How to Write an Autobiography

Best Biographies For Middle School Students on April 2024 Shopping Deals at Bestonio.com

  • The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

    • ASIN: 1250044235
    • ISBN: 1250044235
    • Brand: Tougias Michael J
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. N... [Read More]

  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

    • UPC: 884623824973
    • ASIN: 1476764662
    • ISBN: 9781476764665
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    Over 3 million copies sold. Over 800 positive reviews. Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age.Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where yo... [Read More]

  • Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

    • ASIN: 141974027X
    • ISBN: 141974027X
    • Brand: Harry N. Abrams
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    An instant #1 USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestseller! Get ready for a whole new look into Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Introducing the newest Wimpy Kid author—Rowley Jefferson! Rowley’s best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals . . . and c... [Read More]

  • Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)

    • ASIN: 1568585985
    • ISBN: 1568585985
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Bold Type Books

    The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argu... [Read More]

  • Out of My Mind

    • ASIN: 1416971718
    • ISBN: 1416971718
    • Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

    Over 1.5 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Out of My Mind and discovered the brilliant mind of Melody Brooks. Out of My Mind spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list! “If there’s one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind should be it.” —Denver Post “A gutsy, c... [Read More]

  • I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

    • UPC: 884340159730
    • ASIN: 0316322423
    • ISBN: 0316322423
    • Brand: Back Bay Books
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an ... [Read More]

  • A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: B004GB1T8G
    • Manufacturer: Clarion Books

  • Fever 1793

    • ASIN: 0689848919
    • ISBN: 9780689848919
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review).During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and m... [Read More]

  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    • ASIN: 0385751532
    • ISBN: 0385751532
    • Brand: Ember
    • Manufacturer: David Fickling Books

    “Powerful and unsettling. . . . As memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.” —USA Today   Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is... [Read More]

  • The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

    • ASIN: 0374303231
    • ISBN: 0374303231
    • Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

    Stonewall Book Award Winner―Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature AwardYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter.One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both we... [Read More]

  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

    • ASIN: 0316327913
    • ISBN: 0316327913
    • Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan tr... [Read More]

  • Dog Man Unleashed: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #2)

    • ASIN: 0545935202
    • ISBN: 9780545935203
    • Manufacturer: Graphix

    Howl with laughter with Dog Man, the internationally bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants!Dog Man is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to s... [Read More]

  • The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

    • ASIN: 0374300224
    • ISBN: 0374300224
    • Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
    • Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

    A Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor WinnerAt the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery Br... [Read More]

  • Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist)

    • ASIN: 0545902487
    • ISBN: 0545902487
    • Manufacturer: Graphix

    A National Book Award Finalist!  In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what hi... [Read More]

  • March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)

    • ASIN: 1603093958
    • ISBN: 1603093958
    • Brand: Top Shelf Productions
    • Manufacturer: Top Shelf Productions

    Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the award-winning, #1 bestselling graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement, co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powel... [Read More]

  • The Way Things Work Now

    • ASIN: 0544824385
    • ISBN: 0544824385
    • Brand: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

    A New York Times Bestseller Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The New Way Things Work to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides reade... [Read More]

  • El Deafo

    • ASIN: 1419712179
    • ISBN: 1419712179
    • Brand: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    New York Times Bestseller A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age... [Read More]

  • The Name Jar

    • ASIN: 0440417996
    • ISBN: 9780440417996
    • Brand: Dragonfly Books
    • Manufacturer: Dragonfly Books

    The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she?Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the foll... [Read More]

  • Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

    • ASIN: 1601428294
    • ISBN: 1601428294
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Multnomah

    A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution.""Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don't expect it to last. We do." – Ale... [Read More]

  • Instant Personal Poster Sets: Read All About Me: 30 Big Write-and-Read Learning Posters Ready for Kids to Personalize and Display With Pride!

    • UPC: 078073152858
    • ASIN: 0439152852
    • ISBN: 0439152852
    • Brand: Scholastic
    • Size: 17 L x 22 W in
    • Manufacturer: Teaching Resources

    Start the school year right with this irresistible poster template that prompts children to tell about themselves in words and pictures. Young learners will have blast tooting their own horns by filling in favorite animals, foods, colors, books, writing a self portrait, and more. A great way to build self-esteem, motivate reluctant writers, and hel... [Read More]

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