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Biography and Autobiography - Books for Young Adults -

Related categories: History & Biography / Childrens & Teenage Books /
Related booklists: Biography and Autobiography, History - Books for Young Adults, Biography and Autobiography - Books for Children, Black and Asian Lives: Books for Children and Young Adults,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 14 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book All Boys Aren
    All Boys Aren't Blue - by George M. Johnson

    £8.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780241515037 | ISBN 10: 0241515033

    This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer.   From memories of getting thei ... more

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  • Cover image of book So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay in India by Vivek Tejuja
    So Now You Know: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay in India - by Vivek Tejuja

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9789353572693 | ISBN 10: 935357269x

    The year was 1991. Vivek was eight. He realized he was gay. Only he didn’t: he just figured that he wanted to be different. And that he was in love – for want of a better word – with Deepak, his best friend. Then Mast Kalandar released, with An ... more

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  • Cover image of book Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland
    Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea - by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781419723810 | ISBN 10: 1419723812

    Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself.  To survive, Sungju cre ... more

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  • Cover image of book History Makers: Gay People Who Changed History by Adam Sutherland
    History Makers: Gay People Who Changed History - by Adam Sutherland

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780750283892 | ISBN 10: 0750283890

    Learn all about the actions of gay history-makers, from Henry Gerber and Larry Kramer to the Stonewall community and Oscar Wilde, Ellen DeGeneres and Sir Elton John.  Learn about the actions of gay history makers in this book, ranging from the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet: An Extraordinary True Story by Michaela and Elaine DePrince
    Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet: An Extraordinary True Story - by Michaela and Elaine DePrince

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780571314478 | ISBN 10: 0571314473

    Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistr ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Diary of a Young Girl (Abridged edition) by Anne Frank
    The Diary of a Young Girl (Abridged edition) - by Anne Frank

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141345352 | ISBN 10: 0141345357

    "June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support."   Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam ... more

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  • Cover image of book History Makers: Asian People Who Changed History by Adam Sutherland
    History Makers: Asian People Who Changed History - by Adam Sutherland

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780750283755 | ISBN 10: 0750283750

    Learn all about the lives of Asian history-makers, from Genghis Khan and Mao Tse-Tung to Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and the Dalai Lama, Confucius and Buddha.  Find out about the actions of Asian history makers in this book, ranging from the extreme ... more

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  • Cover image of book On Two Feet and Wings by Abbas Kazerooni
    On Two Feet and Wings - by Abbas Kazerooni

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781743361351 | ISBN 10: 1743361351

    This amazing true story of a boy fleeing Tehran on his own during the Iran-Iraq War provides a powerful child's-eye view of political tumult, separation, survival, dreams and triumphs in a moving memoir that chronicles extraordinary times in an ordin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Corpse Talk: Season 1 by Adam Murphy
    Corpse Talk: Season 1 - by Adam Murphy

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781910200018 | ISBN 10: 1910200018

    The first comic book EVER to be shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award for Book with Facts - an extraordinary achievement!  The dead are rising!  Up out of the mouldering pages of history comes the chat show that digs the dirt on some o ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Isobel Journal: Just a Northern Girl from Where Nothing Really Happens by Isobel Harrop
    The Isobel Journal: Just a Northern Girl from Where Nothing Really Happens - by Isobel Harrop

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781471402272 | ISBN 10: 1471402274

    The Isobel Journal is no ordinary snapshot of a contemporary teenage life. A charming and vivid narrative scrapbook of the eighteen-year-old author's sketches, mini-graphic novels, photographs and captions, it captures her wit, her observations and h ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Secret Diary: Dating, Dreams and Dilemmas by Jacqueline Wilson
    My Secret Diary: Dating, Dreams and Dilemmas - by Jacqueline Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780552561563 | ISBN 10: 0552561568

    "Ever since I was little, I have loved writing stories and poems. I would get an idea, buy a new exercise book, and start writing industriously, thinking myself the creator of a masterpiece. But by the end of the week I would think of another better ... more

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  • Cover image of book Totally Jacqueline Wilson by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt
    Totally Jacqueline Wilson - by Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780552559683 | ISBN 10: 0552559687

    A lavish, full-colour extravaganza! Filled with pieces about Jacky's books, quizzes, ideas for parties, hobbies and games - and fantastic new stories from Jacqueline too. Also features a What Happened Next page, an article on how to get Jacqueline's ... more

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  • Cover image of book Touch and Go Joe: A Adolescent
    Touch and Go Joe: A Adolescent's Experience of OCD - by Joe Wells

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781843103912 | ISBN 10: 1843103915

    Have you ever found yourself worrying about the gerns on a door handle or counting the number of stairs at home? Do you avoid the cracks between paving stones as you walk down the street? Imagine what it would be like for these compulsions to dictate ... more

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  • Cover image of book Smashed: Growing Up A  Drunk Girl by Koren Zailckas
    Smashed: Growing Up A Drunk Girl - by Koren Zailckas

    £12.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091905606 | ISBN 10: 0091905605

    The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. By the time she was fifteen, she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink, men and misplaced clothes. And so it began...  A New York Times bestseller, Smashed has alre ... more

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