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2026 Texas Topaz Youth Nonfiction Reading List

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The Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding nonfiction published during the past three years that stimulate reading for pleasure and personal learning. This list is the Texas Topaz Youth Reading List. Here are the items from the 2026 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information, check out the Texas Library Association’s website!

GRADES K-2

BATS BENEATH THE BRIDGE by Janet Nolan (DBC 30701)
SAFE CROSSING by Kari Percival (IN PROCESS)
VOLCANOES by Neil Cross Beckerman (DB 130374)

GRADES 3-5

FRIENDSHIP TRAIN: A TRUE STORY OF HELPING AND HEALING AFTER WORLD WAR II by Debbie Levy (DB 130858 IN PROCESS)

GRADES 6-8

SEEDS OF DISCOVERY: HOW BARBARA MCCLINTOCK USED CORN AND CURIOSITY TO SOLVE A SCIENCE MYSTERY AND WIN A NOBEL PRIZEby Lori Alexander (IN PROCESS)

GRADES 9-12

DEATH IN THE JUNGLE by Candace Fleming (DB 129360)
PUTIN VS ZELENSKY: THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: WHY IT’S HAPPENING AND HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED by Ben Thompson (IN PROCESS)
SHACKLED: A TALE OF WRONGED KIDS, ROGUE JUDGES, AND A TOWN THAT LOOKED AWAY by Candy J. Cooper (DB 120688)

2025 Texas Topaz Youth Nonfiction Reading List

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The Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding nonfiction published during the past three years that stimulates reading for pleasure and personal learning. This list is the Texas Topaz Youth Reading List. Here are the items from the 2025 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information, check out the Texas Library Association’s website.

GRADES K-2

FEW BEAUTIFUL MINUTES: EXPERIENCING A SOLAR ECLIPSE by Kate Allen Fox
(BR 25059)
MARCEL’S MASTERPIECE: HOW A TOILET SHAPED THE HISTORY OF ART by Jeff Mack (DB 111802)
YOSHI, SEA TURTLE GENIUS: A TRUE STORY ABOUT AN AMAZING SWIMMER by Lynne Cox (DB 115907)

GRADES 3-5

MY LOST FREEDOM: A JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II STORY by George Takei (DB 122066)
SWEET JUSTICE: GEORGIA GILMORE AND THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT by Mara Rockliff (DB 107576, BR 24874)

GRADES 6-8

ABSURD WORDS: A KIDS’ FUN AND HILARIOUS VOCABULARY BUILDER FOR FUTURE WORD NERDS by Tara Lazar (DB 107111, BR 24261)
TOTAL GARBAGE: A MESSY DIVE INTO TRASH, WASTE, AND OUR WORLD by Rebecca Donnelly (DB 113913)

GRADES 9-12

AMERICA REDUX: VISUAL STORIES FROM OUR DYNAMIC HISTORY by Ariel Aberg-Riger (DB 117993)
DISAPPEARING ACT: A TRUE STORY by Jiordan Castle (DB 116145, BR 25250 IN PROCESS)
ENIGMA GIRLS: HOW TEN TEENAGERS BROKE CIPHERS, KEPT SECRETS, AND HELPED WIN WORLD WAR II by Candace Fleming (DB 119821)
IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND HEROISM IN NAZI EUROPE by Steve Sheinkin (DB 116406)
MARKED MAN: FRANK SERPICO’S INSIDE BATTLE AGAINST POLICE CORRUPTION by John Florio (DB 120346)
SPIRIT SLEUTHS: HOW MAGICIANS AND DETECTIVES EXPOSED THE GHOST HOAXES by Gail Jarrow (DB 126167)