Recommended Biography for Macomb Junior High
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BIOGRAPHY |
AUTHOR |
TITLE |
| Adams, Abigail | Bober, Natalie | Abigail Adams: witness to a Revolution |
| Adams, Samuel | Fradin, Dennis B. | Samuel Adams: the Father of American Independence |
| Addams, Jane | Harvey, Bonnie C. | Jane Addams: Nobel Prize winner and founder of Hull House |
| Alcott, Louise May | Meigs, Cornelia Lynde | Invincible Louise: the Story of the Author of Little Women |
| Anastasia | Brewster, Hugh | Anastasia's Album |
| Arafat, Yasir | Ferber, Elizabeth | Yasir Arafat: the Battle for Peace in Palestine |
| Arnold, Benedict | Fritz, Jean | Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold |
| Beiderbecke, Bix | Collins, David | Bix Beiderbecke: Jazz Age Genius |
| Boitano, Brian | Boitano, Brian | Boitano's Edge: Inside the real world of figure skating |
| Bonetta, Sarah Forbes | Myers, Walter Dean | At Her Majesty's Request: an African princess in Victorian England |
| Bradford, William | Doherty, Kieran | William Bradford: rock of Plymouth |
| Burns, Anthony | Hamilton, Virginia | Anthony Burns: the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave |
| Calamity Jane | Faber, Doris | Calamity Jane: her life and her legend |
| Carnegie, Andrew | Kent, Zachary | Andrew Carnegie: steel king and friend to libraries |
| Carver, George Washington | Adair, Gene | George Washington Carver |
| Cleary, Beverly | Cleary, Beverly | A girl from Yamhill: a memoir / My own two feet |
| Columbus, Christopher | Meltzer, Milton | Columbus and the world around him |
| Crandall, Prudence | Jurmain, Suzanne | The Forbidden Schoolhouse |
| Crazy Horse | Freedman, Russell | The life and death of Crazy Horse |
| Dahl, Roald | Dahl, Roald | Boy: tales of childhood / Going solo |
| Douglass, Frederick | Douglass, Frederick | Escape from slavery: the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words |
| Drake, Sir Francis | Marrin, Albert | The sea king: Sir Francis Drake and his times |
| Du Bois, W. E. B. | McDaniel, Melissa | W.E.B. DuBois: scholar and civil rights activist |
| Edelman, Marian Wright | Old, Wendie | Marian Wright Edelman: fighting for children's rights |
| Edelman, Marian Wright | Siegel, Beatrice | Marian Wright Edelman: the making of a crusader |
| Einstein, Albert | Berenstein, Jeremy | Albert Einstein and the frontiers of physics |
| Elizabeth I, Queen of England | Thomas, Jane Resh | Behind the mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I |
| Filipovic, Zlata | Filipovic, Zlata | Zlata's diary: a child's life in Sarajevo |
| Fleischman, Sid | Fleischman, Sid | The abracadabra kid: a writer's life |
| Fluek, Toby Knobel | Fluek, Toby Knobel | Memories of my life in a Polish village, 1930-1949 |
| Fortune, Amos | Yates, Elizabeth | Amos Fortune, free man |
| Frank, Anne | Frank, Anne | The diary of a young girl |
| Frank, Anne | Gold, Alison Leslie | Memories of Anne FrankFrank, Anne |
| Frank, Anne | Rol, Ruud van der | Anne Frank, beyond the diary |
| Fritz, Jean | Fritz, Jean | Homesick: my own story |
| Gage, Phineas | Fleischman, John | Phineas Gage: a Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science |
| Gilbreth, Frank B. | Gilbreth, Frank B. | Cheaper by the Dozen |
| Graham, Martha | Freedman, Russell | Martha Graham, a dancer's life |
| Griffin, John | Griffin, John | Black Like Me |
| Gunther, John | Gunther, John | Death be not proud |
| Hansberry, Lorraine | McKissack, Patricia | Young, black, and determined: a biography of Lorraine Hansberry |
| Hautzig, Esther Rudomin | Hautzig, Esther Rudomin | The endless steppe |
| Hawking, Stephen W. | McDaniel, Melissa | Stephen Hawking: revolutionary physicist |
| Herriot, James | Herriot, James | All Creatures Great and Small series |
| Hickman, Homer H. | Hickman, Homer H. | Rocket boys: a memoir |
| Hughes, Langston | Meltzer, Milton | Langston Hughes |
| Huynh, Quang Nhuong | Huynh, Quang Nhuong | The land I lost: adventures of a boy in Vietnam |
| Jackson, Andrew | Meltzer, Milton | Andrew Jackson and his America |
| Joplin, Scott | Preston, Katherine K. | Scott Joplin |
| Keckley, Elizabeth | Rutberg, Becky | Mary Lincoln's dressmaker |
| Keller, Helen | Keller, Helen | The story of my life |
| Keller, Helen | St. George, Judith | Dear Dr. Bell - your friend, Helen Keller |
| Kherdian, David | Kherdian, David | The road from home: the story of an Armenian girl |
| King, Martin Luther | Haskins, James | I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King |
| Koehn, Ilse | Koehn, Ilse | Mischling, second degree: my childhood in Nazi Germany |
| Lange, Dorothea | Partridge, Elizabeth | Restless spirit: the life and work of Dorothea Lange |
| Lee, Robert E. | Marrin, Albert | Virginia's general: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War |
| Lewis, C.S. | Gormley, Beatrice | C.S. Lewis: Christian and storyteller |
| Lin, Maya Ying | Malone, Mary | Maya Lin: architect and artist |
| Lincoln, Abraham | Freedman, Russell | Lincoln: a photobiography |
| Lindbergh, Charles | Denenberg, Barry | An American hero: the true story of Charles A. Lindbergh |
| Linne, Carl von | Anderson, Margaret Jean | Carl Linnaeus: father of classification |
| Lobel, Anita | Lobel, Anita | No pretty pictures: a child of war |
| London, Jack | Dyer, Daniel | Jack London |
| Madison, James | Fritz, Jean | The great little Madison |
| Mah, Adeline Yen | Mah, Adeline Yen | Chinese Cinderella |
| Malcolm X | Myers, Walter Dean | Malcolm X: by any means necessary |
| Mandelbaum, Jack | Warren, Andrea | Surviving Hitler: a boy in the Nazi Death Camps |
| Matisse, Henri | Kostenevich, A.G. | Henri Matisse |
| Montgomery, L.M. | Andronik, Catherine | Kindred spirit |
| Morgan, Sir Henry | Marrin, Albert | Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and his buccaneers |
| Mowat, Farley | Mowat, Farley | Born naked |
| Muhammad Ali | Myers, Walter Dean | The greatest: Muhammad Ali |
| Muhammad Ali | Tessitore, John | Muhammad Ali: the World's champion |
| Newton, Sir Isaac | Anderson, Margaret Jean | Isaac Newton: the greatest scientist of all time |
| Newton, Sir Isaac | Christianson, Gale E. | Isaac Newton and the scientific revolution |
| O'Grady, Scott | O'Grady, Scott | Basher Five-Two |
| Paine, Thomas | Meltzer, Milton | Tom Paine: voice of revolution |
| Parker, Quanah | Marrin, Albert | Plains Warrior: Chief Quanah Parker and the Comanches |
| Parks, Rosa | Parks, Rosa | Rosa Parks: my story |
| Paulsen, Gary | Paulsen, Gary | My life in dog years |
| Pavlova, Anna | Levine, Ellen | Anna Pavlova, genius of the dance |
| Peck, Richard | Peck, Richard | Anonymously yours |
| Pick-Goslar, Hannah | Gold, Alison Leslie | Memories of Anne Frank |
| Powers, Harriet | Lyons, Mary E. | Stitching stars: the story quilts of Harriet Powers |
| Raleigh, Sir Walter | Aronson, Marc | Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado |
| Reeve, Christopher | Wren, Laura Lee | Christopher Reeve: Hollywood's man of courage |
| Ripken, Cal, Jr. | Ripken, Cal, Jr. | Cal Ripken, Jr., my story |
| Roosevelt, Eleanor | Freedman, Russell | Eleanor Roosevelt: a life of discovery |
| Roosevelt, Theodore | Fritz, Jean | Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt |
| Rustin, Bayard | Haskins, James | Bayard Rustin: behind the scenes of the civil rights movement |
| Salk, Jonas | Sherrow, Victoria | Jonas Salk |
| Shakespeare, William | Stanley, Diane | Bard of Avon: the story of William Shakespeare |
| Siegal, Aranka | Siegal, Aranka | Upon the head of the goat |
| Sitting Bull | Marrin, Albert | Sitting Bull and his world |
| Sitting Bull | St. George, Judith | To see with the heart |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis | Murphy, Jim | Across America on an emigrant train |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Coil, Suzanne | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Thorpe, Jim | Lipsyte, Robert | Jim Thorpe: 20th century jock |
| Tillage, Leon | Tillage, Leon | Leon's story |
| Truth, Sojourner | McKissack, Patricia C. | Sojourner Truth: ain't I a woman? |
| Tubman, Harriet | Petry, Ann | Conductor on the Underground Railroad |
| Turner, Nat | Bisson, Terry | Nat Turner |
| Twain, Mark | Cox, Clinton | Mark Twain: America's humorist |
| Uchida, Yoshiko | Uchida, Yoshiko | The invisible thread |
| Washington, Booker T. | Nicholson, Lois | Booker T. Washington |
| Washington, George | Meltzer, Milton | George Washington and the birth of our nation |
| Wells-Barnett, Ida B. | Fradin, Dennis B. | Ida B. Wells: mother of the civil rights movement |
| Wheatley, Phillis | Richmond, M.A. | Phillis Wheatley |
| Whitman, Walt | Reef, Catherine | Walt Whitman |
| Woods, Tiger | Lace, William | Tiger Woods: star golfer |
| Wright, Orville & Wilbur | Freeman, Russell | The Wright brothers |
| Zaharias, Babe Didrikson | Freedman, Russell | Babe Didrikson Zaharias: the making of a champion |
(This list does not include
all of the biographies available in MJSHS library, only those recommended in
Wilson’s Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog, Best Books for
Junior High Readers and other library resources.)
This page was last updated
August 7, 2007.