New Middle Grade and YA Nonfiction 2014 (36 books)

New nonfiction of middle grade and YA readers in 2014. Only add books to this list published in 2014.

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1	Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific by Mary Cronk Farrell (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 639 ratings score: 595, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 13,471 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action) by Anna M. Lewis (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi by Susan Goldman Rubin 4.04 avg rating — 176 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food by Mark Kurlansky 3.59 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 279, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Freedom Summer Murders by Don Mitchell 3.85 avg rating — 758 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation by Sally M. Walker 3.21 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg 3.80 avg rating — 1,284 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World by Nancy F. Castaldo (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 126 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Sisters (Smile, #2) by Raina Telgemeier (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 110,536 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat by Gail Jarrow (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 730 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 35,908 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews 3.94 avg rating — 2,609 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura Hillenbrand 4.53 avg rating — 7,660 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! by Emily Arnold McCully 3.51 avg rating — 230 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation] by Rick Atkinson 3.92 avg rating — 440 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times by Bill O'Reilly (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 1,195 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Thomas Paine: Crusader for Liberty: How One Man's Ideas Helped Form a New Nation by Albert Marrin 3.97 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 207 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom by John Briggs (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat (Scientists in the Field Series) by Sy Montgomery 4.17 avg rating — 237 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	How the Beatles Changed the World by Martin W. Sandler 3.93 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Judy Garland: Little Woman, Big Talent by John Briggs (Goodreads Author) 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by David A. Adler 3.63 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans by Elizabeth Rusch (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life by Catherine Reef 3.79 avg rating — 235 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Sea Turtle Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series) by Stephen R. Swinburne 4.20 avg rating — 117 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It by Loree Griffin Burns 4.19 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle 4.04 avg rating — 846 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Pocket Book of Weather: Entertaining and Remarkable Facts About Our Weather by Michael Bright 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Basher History: States and Capitals: United We Stand by Dan Green 4.41 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 4,781 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Everybody Paints! The Lives and Art of the Wyeth Family by Susan Goldman Rubin 4.14 avg rating — 129 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher by Jon Meacham 3.98 avg rating — 387 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince 4.25 avg rating — 5,617 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera 3.91 avg rating — 183 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars