Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold
by Michael Benanav
966 BEN

Salt was once worth its weight in gold.  Michael Benanav travels forty days north from Timbuktu with a camel caravan to demonstrate the amazing resolve and fascinating traditions of a near extinct tradition.

10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War
by Philip Caputo
YA 959.7043 CAP

A Vietnam veteran explains the causes and the consequences of the Vietnam War to young people.

Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
by Michael D'Orso
796.3236 DOR

Residents of Fort Yukon, Alaska, a small bush village struggle through the arctic winter’s bitter cold and continuous darkness.  The high school basketball team is their only connection to mainstream America. 

The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
by Sid Jacobson
973.931 JAC

Told in graphic novel format, this illuminating story is based on the final 9/11 Report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on September 11, 2001.     

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
YA 641.3 MEN

Could you live on a little soup and a few grains of rice or wheat each day?  Compare your weekly groceries to families around the world.

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
by Joanne Oppenheim
YA 940.5317 OPP

Public Librarian, Miss Breed, kept in contact with and continued to serve Japanese-American children who were incarcerated in American Concentration Camps during World War II.

Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser
YA 394.12 SCH

Interviews, remarkable statistics, research and other behind-the-scene facts about the fast food industry.

When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism
by Serge Schmemann
YA 943.1087 SCH

A gripping account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and how individuals rose up to break down an oppressive barrier that had divided Germany for over forty years.

Cooking Up a Storm
by Sam Stern
YA 641.5 STE

Teen chef, Sam Stern shares his love for cooking and his favorite recipes while encouraging teens to take charge of their diet.

PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
by Frank Warren
741.683 WAR

A compilation of anonymous secrets that were forwarded to the author in response to a community art project.