George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor

This is classified as a biography, but it is highly speculative. Would you call that a "pseudobiography"? George Crum is widely thought to be the inventor of the potato chip. This feisty man of African American and Native American heritage was a cook in a hoity toity restaurant where his frustration with a picky customer resulted in one of the most popular snack foods today.

Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Bethany Cole is an only child. As she approaches her 13th birthday, her mother becomes more and more distraught, and Bethany is left with an aunt she never knew she had while her father "gets help" for her mother. At least that's what Bethany is told. But people is Aunt Myrlie's town have shocking reactions to Bethany's appearance, and Bethany begins to question her parents' past as well as her own. Double Identity is a fast-paced YA thriller, which brings up some sticky ethical questions. Great read!