Dominic Sandbrook
Adventures in Time : Heroines
A sharp, engaging corrective to standard history textbooks that makes the past feel immediate and relevant for teen readers.
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Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator
by Shelley Tanaka
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 820L · 2008
A beautifully illustrated biography that makes Earhart's daring and determination feel personally present—not a distant icon, but a woman who chose her own path and paid a price for it.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
Nonfiction · age 10+ · 1010L · 2007
A legitimate page-turner that models endurance without sentimentality; Lansing's prose is cinematic enough to hold a 10-year-old, and the real stakes (starvation, cold, abandonment) make the survival meaningful, not fictional.
One Shot at Forever
by Chris Ballard
Nonfiction · 1040L · 2012
A genuinely gripping sports history that doesn't lecture—Ballard weaves small-town sociology with baseball drama in a way that hooks kids who'd never otherwise pick up a sports book.