Lisa Buffi

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Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels

Lindsey Fitzharris | NONFICTION, Sep 01, 2025

Another excellent title from Fitzharris. Recommended for all middle schools.

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What a Waste: 9 Ways to Fight Climate Change

Karen Tam Wu | NF MIDDLE/HIGH, Aug 29, 2025

Purchase where activism books are popular.

I Am the Swarm

Hayley Chewins | FICTION, Jul 18, 2025

An intensely emotional read. Highly recommended for high school collections.

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Catching Cryptids: The Scientific Search for Mysterious Creatures

Kim Long | NONFICTION, May 30, 2025

Purchase where books covering unexplained phenomena are popular.

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Scat: The Incredible Science of Wildlife Poop

Anita Sanchez | NONFICTION, Mar 01, 2025

Full of interesting information about scat but would likely appeal to a limited audience. An additional purchase.

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green | NONFICTION, Jan 31, 2025

This is a thought-provoking work and highly recommended for high school collections.

Best Nonfiction Middle to High School 2024 | SLJ Best Books

Alicia Abdul, Lisa Buffi, Shelley M. Diaz, Bob Hassett, Kaitlin Malixi, Amanda Mastrull, Lynne Stover, Ashleigh Williams, Nov 22, 2024

SLJ's 2024 best middle and high school nonfiction selections run the gamut from insightful memoir; thoughtful explorations of cultural, biological, and environmental phenomena; to unrelenting exposures of dark times in our world's sociopolitical history—and the crucial lessons we must learn from the past.