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		The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope A true story of tenacity and imagination describes how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors. Kamkwamba, William, 1987- BIO KAMKWAM KAMKWAM

		Angela's ashes : a memoir Born in Brooklyn during the Depression, McCourt’s life went from poor to poorer when his family moves back to Ireland. McCourt, Frank. BIO MCCOURT MCCOURT

		Devil in the details : scenes from an obsessive girlhood A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her parents. Traig, Jennifer. BIO TRAIG TRAIG

		The glass castle : a memoir The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family’s nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities. Walls, Jeannette. BIO WALLS WALLS

		This boy's life : a memoir Wolff chronicles the tumultuous events of his early life, discussing his parents' divorce, the nomadic wanderings with his mother that followed, and the strange and eventful process of growing up. Wolff, Tobias, 1945- BIO WOLFF WOLFF

		The autobiography of Malcolm X If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malcolm X. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. BIO X X

		Small steps : the year I got polio Describes the months the author spent in a hospital as a twelve-year-old patient, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio and then slowly learning to walk again. Kehret, Peg. J 362.1968 KEHRET

		Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl A young girl’s journal records her family’s struggles during two years of hiding from the Nazis in war-torn Holland. Frank, Anne, 1929-1945. J 940.5315 FRANK

		The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum The life of one of the greatest showmen who ever lived, introducing some of the amazing performers who worked for him, and reviewing the impact his show has had on the world due to its incredible popularity. Fleming, Candace. J BIO BARNUM FLEMING

		Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice The life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral but little-known role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company. Hoose, Phillip M., 1947- J BIO COLVIN HOOSE