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Just For You! - True Crime Non-Fiction for Teens

True crime covers a lot of ground - check these titles out for some interesting true crime, old and new.

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  • A riveting nonfiction book for teens about race, class, gender, crime,and punishment, that tells the true story of an a transgender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California.
    Book, 2017New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2017] — TEEN 364.1555 SLATER
  • The Borden Murders

    Lizzie Borden & the Trial of the Century

    Miller, Sarah, 1979-
    An examination of the Borden murders, using newspaper articles to recreate the event, the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden and exploring Lizzie's story to theorize on what may have happened.
    Book, 2016New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2016] — TEEN 345.744 MILLER
  • Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious - and celebrated - outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way.
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Viking, [2018] — TEEN 364.1552 BLUMENTHAL
  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

    McNamara, Michelle, 1970-2016
    McNamara details how she got involved in the search for the serial killer she dubbed the Golden State Killer. While she tragically passed away before he was caught, her work was pivotal to the investigation.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — 364.1532 MCNAMARA
  • This fast-paced thriller tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices.
    Book, 2009New York : Scholastic Press, 2009. — TEEN B BOOTH J SWANSON
  • Chase Darkness With Me

    How One True-crime Writer Started Solving Murders

    Jensen, Billy,
    A captivating tale of a journalist who is on a mission to solve cold cases. Compelling with information, true crime junkies will devour this semi-memoir, mostly fascinating cold cases being solved.
    Book, 2019Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2019] — 363.2595 JENSEN