Thursday, June 1, 2023

Democratic Knowledge Project

10 Questions for Young Changemakers Booklist


The books on this list would be great for use with a book club with a civics twist.

Middle grade
  • Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus
  • Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet by Barbara Dee
  • Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimopoulos
  • Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
  • The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone
  • Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles
  • Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
  • Nowhere Better Than Here by Sarah Guillory
  • Revenge of the Red Club by Kim Harrington
  • Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
  • Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King
  • Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King
  • Linked by Gordon Korman
  • Answers in the Pages by David Levithan
  • From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (whole series)
  • A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
  • The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf
  • Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
  • Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed
  • Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
  • Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Front Desk by Kelly Yang (whole series)
  • A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser

Young Adult
  • How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon
  • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
  • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
  • Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
NF
  • The Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce
  • Greta's Story by Valentina Camerini
  • Kids Fight Climate Change: Act now to be a #2minutesuperhero by Martin Dorey
  • We Rise, We Resist, We Raise our Voices edited by Cheryl Hudson and Wade Hudson
  • How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other (young readers’ edition) by Naomi Klein
  • Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham and Charles Waters
  • Girls Resist! by Kaelyn Rich
  • Dear America: The story of an undocumented citizen (young readers' edition) by Jose Antonio Vargas
  • The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone (young readers’ edition) by Heather McGhee
  • The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B Tyson
  • Kent State by Deborah Wiles
  • The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis 
  • The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks (Revisioning History for Young People) by Brandy Colbert
  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in America by Matthew Desmond 
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi We already own the YA version
  • March Trilogy by John Lewis Our copies are getting very well used
  • Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly
  • Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
  • How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman
  • No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
  • The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Act, and Die by Keith Payne 
  • How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other by Naomi Klein 
  • Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
  • Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court by Renee Newman Knake
  • Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy by Eric Liu
  • Drawing the Vote: The Illustrated Guide to the Importance of Voting in America by Tommy Jenkins, illustrated by Kati Lacker
  • We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden
  • You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People by Elizabeth Rusch

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