Best teen historical biographies according to redditors

For more information on Benedict Arnold and his whole struggle between war hero and national traitor, I highly recommend "The Notorious Benedict Arnold" by Steve Sheinkin.

His wife was devoutly religious and incredibly intelligent. She copyedited his work and her input helped Origin of a Species become the book that people remember as opposed to the guy who came out with basically the same theory at the same time. What's his name again?

For those interested, Charles and Emma is a fantastic and hugely accessible read about Darwin's relationship with his wife and how it shaped his work.

EDIT: Replied to OP instead of in this conversation thread.

Late as usual but I really enjoyed Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang.

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Scarf-Girl-Cultural-Revolution/dp/0064462080

'In the Mouth of the Wolf' by Rose Zar maybe? https://www.amazon.com/Mouth-Wolf-Rose-Zar/dp/0827603827

Edit: this post sounds a lot more hostile and dismissive than I meant it to. I really just think you posted this in the wrong place. Ain't nothing wrong with celebrating Archimedes' birthday.

Let me get this straight. You came to the the /r/math subreddit, the home of math discussion on reddit, and you posted something incorrect about the history of math. When someone pointed it out, your response was to say that people should "chill out and go with" pop culture (or what you say pop culture believes about math history). Right?

If you think this is pedantry, and you don't like it, and you're rather be held to the standards of pop culture rather than the standards of people who are interested in math, /r/math isn't the audience you're looking for.

Edit: the only book I could find that's premised on the idea that Archimedes is the father of mathematics is this, a textbook/teaching resource intended for grades 6-10.

Feels bit weird to be here...

1. ~1.6 million years ago to see Homo erectus. I really love human evolution and would love to meet the species that was so critical in us becoming who we are today.
   
   
2. 1160 to visit with Eleanor of Aquitaine in England. Read a book on her when I was a kid, I've always wondered what she was really like.
   
   
3. 320 million years ago to see the carboniferous period

There's also a book. There's also a book.

It depends on the camp, I think. When I was in middle school, I was morbidly obsessed with the holocaust(I think because I was trying to comprehend how it could have happened, it was just so cruel and shocking that I couldn't really get my head around it without a great deal of study), and one of the books I read was this memoir. The author described her life in several camps, and one of them was described as a respite from the others, where the prisoners slept in humane(comparatively) dorms, had actual showers, and did cleaning/factory work rather than field labor. Unfortunately I can't recall the name of that place, but I could easily believe this picture was taken at a similar place.

This book is sitting on display in my school library.