This is not just a sports book. It follows working-class boys through the Depression, elite competition, pressure, and a politically loaded Olympics in Berlin.

It gives Bocen information-rich narrative nonfiction: he can track cause and effect, identify the author's angle, and connect athletic pressure with the larger historical setting.

This reads like a spy story, but it is built from real scientists, secret missions, sabotage, and wartime pressure.

It gives Bocen a strong informational text with cause-and-effect history, competing viewpoints, and enough suspense to keep the pages moving.

William's problem is concrete: his family needs power and water, and he has to learn from books, junk parts, and trial and error.

It matches the report's push toward autobiographical informational reading while still giving Bocen a clever build-it-yourself story.

This is built for browsing: one page can explain gears, another electricity, another digital systems, all with detailed drawings.

It adds the reference-source practice the report asked for, and Bocen can read by curiosity instead of needing to finish in order.

Louis Zamperini's story has sports, combat, survival math, psychological pressure, and moral recovery after war.

It works as biography practice with strong story elements: setting, conflict, stakes, turning points, and character change are easy to discuss.

Malala's story brings personal life together with political power, censorship, and the question of who gets an education.

It opens a path into opinion writing and civic argument: Bocen can separate facts, claims, reasons, and the author's point of view.

This is not a plot novel; it is a visual reference book. The fun is in comparing ships, minifigures, scenes, factions, weapons, and set details across the LEGO Star Wars galaxy.

It fits the report's request for informational genres and reference sources. Bocen can browse fast, then slow down to explain how a page is organized, which details matter, and how captions, labels, and images work together.

Stacey is new in town, trying to make friends, and figuring out how much she wants people to know about her diabetes. The story is about friendship and growing up first, with diabetes woven into ordinary choices and awkward moments.

It is useful because it lets Bocen see Type 1 diabetes as a normal part of a character's life. The graphic format also makes it quick to enter, easy to discuss, and a good bridge between light reading and real-world empathy.

Sal is a magician, a new kid at school, and someone who can open holes in the universe. That sounds useful until impossible things start appearing and everyone has to deal with the mess.

His Type 1 diabetes is present without turning the book into a lesson. It fits Bocen's taste for funny, strange, cleverly designed stories while quietly normalizing pumps, blood sugar, and managing a body while still having adventures.

This one is different from the story picks. It is a teen-oriented guide to the practical and emotional parts of living with Type 1 diabetes: blood sugar, food, exercise, school, independence, and the daily decisions that add up.

Because it is officially older than the main age range, it works best as a parent-approved read-along or skim-and-discuss book. The value is not finishing every page; it is having a plain-language reference when a specific question comes up.

The book follows Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and other mathematicians whose work helped NASA succeed while they faced segregation and sexism.

It is a strong match for the report's biography recommendation. It also gives clear practice in finding main ideas, evidence, and how a writer builds an argument about whose work gets remembered.

This reads like an intelligence operation: clues, surveillance, false identities, risk, and a capture mission across countries.

Because the subject is serious, it should be read with context. The payoff is strong informational reading: chronology, evidence, ethical stakes, and the long shadow of dictatorship.

Milo receives a mysterious tollbooth and travels to places like Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, and the Mountains of Ignorance.

It matches the report's literary recommendation because nearly every scene can be analyzed: setting as metaphor, character change, wordplay, and how story elements carry meaning.

Joey is sold to the army and pulled through the First World War, crossing from one side of the conflict to another.

The unusual narrator makes it useful for analyzing point of view, setting, and how a story can make war feel personal without becoming only a battle report.