Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Veronica Chambers

Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life

Mama’s Girl

Shirley Chisholm

Unbought and Unbossed

Michaela DePrince

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer

Ger Duany w/Garen Thomas

Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Peace Activist Brown

Elton C. Fax

Garvey: The Story of a Pioneer Black Nationalist

June Jordan

Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood

Trevor Noah

It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

Sandra Uwiringiyimana

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child