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Young Adult Literature

Montgomery Library's guide to literature for young adults

Selected Biographies and Autobiographies

These biographies and autobiographies for young adults can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.

Biographies and Autobiographies

A biography is factual account of someone's life written by another person, while an autobiography is a factual account of a person's life written by that person.

Find these biographies and autobiographies for young adults in the Children's Collection on Montgomery Library's main floor.

Almost astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone   TL 789.85 .A1 S79 2009
Boots on the ground / Elizabeth Partridge   DS 558 .P38 2018
Enchanted air: two cultures, two wings / Margarita Engle   PS 3555 .N4254 Z46 2015
Eyes of the world / Marc Aronson   TR 139 .A76 2017
The faithful spy / John Hendrix   BX 4827 .B57 H454 2018
Free lunch / Rex Ogle   HV 741 .O35 2019
The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption (Printz Award Honor Book 2024) / Shannon Gibney   PS 490 .G5 Gi 2023
Hey, kiddo / Jarrett Krosoczka   Z 7.7 .K76 He 2018
In the shadow of liberty / Kenneth C. Davis   E444 .D36 2016
March: Book Three / John Lewis   E 840.8 .L43 A3 2016 Vol. 3
Ordinary hazards: a memoir / Nikki Grimes   PS 3557 .R489982 Z46 2019 (Mainstacks)
Popular: a memoir / Maya Van Wagenen   BF 575 .S39 W34 2014
Sachiko: a Nagasaki bomb survivor's story / Caren Stetson   D767.25 .N3 S74 2016
Samurai rising / Pamela S. Turner   DS 856.72 .M56 T87 2016
Steve Jobs: the man who thought different / Karen Blumenthal   QA 76.2 .J63 B58 2012
They called us enemy / George Takei                D 769.8 .A6 T347 2019
Vincent and Theo / Deborah Heiligman   ND 653 .G7 H39 2017

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