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March 26, 2022

Punching Bag, by Rex Ogle, tells about the author's high school years, mixing in plenty of humor with his fight to overcome an abusive background.

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Biography

Punching Bag

by Rex Ogle

Gone to the Woods

by Gary Paulsen

Creativity

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines

gathered and compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston
with photographs by Cora De Vos

Playlist

by James Rhodes

Current Issues

Call and Response

by Veronica Chambers

If I Go Missing

by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose
art by Nshannacappo

History

Fallout

by Steve Sheinkin

Dragon Hoops

by Gene Luen Yang

Poetry

Ordinary Hazards

by Nikki Grimes

Shout

by Laurie Halse Anderson

All Teen Nonfiction Reviews

Elena Vanishing

by Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

In Code

by Sarah Flannery with David Flannery

Almost American Girl

by Robin Ha

Charles and Emma

by Deborah Heiligman

The Faithful Spy

by John Hendrix

Hey, Kiddo

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

March, Book One

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March, Book Two

March, Book Three

Run, Book One

by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
art by L. Fury with Nate Powell

Stories of my Life

by Katherine Paterson

House of Dreams

by Liz Rosenberg

Samurai Rising

by Pamela S. Turner
illustrated by Gareth Hinds

The Singing Bones

by Shaun Tan

Beyond Magenta

written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
read by Jason Reynolds

Symphony for the City of the Dead

by M. T. Anderson

Sugar Changed the World

by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

The Nazi Hunters

by Neal Bascomb

The Grand Escape

Bootleg

by Karen Blumenthal

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
for Young People

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese

After the Holocaust

by Howard Greenfeld

The Gettysburg Address
A Graphic Adaptation

written by Jonathan Hennessey
art by Aaron McConnell

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Philip Hoose

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

by Phillip Hoose

Attucks!

This Land Is Our Land

by Linda Barrett Osborne

Bomb

Sachiko

by Caren Stilson

They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott
art by Harmony Becker

How I Discovered Poetry

by Marilyn Nelson
illustrated by Hadley Hooper

What the Heart Knows

by Joyce Sidman
illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski