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Compelling Memoirs
Interested in other peoples' stories? Check out these books that give you a peek into someone else's life.
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From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA.
This is no ordinary teenager’s story. Instead of opting for college life, Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was seventeen. Two years later, he was deployed to Iraq as an Army engineer.
One life. Six words. What's yours? From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to breaking laws, the memoirs in this collection reveal that often the youngest writers have the most fascinating stories to tell.
Paige, HIV positive since birth, never let her illness define her. She entered beauty pageants, played soccer, made the honor roll. In Middle School. when Paige disclosed her HIV-positive status, within hours the bullying began and she was known as "PAIDS". That could have been the end of her story, but it was only the beginning.
A graphic novel, which tells the story of Noelle over eight years in her young adult life. She captures the wit, wisdom and vulnerability of the big and little moments as a creative human in the world.
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