Start with high-confidence ya biographical fiction books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Never Fall Down
Patricia McCormick
Maud
Melanie J. Fishbane
Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons
Ann Rinaldi
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham, Mary R. Walsh
Beauty Mark: a Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe
Carole Boston Weatherford
