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• Killers of the Flower Moon : Adapted for Young Readers

  The Osage Murders and the Birth of the Fbi

  Grann, David,

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  In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage nation in Oklahoma. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed. As the death toll rose, FBI teamed with a former Texas ranger and with the Osage, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 57 Bus

  a True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

  Slater, Dashka,

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  Sasha and Richard were high school students in Oakland, California, but Sasha in a small private school and Richard in a large public one. After school each day, their path overlapped on the 57 bus for a mere eight minutes. One afternoon,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Too?

  25 Voices Share Their #metoo Stories

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  Janet Gurtler collected these stories to tell teens to know what she had not: that no young person should be subjected to sexual assault, or made to feel unsafe, less than or degraded.

• A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me

  a Memoir

  Schmidt, Jason, 1972-

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  Jason Schmidt grew up in the midst of the AIDs crisis in the 1980s Seattle. Jason had endured a life full of tragedies: watching his father get arrested when he was three years old, suffering a series of house fires, homelessness, his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deep Dark Blue

  a Memoir of Survival

  Tate, Polo,

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  Polo Tate had a dream to be in the air force someday, and her hard work was paid off. At age eighteen, Polo started basic training at the United States Air Force Academy. She did everything right, from academics to athletics, but no one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Cave in the Clouds

  a Young Woman's Escape From ISIS

  Ahmed, Badeeah Hassan,

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  Badeeah was just 18 when ISIS invaded her village in Iraq and she was sold to a high-ranking American-born ISIS general. As weeks in captivity turned into months, she drew on memories and stories from her childhood for strength. He…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Say #never Again

  Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists

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  The shooting happened on February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school in Parkland. From the students themselves who had been living through the event, they reported the story and launched the #NeverAgain movement that has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry

  the Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

  Yoo, Paula,

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  In 1982, as anti-Asian sentiment simmered in America, Vincent Chin was beaten to death in a Michigan bar fight. The two white men responsible for killing him received a lenient sentence, sparking outrage that led to a federal civil rights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder Among Friends

  How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime

  Fleming, Candace,

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  It was May21, 1924. Leopold and Loeb picked this day to commit a perfect crime they had planned for months. But they made one crucial mistake as they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Overturning Wrongful Convictions

  Science Serving Justice

  Murray, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1958-

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  Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit and spending years behind bars. This book recounts stories of individuals who served someone else's prison time due to mistaken eyewitness identification, police misconduct, courtroom…Read moreRead more of this annotation