Nonfiction that reads like fiction for high school students

Thanks to the Library Media Specialist all over the state of Wisconsin for the creation of this list.

• A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
•  A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
•  Amazon extreme: three ordinary guys, one rubber raft, and the most dangerous river on earth by Angus
•  Ambulance girl: how I saved myself by becoming an EMT by Stern
•  American Shaolin: flying kicks, Buddhist monks, and the legend of iron crotch : an odyssey in the new China [book] Polly, Matthew 
•  Ana's story: a journey of hope [book] Bush, Jenna.
•  Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• An angel from hell: real life on the front lines [book] Conklin, Ryan A.,
•  A Walk in the Woods by Bryson
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Ralston
•  Beyond Courage by Rappaport
• Black like me [book] Griffin, John Howard
• The blind side: evolution of a game [book] Lew is, Michael 
•  Bomb by Sheinkin
• Bushnell's submarine: the best kept secret of the American Revolution [book] Lefkow itz, Arthur S. 
• Born to run: the story of Brittany Young [book] Rudow, Barbara     
• Clemente: The Passion and Pride of Baseball's Last Hero by Mariness
•  Coop by Perry 
• Caught by the sea: my life on boats [book] Paulsen, Gary.
• Fire on the Mountain-The true story of the South Canyon fire by Maclean
•  Flags of Our Fathers by Bradley
•  Friday Nigh Lights by Bissinger
•  Ghost of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson
•  Hitler Youth by Bartoletti
•  Into the Wild by Krakauer
•  Into Thin Air by Krakauer
•  It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
•  John Lennon All I Want is the Truth by Partridge
•  Monster Fire at Minong: the five mile tower fire of 1977 by Matthias
•  Mountains beyond Mountains by Kidder
•  North of Highway Eight by Woll
•  Population 485 by Perry
•  Quiet Strength by Dungy and Whitaker 
• Rock' N' Roll Soldier: A Memoir by Dean Ellis Kohler
•  Rome 1960 by Mariness
• Seabiscuit by Hillenbrand
•  Swimming to Antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer [book] Cox, Lynne.
• Tasting the sky: a Palestinian childhood [book] Barakat, Ibtisam.
•  Temple Grandin by Montgomery
•  The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: creating currents of electricity and hope by Kamkwamba
•  The Day the World came to town by DeFede
•  The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Eric Larsson
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
•  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot
•  The Last Breath: the limits of Adventure by Stark
•  They Marched into Daylight by Mariness
•  Truck by Perry
•  Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
•  Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. [book] De Rossi, Portia.
•  Unthinkable: the true story about the first double amputee to complete the world-famous Hawaiian Ironman triathlon[book] Rigsby, Scott.
•  The violinist's thumb: and other lost tales of love, w ar, and genius, as w ritten by our genetic code [book] Kean, Sam. 
• Three cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations--one school at a time [book] Mortenson, Greg. 
• Three little words: a memoir [book] Rhodes-Courter, Ashley
•  Visiting Tom by Perry
• We Beat the Street by Sampson Davis (860 Lexile) 
•  When Pride Still Mattered by Mariness
•  Young Men and Fire by Maclean
• Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
•  Zoobiquity: w hat animals can teach us about health and the science of healing [book] Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara.
•  The zookeeper's wife [book] Ackerman, Diane.
•  Come back to Afghanistan: a California teenager's story [book] Akbar, Said Hyder.
• Cork boat [book] Pollack, John.
• Dreams from My Father. [book] Obama, Barack.  
•  Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia [book] Gilbert, Elizabeth
• Eva's story: a survivor's tale by the stepsister of Anne Frank [book] Schloss, Eva 
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  • A Fire to Win. [book] Lombardo, John.

  • First they killed my father: a daughter of Cambodia remembers [book] Ung, Loung.

  • Flyboys: a true story of courage [book] Bradley, James.

  • For the sins of my father: a Mafia killer, his son, and the legacy of a mob life [book] DeMeo, Albert.

  • From Baghdad to America: life lessons from a dog named Lava [book] Kopelman, Jay.

  • From Baghdad, with love: a Marine, the war, and a dog named Lava [book] Kopelman, Jay.

  • George Washington, Spymaster: how the Americans outspied the British and w on the Revolutionary War [book] Allen, Thomas.

  • The good soldiers [book] Finkel, David.

  • Hell's Angels: a strange and terrible saga [book] Thompson, Hunter S.

  • A home in the heart: the story of Sandra Cisneros [book] Brackett, Virginia.

  • I am a Soldier, Too - The Jessica Lynch Story. [book] Bragg, Rick.

  • In cold blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences [book] Capote, Truman.

  • Jesus land: a memoir [book] Scheeres, Julia.

  • The kids are all right: a memoir [book] Welch, Diana.

  • The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell. [book] Crawford, John.

  • Left for dead: a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis [book] Nelson, Peter.

  • Left to tell: discovering God amidst the Rw andan holocaust [book] Ilibagiza, Immaculée.

  • Let's roll! ordinary people, extraordinary courage.Beamer, Lisa with Ken Abraham.

  • A lion called Christian [book] Bourke, Anthony.

  • Little family, big values: lessons in love, respect, and understanding for families of any size [book] Roloff, Matt.

  • A Little house traveler: writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's journeys across America [book] Wilder, Laura Ingalls.

  • The lost boy: a foster child's search for the love of a family [book] Pelzer, David J.

  • A love that multiplies: a up-close view of how they make it work [book] Duggar, Michelle.

  • A man named Dave: a story of triumph and forgiveness [book] Pelzer, David J.

  • Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog [book] Grogan, John.

  • Marooned: the strange but true adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe [book] Kraske, Robert.

  • The middle place [book] Corrigan, Kelly.

  • A mighty long way: my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School [book] LaNier, Carlotta Walls.

  • Mistaken identity: two families, one survivor, unwavering hope [book].

  • Multiple bles8ings: surviving to thriving with twins and sextuplets [book] Gosselin, Jon.

  • My father, maker of the trees: how I survived the Rwandan genocide [book] Irivuzumugabe, Eric.

  • Not a happy camper: a memoir [book] Schneider, Mindy.

  • The odyssey of KP2: an orphan seal, a marine biologist, and the fight to save a species from extinction [book] Williams, Terrie M.

  • Off the deep end: the probably insane idea that I could swim my way through a midlife crisis--and qualify for the

  • Over a thousand hills I walk with you [book] Jansen, Hanna.

  • The poet slave of Cuba: a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano [book] Engle, Margarita.

  • The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less [book] Ryan, Terry.

  • Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books [book] Nafisi, Azar.

  • A river runs through it and other stories [book] Maclean, Norman.

  • Say You're One of Them. [book] Akpan, Uwem.

  • Secrets of a Civil War submarine: solving the mysteries of the H.L. Hunley [book] Walker, Sally M.

  • She said yes: the unlikely martyrdom of Cassie Bernall [book] Bernall, M.

  • Soul Surfer: a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board [book] Hamilton, Bethany.

  • Steve & me [book] Irwin, Terri. book In10/8/13 nonfiction that reads like a novel

  • Still me [book] Reeve, Christopher.

  • Stolen innocence: my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of       Warren Jeffs [book]

  • Stolen lives: 20 years in a desert jail. [book]  Oufkir, Malika & Michele Fitousse.