Popular Paperbacks: I'm Not Making This Up
Ahmedi, Farah. The
Other Side of the Sky
Farah lost her leg
but gained her freedom. (YA 921 Ah53AAs)
Baskin, Julia. THE
NOTEBOOK GIRLS
Before there was blogging, there was The Notebook.
Boese, Alex. HIPPO
EATS DWARF: A FIELD GUIDE TO HOAXES AND OTHER B.S
If you don’t give this book to five of your friends within
three days, you’ll have bad luck for a week.
Capote, Truman. In
Cold Blood
The crime that shocked
a small town; the story that rocked the world. (364.152 C17i)
Capuzzo, Michael. Close
to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence
The original shark
tale that inspired Jaws. (597.31 C175c)
Davis, James. SKATEBOARDING
IS NOT A CRIME: 50 YEARS OF STREET CULTURE
Bring your board.
Dee, Kool Moe. THERE'S
A GOD ON THE MIC: THE FIFTY GREATEST MCs
Kool Moe Dee knows it all. Do you agree?
DiClaudio, Dennis. THE
HYPOCHONDRIAC'S POCKET GUIDE TO HORRIBLE DISEASE YOU PROBABLY
ALREADY HAVE
Wash your hands!
Fleischman, John. Phineas
Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science
You need this book
like a hole in the head. (j362.197381 Flesichman)
Genat, Robert. LOWRIDERS
All types of pimped-out lowriders in English and Spanish.
Nelson, Peter. LEFT
FOR DEAD: A YOUNG MAN'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR THE USS INDIANAPOLIS
It took 14 minutes for the ship to sink; it took 5 days for the
Navy to notice.
Northcutt, Wendy. The
Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action
Survival of the fittest;
find out about the people who didn’t make the cut. (817.43
N814d)
Owen, David. HIDDEN
EVIDENCE: FORTY TRUE CRIMES AND HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE HELPED SOLVE
THEM.
Everyone’s dying to learn about forensic science.
Palmer, Chris. STREETBALL:
ALL THE BALLERS, MOVES, SLAMS AND SHINE.
The NBA is all slick, streetball is all grit.
Roach, Mary. Stiff:
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Recycling is good.
(611 R53s)
Rothbart, Davy.
FOUND: THE BEST LOST, TOSSED AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD.
Be careful what you leave behind.
Runyon, Brent. The
Burn Journals
Brent douses his bathrobe
in gasoline and lights the match. (YA 362.28 Runyan)
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis,
Vol. 1: The Story of a Childhood
Words and drawings
tell the story of growing up during the Islamic revolution. (YA
955.0542 Satrapi)
Sebold, Alice. Lucky
An unsparing account of the author’s rape as a college freshman.
(362.883 Se22l)
Shaw, Maria. Maria
Shaw's Star Gazer: Your Soul Searching, Dream Seeking, Make Something
Happen Guide to the Future
What’s your sign?
(YA 133 Shaw)
Silverstein, Ken. The
Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid
and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor
Does a house in your
neighborhood glow in the dark? (YA 921 H124s)
Szpirglas, Jeff. Gross
Universe: Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun
Don’t look under
the bed. (j574.1 Szpirglas)
Tupac: Resurrection 1971-1996 Ed. by Jacob Hoye and Karolyn
Ali.
Do you really know Tupac? (782.4092 Sh15AAt)
Zailckas, Koren. Smashed:
The Story of a Drunken Girlhood
It’s bad when you’re on a first-name basis with Jack
Daniels. (362.292 Z13s)
Zimmerman, Keith. MYTHBUSTERS:
THE EXPLOSIVE TRUTH BEHIND 30 OF THE MOST PERPLEXING URBAN LEGENDS
OF ALL TIME
Don’t try this at home!
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