Best Biography Books for 7th Grade

Seventh graders can meet real people through several formats on this page: prose biography, memoir in verse and graphic memoir. March: Book Three, by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, follows the voting rights campaign that led to Selma, and it won both the Printz Award and the National Book Award. Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything recalls a school trip to Europe that changed how he saw himself. Each title has been recognized by major children's or young adult book awards.