[CALIBK12] Biographies for High School

[Heather Neidenbach]

Hello all,
   
  I'm looking for suggestions for great biographies for High School students.  Any recommendations?  Any recommendations for biographies on gymnasts would be especially helpful.  What have your students found to be "great reads"?
   
  I know that many publishers create series on famous people, but it seems like these can be somewhat superficial.  If you know of a good series, one that has worked in your school, I would love to know what it is. I'm wary of purchasing a series and then having it arrive and turn out more like an ad for the person rather than the story of his or her life.
   
  The library does have a number of biographies on historical figures and I would like to expand the collection to include more contemporary figures. (If you know of a great historical biography I'm still interested.)
   
  Thank you.
   
  Sincerely,
  Heather Neidenbach
  LMT
  La Reina High School

       
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