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    Top 10 Biographies & Memoirs for Youth

    Dec 23, 2024 2 minutes
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    This list of biographies and memoirs is highlighted by dazzlingly illustrated picture books and transformative memoirs.

    Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir. By Walela Nehanda. 2024. Penguin/Kokila. Gr. 10–12.

    Black, queer, nonbinary writer and activist Nehanda chronicles, in poetry and short essays, their difficult journey through cancer and mental-health

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