High School: Media Center
Nonfiction Books
This is a list of nonfiction books in our library.
by Dorothy Ellsworth
February 01, 2005
| Title | Author | AR BL | AR Pts |
| Sports Great Kirby Puckett | Aaseng, Nathan | 6.4 | 2 |
| Born Free | Adamson, Joy | 7.8 | 9 |
| Maiden Voyage | Aebi/Brennan | 7.6 | 22 |
| Holocaust Ghettos, The | Altman, Linda Jacobs | 8.6 | 4 |
| Plague and Pestilence: A History of Infectious Disease | Altman, Linda Jacobs | 9 | 3 |
| Undaunted Courage | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 8.8 | 37 |
| Citizen Soldiers | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 8.3 | 32 |
| D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 8.7 | 42 |
| Nothing Like It in the World | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 8.5 | 28 |
| Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany, The | Ambrose, Stephen E. | 7.7 | 15 |
| Scientists of the Ancient World | Anderson/Stephenson | 7.6 | 3 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Angelou, Maya | 8 | 15 |
| Alicia, My Story | Appleman-Jurman, Alicia | 6.1 | 25 |
| Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado | Aronson, Marc | 8.2 | 8 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Teen Marriage | Ayer, Eleanor H. | 6.1 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Depression | Ayer, Eleanor H. | 6.5 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Stress | Ayer, Eleanor H. | 5.5 | 1 |
| Parallel Journeys | Ayer, Eleanor H. | 7.2 | 10 |
| It's Okay to Say No: Choosing Sexual Abstinence | Ayer, Eleanor H. | 6.2 | 1 |
| Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust | Bachrach, Susan | 9.8 | 4 |
| Americans Before Columbus | Baity, Elizabeth Chesley | 8.6 | 10 |
| First Woman Doctor, The | Baker, Rachel | 5 | 3 |
| Dangers of Diet Drugs and Other Weight-loss Products, The | Barrett, CeCe | 7.6 | 1 |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Berendt, John | 5.3 | 20 |
| Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist | Bernard, Catherine | 7.8 | 3 |
| All the President's Men | Bernstein/Woodward | 7.8 | 22 |
| I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust | Bitton-Jackson, Livia | 6.4 | 10 |
| Reggie Miller: Star Guard | Bjarkman, Peter C. | 7.7 | 2 |
| Tall Tale America | Blair, Walter | 5.9 | 13 |
| Brian's Song | Blinn, William | 5.5 | 3 |
| We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holoca | Boas, Jacob | 7.1 | 8 |
| Man for All Seasons, A | Bolt, Robert | 4.6 | 4 |
| Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Dies | Bratman, Fred | 5.9 | 2 |
| Henry Cisneros: Building a Better America | Bredeson, Carmen | 8.9 | 5 |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice | Bredeson, Carmen | 8.7 | 5 |
| Neil Armstrong: A Space Biography | Bredeson, Carmen | 6.6 | 1 |
| Through My Eyes | Bridges, Ruby | 5.9 | 2 |
| Greatest Generation, The | Brokaw, Tom | 8.6 | 19 |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Brown, Dee | 9.7 | 29 |
| Bog Bodies | Buell, Janet | 7.3 | 2 |
| Bulimia Nervosa: The Secret Cycle of Bingeing and Purging | Burby, Liza N. | 6.9 | 1 |
| They Cage the Animals at Night | Burch, Jennings Michael | 3.3 | 11 |
| Al Gore: United States Vice President | Burford, Betty | 8.1 | 5 |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Hot Issue | Byers, Ann | 8.6 | 2 |
| American Astronomers: Searchers and Wonderers | Camp, Carole Ann | 7.9 | 2 |
| Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space | Camp, Carole Ann | 8.1 | 3 |
| American Women of Science | Camp, Carole Ann | 8.3 | 3 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Asian-American History | Cao/Novas | 10.8 | 18 |
| Silent Spring | Carson, Rachel | 11.5 | 19 |
| Middle Ages (History of Everyday Things), The | Caselli, Giovanni | 8.6 | 4 |
| Renaissance and the New World (History of Everyday Things), The | Caselli, Giovanni | 8 | 4 |
| Staying Safe at Home | Chaiet, Donna | 5.2 | 1 |
| Staying Safe on Dates | Chaiet, Donna | 5.4 | 1 |
| Mother Teresa: The Authorised Biography | Chawla, Navin | 7.9 | 11 |
| China's Son: Growing up in the Cultural Revolution | Chen, Da | 6.1 | 9 |
| Eating Disorder Survivors Tell Their Stories | Chiu, Christina | 6.4 | 1 |
| At the Plate with...Sammy Sosa | Christopher, Matt | 6.8 | 3 |
| At the Plate with...Mark McGwire | Christopher, Matt | 6.3 | 3 |
| On the Mound with...Greg Maddux | Christopher, Matt | 6.2 | 4 |
| On the Course with...Tiger Woods | Christopher, Matt | 7.1 | 4 |
| On the Court with...Michael Jordan | Christopher, Matt | 6.6 | 4 |
| On the Field with...Mia Hamm | Christopher, Matt | 7 | 4 |
| At the Plate with...Ken Griffey, Jr. | Christopher, Matt | 6.6 | 4 |
| On the Mound with...Randy Johnson | Christopher, Matt | 6.7 | 3 |
| On the Ice with...Mario Lemieux | Christopher, Matt | 7.1 | 3 |
| In the Goal with...Briana Scurry | Christopher/Stout | 6.9 | 3 |
| On the Court with...Kobe Bryant | Christopher/Stout | 7.1 | 3 |
| Every Man a Tiger | Clancy/Horner | 9.7 | 43 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Sports Injuries | Clayton, Lawrence | 7.3 | 1 |
| How You Were Born | Cole, Joanna | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| Bill Clinton: United States President | Cole, Michael D. | 9.6 | 5 |
| John Glenn: Astronaut and Senator (Revised Edition) | Cole, Michael D. | 8.1 | 3 |
| Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II | Cooper, Michael L. | 8.1 | 4 |
| Experimental and Concept Cars (Wheels) | Coughlan, John | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Green Cars: Earth-Friendly Electric Vehicles (Wheels) | Coughlan, John | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Guns, Violence, and Teens | Cox, Vic | 10.9 | 4 |
| Football in Action | Crossingham, John | 5.8 | 1 |
| Cheerleading in Action | Crossingham, John | 5.8 | 1 |
| Wrestling in Action | Crossingham, John | 5.9 | 1 |
| Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Curlee, Lynn | 8.2 | 1 |
| Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril? | Daley, Michael J. | 10.8 | 5 |
| Two Years Before the Mast | Dana, Richard Henry | 9.6 | 33 |
| Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies | Datnow, Claire | 6.6 | 2 |
| Louis Braille | Davidson, Margaret | 3.8 | 2 |
| Sports Great Frank Thomas | Deane, Bill | 6.3 | 2 |
| Malcolm X: A Voice for Black America | Diamond, Arthur | 8.1 | 5 |
| Sports Great Jerry Rice | Dickey, Glenn | 6.3 | 2 |
| Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius | Dickinson, Joan D. | 6.9 | 3 |
| Thomas Alva Edison: Inventor | Dolan, Ellen M. | 8.2 | 3 |
| Bermuda Triangle | Donkin, Andrew | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Who Killed My Daughter? | Duncan, Lois | 6.2 | 9 |
| Exploring Careers Using Foreign Languages | Edwards, E.W. | 10 | 7 |
| Murder in the Cathedral | Eliot, T.S. | 8.7 | 3 |
| Everything You Need to Know if Your Family Is on Welfare | Erlbach, Arlene | 7 | 1 |
| Camaros (Great American Muscle Cars) | Ethan, Eric | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Cobras (Great American Muscle Cars) | Ethan, Eric | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World | Faber, Doris | 6.8 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Living in a Foster Home | Falke, Joseph | 5.6 | 1 |
| 1980s from Ronald Reagan to MTV, The | Feinstein, Stephen | 7.8 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Peer Pressure | Feller, Robyn | 5.7 | 1 |
| Barbara McClintock: Nobel Prize Geneticist | Fine, Edith Hope | 7.2 | 3 |
| Christopher Reeve: Actor & Activist | Finn, Margaret L. | 8.7 | 5 |
| Cruzan v. Missouri | Fireside, Bryna J. | 9.6 | 4 |
| Young People from Bosnia Talk About War | Fireside, Harvey/Bryna | 7 | 3 |
| Robert Fulton: Inventor and Steamboat Builder | Flammang, James M. | 8.3 | 3 |
| Voices of AIDS, The | Ford, Michael Thomas | 5.9 | 8 |
| Christmas (Best Holiday Book) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 4.5 | 1 |
| Columbus Day (Best Holiday Book) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 4.6 | 1 |
| Halloween (Best Holiday Book) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 4.3 | 1 |
| Valentine's Day (Best Holiday Book) | Fradin, Dennis B. | 4.8 | 1 |
| Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves | Fradin, Dennis Brindell | 7.3 | 8 |
| Diary of a Young Girl, The | Frank, Anne | 9.2 | 14 |
| Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The | Franklin, Benjamin | 11.8 | 15 |
| Lincoln: A Photobiography | Freedman, Russell | 6.3 | 4 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery | Freedman, Russell | 8.4 | 11 |
| Kids At Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor | Freedman, Russell | 7 | 3 |
| Children of the Wild West | Freedman, Russell | 7.2 | 4 |
| Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille | Freedman, Russell | 6.9 | 2 |
| Immigrant Kids | Freedman, Russell | 6.9 | 1 |
| Salem Witchcraft Trials in American History, The | Fremon, David K. | 6.9 | 3 |
| Internet Pioneers: The Cyber Elite | French, Laura | 7 | 3 |
| Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? | Fritz, Jean | 4.6 | 1 |
| Double Life of Pocahontas, The | Fritz, Jean | 5 | 4 |
| You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? | Fritz, Jean | 5.9 | 3 |
| Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold | Fritz, Jean | 7.3 | 7 |
| Benedict Arnold: Patriot or Traitor? | Gaines, Ann Graham | 7.5 | 3 |
| Douglas MacArthur: Brilliant General, Controversial Leader | Gaines, Ann Graham | 7.7 | 4 |
| Hole in My Life | Gantos, Jack | 5.7 | 7 |
| Exploring Careers in the National Parks | Gartner, Robert | 9.4 | 9 |
| Life Under the Jim Crow Laws | George, Charles | 9.5 | 6 |
| Miracle Worker, The | Gibson, William | 7 | 5 |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up in the Little House | Giff, Patricia Reilly | 3.9 | 2 |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Gilbreth, Ernestine/Frank | 6.3 | 10 |
| Bob Marley (They Died Too Young) | Gilfoyle, Millie | 7.6 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Dyslexia | Goldish, Meish | 4.3 | 1 |
| Alex Haley: Author of Roots | Gonzales, Doreen | 7.9 | 5 |
| Arizona Cardinals (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 5.8 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 6.5 | 1 |
| Houston Oilers, Tennessee Oilers (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 6.9 | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 6.9 | 1 |
| New York Jets (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 6.7 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 6.7 | 1 |
| Seattle Seahawks (NFL Today) | Goodman, Michael E. | 6.6 | 1 |
| Pornography: Debating the Issues | Gottfried, Ted | 9.8 | 4 |
| Police Under Fire | Gottfried, Ted | 10 | 4 |
| Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self | Gottlieb, Lori | 5.8 | 10 |
| Baseball (History of Sports) | Grabowski, John F. | 8.7 | 5 |
| Basketball (History of Sports) | Grabowski, John F. | 8.5 | 4 |
| Football (History of Sports) | Grabowski, John F. | 8.5 | 4 |
| Kurt Cobain (They Died Too Young) | Gracie, Andrew | 7.1 | 1 |
| Cars (Built for Speed) | Graham, Ian | 5.6 | 1 |
| Dove | Graham, Robin Lee | 8.8 | 10 |
| Exploring Careers in the Travel Industry | Grant, Edgar | 9.5 | 8 |
| Hidden Children, The | Greenfeld, Howard | 5.4 | 5 |
| Black Like Me | Griffin, John Howard | 9 | 13 |
| Death Be Not Proud | Gunther, John | 8 | 8 |
| Teens and Gambling: Who Wins? | Haddock, Patricia | 8.1 | 3 |
| Roots | Haley, Alex | 9.3 | 57 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Teen Motherhood | Hammerslough, Jane | 5.4 | 1 |
| Deaf Smith: Scout, Spy and Texas Hero | Harper, Jo | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Champion Athlete | Harrington, Geri | 7.9 | 4 |
| Daniel Webster: "Liberty and Union Now and Forever" | Harvey, Bonnie Carman | 8.2 | 3 |
| Extraordinary Women Athletes | Hasday, Judy L. | 9.1 | 13 |
| Space Challenger: The Story of Guion Bluford | Haskins/Benson | 6.9 | 1 |
| Ghost Girl | Hayden, Torey L. | 5 | 13 |
| Somebody Else's Kids | Hayden, Torey L. | 5 | 14 |
| My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn | Hays, David/Daniel | 6.6 | 11 |
| Careers in Health and Fitness | Heron, Jackie | 8.8 | 9 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Herriot, James | 8.9 | 32 |
| All Things Bright and Beautiful | Herriot, James | 7 | 28 |
| All Things Wise and Wonderful | Herriot, James | 6.7 | 26 |
| Lord God Made Them All, The | Herriot, James | 6.6 | 20 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Drug Abuse | Herscovitch, Arthur G. | 6.5 | 1 |
| Hiroshima | Hersey, John | 7.9 | 7 |
| Kon-Tiki | Heyerdahl, Thor | 8.5 | 16 |
| Galileo: Astronomer and Physicist | Hightower, Paul W. | 6.6 | 2 |
| Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discovered the Titanic | Hill, Christine M. | 6.2 | 3 |
| Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Hillenbrand, Laura | 7.5 | 21 |
| Crews: Gang Members Talk to Maria Hinojosa | Hinojosa, Maria | 5 | 6 |
| Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories | Holliday, Laurel | 6.6 | 15 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Teen Pregnancy | Hughes, Tracy | 6.2 | 2 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln: Tragic First Lady of the Civil War | Hull, Mary E. | 8.5 | 3 |
| Meet the Amish (Peoples of North America) | Israel, Fred | 9.1 | 2 |
| Sacred Hoops | Jackson, Phil | 7.3 | 11 |
| Baby Doesn't Make the Man: Alternative Sources of Power and Manh, | Jamiolkowski, Raymond | 7 | 1 |
| American Inventors of the 20th Century | Jeffrey, Laura S. | 6.5 | 2 |
| Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life | Jemison, Mae | 7.2 | 7 |
| Walk Across America, A | Jenkins, Peter | 7 | 15 |
| America Is Born | Johnson, Gerald W. | 7.1 | 8 |
| Fingerprints and Talking Bones | Jones, Charlotte Foltz | 7 | 4 |
| Acorn People, The | Jones, Ron | 7 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Growing Up Female | Kahaner, Ellen | 5.6 | 1 |
| Witches (The Mystery Library) | Kallen, Stuart A. | 9.8 | 4 |
| Girl, Interrupted | Kaysen, Susanna | 5.4 | 5 |
| Story of My Life, The | Keller, Helen | 6.8 | 12 |
| Failure Is Impossible! The History of American Women's Rights | Kendall, Martha E. | 8.1 | 3 |
| Profiles in Courage | Kennedy, John F. | 8.4 | 12 |
| George Armstrong Custer: Civil War General and Western Legend | Kent, Zachary | 8.2 | 3 |
| Edgar Allan Poe: Tragic Poet and Master of Mystery | Kent, Zachary | 7.1 | 3 |
| William Seward: The Mastermind of the Alaska Purchase | Kent, Zachary | 7.9 | 4 |
| Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis in American History | Kent, Zachary | 7 | 3 |
| Karen | Killilea, Marie | 7.4 | 9 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Breaking the Cycle of Domestic V | Kinstlinger-Bruhn, Charlotte | 6.3 | 1 |
| Japanese Americans (Peoples of North America), The | Kitano, Harry | 8.8 | 2 |
| Gregor Mendel: Father of Genetics | Klare, Roger | 5.2 | 2 |
| Just Jackie: Her Private Years | Klein, Edward | 8.1 | 16 |
| Sports Great Bobby Bonilla | Knapp, Ron | 6.3 | 2 |
| Sports Great Barry Sanders (Revised Edition) | Knapp, Ron | 5.7 | 2 |
| Brimstone Journals, The | Koertge, Ron | 4.2 | 1 |
| There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in th | Kotlowitz, Alex | 6.1 | 17 |
| Into Thin Air | Krakauer, Jon | 9.4 | 21 |
| Alice Walker: Author of the Color Purple | Kramer, Barbara | 7.8 | 5 |
| Tom Hanks: Superstar | Kramer, Barbara | 6.9 | 3 |
| In Control: Learning to Say No to Sexual Pressure | Kreiner, Anna | 5.8 | 1 |
| Sports Great Nolan Ryan | Lace, William W. | 6.1 | 2 |
| Tiger Woods: Star Golfer | Lace, William W. | 6.5 | 2 |
| DNA Fingerprinting | Lampton, Christopher | 10.4 | 4 |
| Parkinson's Disease (Venture Book) | Landau, Elaine | 10.1 | 3 |
| Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family | Lanier/Feldman | 7.1 | 6 |
| Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The | Lawrence/Lee | 9.1 | 6 |
| Careers in Firefighting | Lee, Mary Price | 8.9 | 9 |
| To Be a Slave | Lester, Julius | 8.1 | 13 |
| Darkness over Denmark | Levine, Ellen | 7.2 | 7 |
| Importance of Dr. Seuss, The | Levine, Stuart P. | 8.6 | 6 |
| Gideon's Trumpet | Lewis, Anthony | 10.8 | 15 |
| Jim Morrison (They Died Too Young) | Lewis, Jon E. | 7.4 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Anger | Licata, Renora | 4.4 | 1 |
| Benjamin Banneker: Astronomer and Mathematician | Litwin, Laura Baskes | 8.1 | 3 |
| No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War | Lobel, Anita | 5 | 8 |
| Careers as a Flight Attendant | Lobus, Catherine | 8.5 | 8 |
| Night to Remember, A | Lord, Walter | 5.2 | 7 |
| Detroit Lions (NFL Today) | Lovitt, Chip | 5.6 | 1 |
| Miami Dolphins (NFL Today) | Lovitt, Chip | 6.9 | 1 |
| St. Louis Rams (NFL Today) | Lovitt, Chip | 5.7 | 1 |
| Super Sports Star Grant Hill | Lowenstein, Felicia | 4.6 | 1 |
| Castle | Macaulay, David | 7 | 1 |
| Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction | Macaulay, David | 7.3 | 1 |
| Medieval Castle, A | MacDonald, Fiona | 6.1 | 2 |
| Medieval Cathedral, A | MacDonald, Fiona | 6.7 | 2 |
| Sports Great Kobe Bryant | Macnow, Glen | 5.7 | 2 |
| Sports Great Cal Ripken, Jr. | Macnow, Glen | 6.1 | 2 |
| Sports Great Kevin Garnett | Macnow, Glen | 5.7 | 1 |
| Whole New Ball Game, A | Macy, Sue | 5.8 | 4 |
| American Horror Writers | Madison, Bob | 7.8 | 3 |
| Terrell Davis: Star Running Back | Majewski, Stephen | 6.7 | 2 |
| Maya Lin: Architect and Artist | Malone, Mary | 7.7 | 5 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Living with a Single Parent | Mancini, Richard | 5.3 | 1 |
| Super Sports Star Gary Payton | Mandell, Judith | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Great Wall, The | Mann, Elizabeth | 6.4 | 1 |
| Great Pyramid, The | Mann, Elizabeth | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Conquering Infertility | Marshall, Elizabeth L. | 9.9 | 6 |
| Indians (New True Books) | Martini, Teri | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America | McCall, Nathan | 7 | 31 |
| Daniel Boone: Frontier Legend | McCarthy, Pat | 6.8 | 4 |
| Thomas Paine: Revolutionary Patriot and Writer | McCarthy, Pat | 7.9 | 4 |
| Henry Ford: Building Cars for Everyone | McCarthy, Pat | 7.5 | 4 |
| Head Bone's Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky, and, The | McClafferty, Carla Killough | 8.4 | 5 |
| Angela's Ashes | McCourt, Frank | 6 | 17 |
| If You Lived with the Sioux Indians | McGovern, Ann | 4.5 | 1 |
| Corvette (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Ferrari (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Jaguar (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Lamborghini (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Janet Reno: United States Attorney General | Meachum, Virginia | 8.7 | 5 |
| Mary | Mebane, Mary E. | 6.2 | 14 |
| They Came in Chains | Meltzer, Milton | 8.1 | 2 |
| Rescue | Meltzer, Milton | 7.4 | 11 |
| Piracy & Plunder: A Murderous Business | Meltzer, Milton | 8.2 | 4 |
| Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust | Meltzer, Milton | 8.2 | 11 |
| Teenage Pregnancy and Poverty: The Economic Realities | Miller, Barbara | 7.5 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Sexual Abstinence | Moe, Barbara | 5.4 | 1 |
| Question of Timing: Successful Men Talk About Having Children, A | Moe, Barbara | 4.8 | 1 |
| Way to Rainy Mountain, The | Momaday, N. Scott | 5.9 | 2 |
| Under a Strong Wind | Morrison, Dorothy Nafus | 6.9 | 5 |
| Cars (Speed!) | Morse, Jenifer Corr | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Sea of Slaughter | Mowat, Farley | 10.2 | 34 |
| Boys' War, The | Murphy, Jim | 7 | 5 |
| Great Fire, The | Murphy, Jim | 8 | 8 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Drug Addiction | Nagle, Jeanne M. | 7.7 | 1 |
| Eating Disorders (Understanding Issues) | Nardo, Don | 6.5 | 1 |
| Carver: A Life in Poems | Nelson, Marilyn | 5.9 | 1 |
| Haunted Houses (The Mystery Library) | Netzley, Patricia D. | 9.5 | 3 |
| UFOs (The Mystery Library) | Netzley, Patricia D. | 9.9 | 3 |
| Unicorns (The Mystery Library) | Netzley, Patricia D. | 9.2 | 3 |
| Lost Childhood: A World War II Memoir, The | Nir, Yehuda | 7.5 | 12 |
| American Computer Pioneers | Northrup, Mary | 6.2 | 3 |
| Emperor's Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China, The | O'Connor, Jane | 6.8 | 1 |
| Marian Wright Edelman: Fighting for Children's Rights | Old, Wendie C. | 9.7 | 5 |
| Wright Brothers: Inventors of the Airplane, The | Old, Wendie C. | 7.1 | 4 |
| Sioux, The | Osinski, Alice | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| Behind the Wheel: Cars Then and Now | Otfinoski, Steven | 4 | 0.5 |
| Around the Track: Race Cars Then and Now | Otfinoski, Steven | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Everything You Need to Know When You Are the Victim of a Violent C | Palmer, Jed | 6.4 | 1 |
| Careers for Women as Clergy | Parker, Julie | 9.6 | 9 |
| Oregon Trail, The | Parkman, Francis | 7.2 | 15 |
| Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange | Partridge, Elizabeth | 7 | 3 |
| This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Gut | Partridge, Elizabeth | 7 | 8 |
| Back to the Wild | Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw | 8.2 | 2 |
| Woodsong | Paulsen, Gary | 6.4 | 6 |
| Puppies, Dogs and Blue Northers | Paulsen, Gary | 6.7 | 3 |
| My Life in Dog Years | Paulsen, Gary | 5.6 | 3 |
| Father Water, Mother Woods | Paulsen, Gary | 6.2 | 6 |
| Caught By the Sea: My Life on Boats | Paulsen, Gary | 6.3 | 3 |
| Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod | Paulsen, Gary | 6 | 10 |
| How Angel Peterson Got His Name | Paulsen, Gary | 6 | 3 |
| Child Called "It", A | Pelzer, Dave | 5.8 | 5 |
| Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness, A | Pelzer, Dave | 5.9 | 15 |
| Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family, The | Pelzer, Dave | 5.1 | 9 |
| Within Reach: My Everest Story | Pfetzer/Galvin | 6 | 11 |
| Mathew Brady: Photographer of the Civil War | Pflueger, Lynda | 8.2 | 3 |
| Grateful Dead (Pop Culture Legends), The | Piccoli, Sean | 8.8 | 4 |
| Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls | Pipher, Mary | 6.3 | 17 |
| New York Giants (NFL Today) | Potts, Steve | 6.4 | 1 |
| Oakland Raiders (NFL Today) | Potts, Steve | 5.7 | 1 |
| Washington Redskins (NFL Today) | Potts, Steve | 6.4 | 1 |
| Hot Zone, The | Preston, Richard | 8.1 | 20 |
| Importance of Queen Elizabeth I, The | Price-Groff, Claire | 9.4 | 6 |
| Tim Duncan: Star Forward | Rappoport, Ken | 6.8 | 2 |
| Super Sports Star Penny Hardaway | Rappoport, Ken | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Alive | Read, Piers Paul | 7.4 | 15 |
| Young Man's Journey with AIDS, A | Reese, Luellen | 6.8 | 7 |
| Still Me | Reeve, Christopher | 7.8 | 16 |
| For Gold and Blood | Reiff, Tana | 2.8 | 1 |
| Hungry No More | Reiff, Tana | 2.5 | 1 |
| Upstairs Room, The | Reiss, Johanna | 5.4 | 7 |
| Brett Favre: Star Quarterback | Rekela, George | 7 | 3 |
| King of the World | Remnick, David | 7.6 | 18 |
| Everything You Need to Know About the Dangers of Tattooing and Bod | Reybold, Laura | 7.4 | 1 |
| Man Who Listens to Horses, The | Roberts, Monty | 7.4 | 17 |
| Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild | Roberts, Monty | 7.1 | 5 |
| Vampires (The Mystery Library) | Roberts, Russell | 10.3 | 4 |
| Standing Like a Stone Wall: The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson | Robertson, James I. | 8.9 | 11 |
| Cars (Machines at Work) | Rogers, Hal | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Champion | Rosaforte, Tim | 6.9 | 11 |
| Shakespeare: His Work & His World | Rosen, Michael | 6.3 | 2 |
| Good Sports: Fair Play and Foul | Rosen/McSharry | 8.5 | 8 |
| Anfernee Hardaway: Star Guard | Rosenthal, Bert | 6.3 | 2 |
| Survivor in Us All: Four Young Sisters in the Holocaust, The | Rubinstein, Erna F. | 5.5 | 10 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Abusive Relationships | Rue, Nancy N. | 6 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Peer Mediation | Rue, Nancy N. | 6.7 | 1 |
| Phillis Wheatley: Legendary African-American Poet | Salisbury, Cynthia | 8.9 | 3 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Sandoz, Mari | 8.1 | 12 |
| Sacagawea: Native American Hero | Sanford/Green | 4.3 | 1 |
| Sports Great Ken Griffey, Jr. | Savage, Jeff | 5.7 | 2 |
| Sports Great Jim Abbott | Savage, Jeff | 6.4 | 2 |
| Demolition Derby (MotorSports) | Savage, Jeff | 5 | 0.5 |
| Sports Great Stephon Marbury | Savage, Jeff | 6 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Teen Suicide | Schleifer, Jay | 6.2 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Weapons in School and at Home | Schleifer, Jay | 6.2 | 1 |
| Bill Cosby: Actor and Comedian | Schuman, Michael A. | 8.2 | 5 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady and Humanitarian | Schuman, Michael A. | 8.8 | 5 |
| Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher | Schuman, Michael A. | 6.1 | 3 |
| Communicating with Others | Schwartz/Conley | 4 | 0.5 |
| Pageant of Chinese History, The | Seeger, Elizabeth | 8.8 | 22 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Codependency | Septien, Al | 5 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Placing Your Baby for Adoption | Sherman, Aliza | 6.8 | 1 |
| Censorship in Schools | Sherrow, Victoria | 9.6 | 4 |
| Blaze Engulfs: January 1939 to December 1941, The | Sherrow, Victoria | 8.1 | 3 |
| Exxon Valdez: Tragic Oil Spill, The | Sherrow, Victoria | 7.3 | 1 |
| Hurricane Andrew: Nature's Rage | Sherrow, Victoria | 6.2 | 1 |
| Oklahoma City Bombing, The | Sherrow, Victoria | 6.9 | 1 |
| Plains Outbreak Tornadoes | Sherrow, Victoria | 7.3 | 1 |
| San Francisco Earthquake, 1989 | Sherrow, Victoria | 7.2 | 1 |
| World Trade Center Bombing, The | Sherrow, Victoria | 7.2 | 1 |
| Men, Microscopes, and Living Things | Shippen, Katherine B. | 8.3 | 7 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Being HIV-Positive | Shire, Amy | 6.9 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About a Drug-Abusing Parent | Shuker-Haines, Franny | 5.5 | 1 |
| Upon the Head of the Goat | Siegal, Aranka | 6.1 | 9 |
| Ann Richards: Politician, Feminist, Survivor | Siegel, Dorothy Schainman | 7.5 | 5 |
| Inspirations: Stories About Women Artists | Sills, Leslie | 6.5 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Mononucleosis | Smart, Paul | 6.9 | 1 |
| Anorexia Nervosa: When Food Is the Enemy | Smith, Erica | 6.4 | 1 |
| Louis Pasteur: Disease Fighter | Smith, Linda Wasmer | 6.3 | 2 |
| Peyote and Magic Mushrooms | Smith, Sandra Lee | 6.8 | 2 |
| Careers in Word Processing and Desktop Publishing | Spencer, Jean | 10 | 8 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Grieving | Spies, Karen | 5.3 | 2 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Incest | Spies, Karen | 5 | 1 |
| Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid | Spinelli, Jerry | 5.2 | 5 |
| Everything You Need to Know When a Parent is Out of Work | St. Pierre, Stephanie | 5.3 | 1 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton: Activist First Lady | Stacey, T.J. | 7.5 | 5 |
| Buffalo Bills (NFL Today) | Stanley, Loren | 7.3 | 1 |
| Cincinnatti Bengals (NFL Today) | Stanley, Loren | 6.2 | 1 |
| Indianapolis Colts (NFL Today) | Stanley, Loren | 6.9 | 1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (NFL Today) | Stanley, Loren | 5.8 | 1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles (NFL Today) | Stanley, Loren | 6.7 | 1 |
| San Diego Chargers (NFL Today) | Stanley, Loren | 6.8 | 1 |
| Everything You Need to Know About Family Violence | Stark, Evan | 5.7 | 2 |
| Dale Earnhardt: Star Race Car Driver | Steenkamer, Paul | 5.8 | 2 |
| Travels with Charley: In Search of America | Steinbeck, John | 6.7 | 13 |
| Soccer (History of Sports) | Stewart, Gail B. | 8.3 | 4 |
| Peyton Manning: Rising Son | Stewart, Mark | 6.8 | 1 |
| Derek Jeter: Substance and Style | Stewart, Mark | 6.6 | 1 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw: Driving Force | Stewart, Mark | 6.8 | 1 |
| Jimi Hendrix (They Died Too Young) | Stockdale, Tom | 8.6 | 2 |
| Thread That Runs So True, The | Stuart, Jesse | 8.3 | 22 |
| Sluggers | Sullivan, George | 5.9 | 2 |
| Why I Waited: Successful Women Talk About Their Pregnancy Choices | Sunderland/O'Brien | 5.3 | 1 |
| Multiple Sclerosis (Diseases and People) | Susman, Edward | 8.6 | 3 |
| Hiding Place, The | TenBoom, Corrie | 7.4 | 15 |
| Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times | Thomas, Helen | 8.9 | 31 |
| Medicines from Nature | Thomas, Peggy | 9.9 | 5 |
| Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | 10 | 16 |
| Allen Iverson: Star Guard | Thornley, Stew | 6.9 | 2 |
| Super Sports Star Kevin Garnett | Thornley, Stew | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Super Sports Star Kobe Bryant | Thornley, Stew | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Super Sports Star Tim Duncan | Thornley, Stew | 4 | 0.5 |
| What Life Was Like at Empire's End | Time Life Editors | 9.8 | 8 |
| What Life Was Like at the Rebirth of Genius | Time Life Editors | 9.6 | 9 |
| Leadership | Time-Life Editors | 10.9 | 8 |
| Future Shock | Toffler, Alvin | 10.6 | 33 |
| Sports Great Oscar De La Hoya | Torres, John Albert | 6.4 | 2 |
| Listen Up! Teenage Mothers Speak Out | Trapani, Margi | 4.6 | 1 |
| Reality Check: Teenage Fathers Speak Out | Trapani, Margi | 4.9 | 1 |
| Golf (History of Sports) | Uschan, Michael V. | 8.7 | 4 |
| Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary | VanDerRol/Verhoeven | 6.9 | 4 |
| Compulsive Eating: Feeding the Hunger Inside | Ward, Christie L. | 6.9 | 1 |
| Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps | Warren, Andrea | 6.1 | 4 |
| Louisa May Alcott: Author of Little Women | Warrick, Karen Clemens | 7.4 | 3 |
| John Chapman: The Legendary Johnny Appleseed | Warrick, Karen Clemens | 7.9 | 3 |
| P.T. Barnum: Genius of the Three-Ring Circus | Warrick, Karen Clemens | 8.2 | 3 |
| Up from Slavery | Washington, Booker T. | 9.2 | 14 |
| Gladiator | Watkins, Richard | 8.7 | 2 |
| Body Blues: Weight and Depression | Weeldreyer, Laura | 6.9 | 1 |
| Glass Ceiling: A Look at Women in the Workforce, The | Weiss, Ann E. | 8.4 | 6 |
| Apes (Creative Ed.), The | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.8 | 1 |
| Gorillas (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 5.8 | 1 |
| Orangutans (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 6.2 | 1 |
| Snakes (Creative Ed.) | Wexo, John Bonnett | 4.9 | 1 |
| Night | Wiesel, Elie | 4.8 | 4 |
| On the Way Home | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 3.8 | 2 |
| West from Home | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 6.4 | 3 |
| Meningitis (Diseases and People) | Willett, Edward | 8.9 |