of poems written in response to various pieces of American art.
Into the New Country: Eight Remarkable Women of the West
Profiles eight women who made fascinating contributions to the history of the American West. Includes photos, illustrations, and primary-source material.
Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist
An intriguing, colorful, biography of the Dutch artist's troubled life.
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History
Stories of over 70 people of diverse cultures who were present of played a role at important events in
Fiction
2002 Selection(s)
Fighting Ruben Wolfe
Two brothers from the wrong side of the tracks spar with life in defense of family and on the Australian underground boxing circuit.