Social Activists
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Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories
$17.99 Read moreFeaturing art and writing from the students of the Parkland tragedy, this is a raw look at the events of February 14, and a poignant representation of grief, healing, and hope.
The students of Marjory- Author: Lerner, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1984849999
- Language: English
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Resistance: My Story of Activism
$16.95 Read moreBorn in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, Frantzy became the founding president
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Luzincourt, Frantzy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1324016698
- Language: English
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Sang Kancil: A Tale about How Ordinary Malaysians Defied the Odds
$21.99 Read moreStories of courageous underdogs who battled against disadvantages and challenges, and emerged victorious in pushing humanity forward Ordinary is not as ordinary as you think. History is written by the… [more below]
- Author: Chai, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9815127136
- Language: English
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Born Just Right
$17.99 Read moreFrom tween advocate for limb difference and founder of Project Unicorn Jordan Reeves and her mom, Jen, comes an inspiring memoir about how every kid is perfect just the way they are.
When Jordan Reev- Series: Jeter Publishing
- Author: Reeves, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1534428380
- Language: English
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Howard Thurman’s Great Hope
$10.95 Read moreBorn in segregated Daytona, Florida, in 1899, Howard Thurman grew up dreaming of a better life–a life where his mother and grandmother would not have to cook and clean for other people; a life where
- Author: Issa, Kai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1600608906
- Language: English
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Enough! 20+ Protesters Who Changed America
$7.99 Read moreWith a foreword from a Parkland shooting survivor, this lushly illustrated picture book introduces young readers to America’s most influential protesters–from Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr… [more below]
- Author: Easton, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 198483200X
- Language: English
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Forest Fighter: The Story of Chico Mendes
$11.95 Add to cartA picture book that tells the important story of Chico Mendes, who led the fight to protect the Amazon rainforest and demand fair treatment for the people whose livelihoods depended on it.
Chico Mende- Author: Ganeri, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 162371818X
- Language: English
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Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
$11.99 Read more“Uplifting and memorable.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
“Great for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review)
Bestselling and multiple Coretta Scott King- and Caldecott-winners Andrea Davis
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0060821205
- Language: English
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Quilt Out Loud: Activism, Language & the Art of Quilting
$29.95 Read moreExplore language through quilting
How do letters, numbers, words, and sentences change when used on a quilt rather than a screen or piece of paper?Statement quilts are an emerging trend within the mod
- Author: Knauer, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1644033224
- Language: English
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A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
$8.99 Read moreAn introduction to one of the most outstanding Americans of the twentieth century, perfect for young readers.
Born in 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up to become a civil rights leader whose philo- Series: Picture Book Biography
- Author: Adler, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0823408477
- Language: English
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Ngeow Cher Seong: A Family Tradition of Peranakan Jewellery
$12.90 Read moreA young Hakka arrives in Singapore, settles down, and finds small successes. The good life is short-lived when the Japanese invade Singapore and he loses everything. He eventually makes a comeback bec… [more below]
- Author: Seah, Shawn Li Song
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9811268908
- Language: English
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Mahatma Gandhi
$8.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the father of India.
As a young teenager in India,- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #25
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284288
- Language: English
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A is for Activist
$17.95 Read moreThis bestselling ABC book is written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental just… [more below]
- Author: Nagara, Innosanto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 10 2016
- ISBN10: 160980693X
- Language: English
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No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs
$28.99 Read more*Shortlisted for the Moore Prize on Human Rights Literature*
A powerful memoir by Nury Turkel that lays bare China’s repression of the Uyghur people. Turkel is cofounder and board chair of the Uyghur H… [more below]
- Author: Turkel, Nury
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1335469567
- Language: English
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Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World
$16.99 Read more2022 INDIES Winner Silver, Juvenile Nonfiction (Children’s)
Many young people aren’t aware that determined individuals created the rights we now take for granted. The idea of human rights is relative- Author: Kirk, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1641605596
- Language: English
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Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
$9.99 Read more“An important and inspiring book.” (School Library Journal starred review)
Ida B. Wells worked bravely as an activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0060544686
- Language: English
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The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams
$19.99 Add to cartThis is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.
Ever since s- Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 23 2015
- ISBN10: 0805090495
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: A Library of America Paperback Classic
$7.95 Add to cartOne of the greatest works of American autobiography, in a definitive Library of America text: Published seven years after his escape from slavery, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an Amer… [more below]
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 09 2014
- ISBN10: 1598533517
- Language: English
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Irena’s Jars of Secrets
$12.95 Read moreA picture book biography of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped save nearly 2500 Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II.
Irena Sendler, born to a
- Author: Vaughan Crews, Marcia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 162014252X
- Language: English
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John Lewis
$4.99 Read moreGet to know John Lewis, social justice activist and politician, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”
Meet John Lewis. W- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Patrick, Denise Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1665907878
- Language: English
