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Seattle Picks: Teen - Nonfiction

Information, humor, history, biography, art and how-to, all here. GN = graphic novels MS=Books for middle school readers. (Updated April 2025)

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21 items

  • Where to Start

    a Survival Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Challenges

    The mental health professionals at Mental Health America address the broad range of mental health challenges teens face today in easy, clear language.
    Book, 2023New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2023. — YA 616.89008 W5746 2023
  • America Redux

    Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History

    Aberg-Riger, Ariel
    Interrogating the myths we tell ourselves about our history, the author explores American history in a new way.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA 973 Ab376A 2023
  • Money Out Loud

    All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us

    Anat, Berna
    Talking about money is the first thing everyone should do to learn more about how to make it, how to save it, and how to spend it wisely.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, [2023] — YA 332.4 An16M 2023
  • In My Feelings

    a Teen Guide to Discovering What You Feel So You Can Decide What to Do

    Annan, Vidal, Jr
    Your emotions are not to be controlled, feared, or suppressed. Learn how to listen to them for the information they can give you to help you live your life.
    Book, 2024Huntington Beach, CA : Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, [2024] — YA 155.5124 An72i 2024
  • Mountain of Fire

    the Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens

    Barone, Rebecca E. F.
    In 1980, everyone seemed to know that Mount St. Helens would explode, but when? When it did finally erupt, many people were caught unawares, including a number of people who were within a few miles of the volcano. MS
    Book, 2024New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — J551.21097 B2687M 2024
  • The Bard and the Book

    How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare From Oblivion

    Bausum, Ann
    Shakespeare, the world's most famous playwright, is only familiar to us today because of the devotion of a few of his closest friends (and fellow actors). MS
    Book, 2024Atlanta : Peachtree, 2024. — J822.33 D B3287B 2024
  • The Ultimate Driving Book

    the Essential Guide for First-time Drivers and Car Owners

    Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979-
    Learn everything you need to know about driving - and owning - your own car.
    Book, 2024New York : Odd Dot, 2024. — YA 629.283 B4572U 2024
  • Read how the war against Ukraine started in February 2022 as Russia invaded its neighbor. GN
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA-GN 947.74086 B8128E 2023
  • The author recounts her life (in verse) as her father is convicted and sent to prison - her worries and anxieties, her life at school, and how her family's life is disrupted by his absence.
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023. — YA 362.8295 C2791C 2023
  • I'm Here

    a Peer Counseling Guide for Teens

    Crist, James J.
    If your school doesn't have enough (or any) counselors to help your friends, this guide will help you learn the basic skills you need to step in and make sure your friends are OK.
    Book, 2024Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, [2024] — YA 371.4047 C8688i 2024
  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes

    a Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

    Day, Nicholas, 1991-
    Who in the world stole the Mona Lisa in 1911, and how did they manage to take it away in the middle of a hot summer day? MS
    Book, 2023New York : Random House Studio, [2023] — J364.16287 L5535D 2023
  • The Enigma Girls

    How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

    Fleming, Candace
    In 1941, hundreds of young British women were brought to a secret facility in the English countryside where they were given one task: unlock the German code machine and win the war.
    Book, 2024New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024. — YA 940.54864 G7463F 2024
  • How to Manage Your Eco-anxiety

    An Empowering Guide for Young People

    Grose, Anouchka
    Face your eco-anxiety in ten steps you can take at your own pace and still help the world. MS
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Magic Cat Publishing, an imprint of Abrams, 2024. — YA 155.915 G912H 2024
  • Follow the path of human discovery from the Golden Age of Islam through the Renaissance discoveries of Leonardo da Vinci to the modern age.
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : MITeen Press, 2023. — YA 570.9 H1279B 2023
  • Money for Adulting

    Fun Tips and Financial Tricks for Teens

    Hung, Michelle, CFA
    Learn how to handle money and invest like an adult.
    Book, 2025Naperville, Illinois : Callisto Publishing, an imprint of Sourcebooks, [2025] — YA 332.024 H8943M 2025
  • Pedro Martin recounts the time his family of eleven drove from California to Mexico to locate his abuelito and bring him north to live with them. GN MS
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023. — J-GN MARTIN
  • The Big Backyard

    the Solar System Beyond Pluto

    Miller, Ron, 1947-
    The great mysteries at the edge of the solar system wait for young astronomers to make the next discoveries and unlock their secrets.
    Book, 2023Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2023] — YA 523.49 M6178B 2023
  • Family Style

    Memories of An American From Vietnam

    Pham, Thien
    Pham's journey from Vietnam to California in the 1970s is recounted through his memories of food, and how each step of the way was marked the smell and taste of what he and his family ate. GN
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : First Second, 2023. — YA 959.704 P491P 2023
  • Whale Eyes

    a Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen

    Robinson, James (Filmmaker)
    Filmmaker Robinson tells how his eye condition led him to see the world in unusual ways, ways that people with normal sight could not initially understand, but which would lead him to a successful career. MS
    Book, 2025New York : Penguin Workshop, 2025. — JB R5632R 2025
  • The 21

    the True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change

    Rusch, Elizabeth
    Twenty-one young people have sued the United States to do more to protect them and their friends and families from the effects of climate change and the policies that brought us here.
    Book, 2023New York : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — YA 363.73874 R893T 2023