YA Books that We Love for Non-Fiction, Pets, and Fairy Tale Retellings

Kids these days are so lucky! There so many great young adult (YA) books for them to choose from. Here are a list of some of our favorites for non-fiction, pets, and fairy tale retellings:

Non-fiction

Women In Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin

Fallout by Steve Sheinkin

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

Alexander Hamilton, The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

Pets and Animals

The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Maxi's Secrets: (or what you can learn from a dog) by Lynn Plourde

The One and Only Ivan

Pony by R.J. Palacio

Leonard (My Life as a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak

Fairy Take Retellings

Stepsister and Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Cursebreaker Series by Brigid Kemmerer

Furthermore and Whichway by Tahereh Mafi