Best Biography Books for 9th Grade

Ninth graders looking for nonfiction with a strong personal voice will find memoirs and biographies here that reward rereading. March: Book Three closes John Lewis's graphic trilogy with Freedom Summer and the march from Selma to Montgomery, while Rex Ogle's Free Lunch takes a frank look at hunger and family stress. Prose, verse and comics are all represented, and every title has been honored by a major book award.