Autobiographies for Teens ------------------------- compiled by Dawn Rutherford (drutherf@kcls.org), November 1999 from contributions from YALSA-BK If you would like the full compilation with all comments, please email me directly. Alicea, Gil C. The Air Down Here Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Beals, Melba Patillo Warriors Don't Cry Bragg, Rick All Over but the Shoutin' Buck, Rinker Flight of Passage Cary, Lorene Black Ice Chan, Jackie I Am Jackie Chan: My Life In Action Cleary, Beverly A Girl From Yamhill Conway, Jill Ker The Road From Coorain Cunningham, Laura Sleeping Arrangements Dinesen, Isak Out of Africa Dominick, Andie Needles Eldon, Dan The Journey is the Destination Foley, Mick Have a Nice Day Garner, Eleanor Eleanor's Story Gates, Henry Louis Jr. Colored People Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face Gregory, Dick Nigger: an Autobiography Hailey, Kendall The Day I Became an Autodidact Heywood, Leslie Pretty Good for a Girl Hickam, Homer Rocket Boys Hockenberry, John Moving Violations Jiang, Ji Li. Red Scarf Girl Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted Kehret, Peg Small Steps: the Year I Got Polio Kercheval, Jesse Space: A Memoir Kerr, M.E. Me, Me, Me, Me, Me: Not a Novel Kusz, Natalie Road Song Lewin, Ted. I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler Lobel, Anita No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War Lowry, Lois Looking Back Lynden, Jacki Daughter of the Queen of Sheba Mathabane, Mark Kaffir Boy McCourt, Frank Angela's Ashes Mori, Kyoko Dream of Water Novac, Ana Beautiful Days of My Youth O'Brien, Tim If I Die in a Combat Zone Opdyke, Irene Gut In My Hands Paulsen, Gary My Life in Dog's Years Peck, Richard Anonymously Yours Salzman, Mark Lost in Place: Santiago, Esmeralda Almost a Woman Scholinski, Daphne Last Time I Wore a Dress Sleator, William Oddballs Spinelli, Jerry Knots in My Yo-Yo String Tate, Sonsyrea Little X Taulbert, Clifton L. Last Train North Taulbert, Clifton L. When We Were Colored Thornton, Yvonne S. Ditchdigger's Daughers White, Ryan Ryan White: My Own Story Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life Yen Mah, Adeline Falling Leaves Yep, Laurence The Lost Garden Zindle, Paul The Pigman and Me