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