Summer Reading Game Book Recommendations-Nonfiction and books about another state

The Summer Reading game board requires readers to complete a nonfiction title, as well as one that takes place in a different state.  Nonfiction is centered around real events or people, as opposed to a made up story.  Books about a different state can take place anywhere in the U.S. besides Michigan.  Here's my recommendations:

Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates by Jill Rubalcaba (NEW YA 930.1 R)
Enter the fascinating worlds of archaeology and paleontology and learn about the debates and questions surrounding four hominins who lived long before recorded history.




To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story by Casey Scieszka (YA 910.409 S)
This book chronicles the real adventures of a young couple who met in Morocco, then decided to travel to exotic areas in remote parts of the world together.  Funny and truthful, their account will encourage readers to "go out and find your own adventure".





No Choirboy: Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row (YA 364.660 K)
A gritty look at prison life, juvenile crime, retribution, and redemption, this book contains interviews with young people on death row, as well as a victim's family.  








More nonfiction books you might enjoy:
Ask Elizabeth: real answers to everything you secretly wanted to know about love, friends, your body--and life in general by Elizabeth Berkley (YA 646 B)

Bloody Times: The Funeral for Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis by James L. Swanson (YA 973.77 S)
The Basketball Book by Rob Fleder (YA 796.323 S)
Louder Than Words: The First Collection.  Three True Stories of Ordinary Girls with Extraordinary Lives by Chelsey Shannon (NEW YA 920.72 R)

Books About Another State

 Jersey Tomatoes are the Best by Maria Padian (NEW YA FIC Padian)
Two best friends from New Jersey are offered special summer opportunitites to pursue their athletic dreams, one in ballet and the other in tennis.  But the crushing pressure and distance from each other takes its toll, even leading down the self-destructive path of anorexia for one of the girls.  Will there deep friendship be enough to get them through such difficult times?





Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Leviathan (YA FIC Green)
A bizarre chance encounter in Chicago brings together two very different guys who share the same name, but they soon find their lives tangled and changed forever in this funny and endearing novel.

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan (YA FIC Cohn)
Spending Christmas alone in Manhattan, Lily seeks amusement by leaving a notebook of clues in a book store.  A smart bookworm named Dash finds the clues, and it takes them on a journey of discoveries until they finally meet under bad circumstances.  The authors also brought you Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist.

Bluford High: The Bully by Paul Langan (YA FIC Bluford)
After moving to California from Philadelphia, Darrell finds the change unbearable when he is terrorized by a bully at  his new school.  Eventually he must make the decision whether to live in fear or face up to his tormentor.








More books about other states you might like:
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt (YA FIC Holt)
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Purple Daze by Sherry Shahan

More recommendations coming soon!