Top 10 Young Adult Biographies in 2024

The top 10 books checked out in 2024 from our young adult biography collection

Updated January 24, 2025
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1

Family style : memories of an American from Vietnam
Pham, Thien
Paper Book
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do!Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the...

2

All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
Johnson, George M.
Paper Book
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. A New York Times Bestseller! Good Morning America,...

3

Code name Badass : the true story of Virginia Hall
Demetrios, Heather
Paper Book
"Bringing together rigorous research and a vibrant writing style" (School Library Journal), Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this riotous, spirited biography of the most dangerous of all Allied spies, courageous and kickass Virginia Hall. When...

4

Let it shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters
Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Paper Book
2001 Coretta Scott King Honor Book Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the...

5

Lighter than my shadow
Green, Katie, (Illustrator)
Ebook
A graphic memoir of eating disorders, abuse, and recovery. Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But in any life, a set of circumstances can collide,...

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