6 Responses to “Any good biography books for the 13-16 age range?”

1. By kthope92 on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   We had to read bios in school i read a Bill Gates one it was pretty interesting but so is Anne Frank
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2. By mzaberny on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   Patricia Neal: An Unquiet life -tells the story of an actress with a very soap-opera-like life.
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3. By I♥Twilight on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   The Biography of Al Gore it is very interesting
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4. By karolina on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   try " they cage the animals at night"
   its SUCH a good book , you cant put it down!
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5. By Robin C on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   Parallel Journeys, Eleanor H. Ayer With Helen Waterford And Alfons Heck.
   It is a double autobiography. Helen Waterford survived Auschwitz, Alfons Heck was in the Hitler Youth and German Air force. They take turns telling their stories. It is incredible.

   It's not in the biography section, but it is a biography.
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6. By Centaur on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" by Bradley Steffens. It tells the fascinating, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method more than 200 years before the Europeans learned of it–by reading his books.

   Born in what is now Iraq in 965, Ibn al-Haytham studied theology, trying to resolve the differences between the Shi'ah and Sunnah sects. He turned his attention to the works of the ancient Greek philosophers and mathematicians. He was the first person to apply algebra to geometry, founding analytic geometry. He traveled to Egypt to build a dam on the Nile, failed, and ended up imprisoned in Cairo for ten years. During this time he began systematically testing hypotheses with experiments, the core of the scientific method.

   "Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" was just chosen by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection for high school students. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/
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   http://www.firstscientist.net