Not Typical, but Typical

Breakthrough:  how one teen innovator is changing the world is the nonfiction story of Jack Andraka, a science whiz kid who came up with a way to do early testing for pancreatic cancer.  He is also gay which I say just because his coming out story plays a large part in this book and it could serve to be inspirational to kids who are wanting to or thinking about coming out.  He also has a lot of experience, sadly, with being bullied, for his brains and his sexuality.
There is no doubt this kid is a genius.  No doubt.  And so in that way, he is not "typical" but this story, told in his own words, shows that he is a "typical" kid to whom others can relate if they have ever been the victim of bullying behavior.  Even by some adults.