Here are some exceptional new nonfiction titles for teens available on shelves in local libraries everywhere. 

Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades Through the Ages by Jennifer Croll

Profiles of 10 male fashion icons, their influences, and contributions. 

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, autobiographical graphic novel charts eir journey of self-identity. 

Fake News: Separating Truth from Fiction by Michael Miller

Explores fact-checking, Constitutional protections, and real-world circumstances the help readers identify fake news and its perpetrators.

High: Everything You Want to Know about Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction by David Sheff and Nic Sheff

Information about drug and alcohol use and case studies of families who lived through addiction and helps readers navigate peer pressure and stress.

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir  by Malaka Gharib

A graphic novel from a Filipino-Egyptian-American author and her family who is striving for the American Dream.

Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience by Patrice Vecchione

A collection of poems that addresses the myriad of issues facing first and second-generation young adult immigrants and refugees.

Marvel Powers of a Girl: 65 Marvel Women who Punched the Sky & Changed the Universe by Lorraine Cink

Explores the lives of the exceptional and diverse women of the Marvel Universe.

Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner

A collection of art and writing from survivors of the Parkland school shooting.

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg

A comic guide to queer and transgender life. 

Shout: A Poetry Memoir by Laurie Halse Anderson

A poetry memoir with reflections, rants and personal stories. 

Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater by Ted Fox & James Otis

A graphic novel celebrating the Apollo Theater in Harlem. 

Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII by Mary Cronk Farrell 

The story of African American women who enlisted in the Women’s Auxillary Corps in WWII. 

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