Biographies for Teen Guys

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A Long Way Gone
By Ishmael Beah
YA BIO BEAH
In a heart-wrenching, candid autobiography, a human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army.

Leaving Glorytown
By Eduardo F. Calcines
YA BIO CALCINES
The author, a child of Fidel Castro's Cuba, recounts his boyhood and chronicles the conditions that led him to leave behind his beloved extended family and his home for a chance at a better life in the United States.

Rocket Boys
By Homer H. Hickman
BIO HICKMAN
The author traces the boyhood enthusiasm for rockets that eventually led to a career at NASA, describing how he built model rockets in the family garage in West Virginia, inspired by the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik." Film October Sky is based on this memoir.

Bad Boy
By Walter Dean Myers
YA BIO MYERS
The author relates his experiences growing up in Harlem, the home of Sugar Ray Robinson and Langston Hughes, in the 1940s and 1950s.

Caught by the Sea
By Gary Paulsen
YA BIO PAULSEN
The author of Hatchet and other teen adventure novels, tells about his lifelong love of sailing, boats he has owned, and the storms, sharks, and peaceful lagoons he has experienced on his voyages.