Entering Grade 7

BIOGRAPHY

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Wired Differently: 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know
by Joe Wells
Showcasing 30 incredible people, the extraordinary stories in this book show that the things they've achieved, created, and inspired they did not despite being different but because they are different. From politicians, activists, and journalists to YouTubers, DJs, and poets, this book highlights a wide range of exciting career paths for neurodivergent readers.
Proud: Living My American Dream (Young Readers Edition)
by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The autobiography of 2016 gold medal Olympic fencing champion Ibthiaj Muhammad, the first Muslim American woman to win a medal. 
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Young Readers Edition)
by Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah, the funny guy who hosts The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist.
 Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Young Readers Edition)
by Brian Stevenson
Lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom. 
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over 100,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. (Graphic novel)
Shoe Dog (Young Readers Edition)
by Phil Knight
The autobiography of Nike entrepreneur Phil Knight. (nonfiction)
 March (books 1-3)
by John Lewis
A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement. (nonfiction) 
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
by Sungju Lee
A memoir of a boy's life growing up on the streets of North Korea. (nofiction)
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