Good Non-Fiction Books for Junior High Kids

Hi PC,

I can perhaps try some suggestions from memory :) for your daughter.

I remember reading age appropriate biographies of:
Florence Nightengale
Amelia Earhardt (the pilot)
Diary of Anne Frank (a tough read so you need to judge if this is an appropriate age)
Clara Barton

I bet there are biographies out there of also
Harriet Tubman
Susan B Anthony
...

Best of Luck
Jilly

My daughter just finished the first book in Rick Riordan's new Kane Chronicles series, called "The Red Pyramid." She loved it. It is similar to the Percy Jackson series, but apparently features Egyptian gods (which kids find fascinating, of course). She also just finished the Hunger Games trilogy and couldn't put them down.

ETA: Sorry, I know those aren't non-fiction, but in any event... fun books for that age group?

I know when I was about your daughters age I liked the love comes softly series by Janet Oke they are not non fiction but they are very good and very clean. My son does not read a lot of non fiction. He reads adult level too and is the same age. Some of the books he's enjoyed is the Percy Jackson searys and the ones by that author. I know there are many more but those are the ones that stuck out to me that are age approprate. Right now he's reading some of Tom Clancys but those are not all age approprate. I have to check them before I let him read them.

Good luck and God Bless!

How about Seabiscuit? Same author as Unbroken and also fantastic.

Also - the book about the climb of Mt Everest and A Perfect Storm (same author)

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom.