Social Activists
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Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
$11.99 Add to cartA moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here in the United States.
Based on the adult bestseller, Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee T- Author: St John, Warren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10, 2013
- ISBN10: 0385741952
- Language: English
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Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
$9.99 Add to cartHunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the s
- Author: Rodriguez, Richard
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01, 1983
- ISBN10: 0553272934
- Language: English
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Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World
$27.00 Read moreOne of The Boston Globe‘s Best Books of 2023 * “Powerful and unforgettable” —Qian Julie Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Country
We are told that love conquers all, but what h- Author: Miller, Anna Lekas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1643752332
- Language: English
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Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
$20.00 Add to cartWinner, Carter G. Woodson Book Award
Winner, New-York Historical Society Children’s Book Prize
Winner, Social Justice Literature Award
Honor Title, Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
Finalist, 2017 Cybils
- Series: Fighting for Justice #1
- Author: Atkins, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1597143685
- Language: English
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If You’re a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist
$19.99 Add to cartA celebratory and empowering story from young trans activist Gavin Grimm, two-time Stonewall Award-winning and Newbery Honor-winning author Kyle Lukoff, and illustrator J Yang follows the true story o
- Author: Grimm, Gavin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0063057565
- Language: English
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The New Queer Conscience
$8.99 Add to cartA 2021 Sydney Taylor Notable Book
“The new manifesto for how we as queer people could and should navigate the world. It’s the holding hand I never had–but wish I did.”–Troye Sivan, Golden Globe nomi- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Eli, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593093682
- Language: English
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This Is Your Time
$17.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – CBC KIDS’ BOOK CHOICE AWARD WINNER
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges–who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New- Author: Bridges, Ruby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0593378520
- Language: English
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A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
$19.99 Read moreWinner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
A singular, richly illustrated picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963, by the acclaimed autho- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250779502
- Language: English
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Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
$23.99 Add to cart“…to be revisited again and again…The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist…” -The New York Times
“…diverse collection of iconic figures…vibrantly illustrated..- Series: See Yourself in Their Stories
- Author: Wilson, Jamia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1786031582
- Language: English
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Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution
$16.95 Add to cartAs featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.
“- Author: Heumann, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 080700359X
- Language: English
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Who Was Frederick Douglass?
$5.99 Add to cartBorn into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom–and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advant… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Prince, April Jones
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479117
- Language: English
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Doña Gracia Saved Worlds
$19.99 Read moreIn 16th-century Portugal, even Do?a Gracia’s Jewish name was a secret. But she and her merchant husband helped other secret Jews, by persuading the king to protect them during the Inquisition. When he
- Author: Goldberg, Bonni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1728466997
- Language: English
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Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change
$17.99 Add to cartA joyful, inspiring picture book that introduces readers to eleven young people from around the world who didn’t wait until they were grown to speak up about things that matter to them and change the
- Author: Paul, Miranda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 0358137322
- Language: English
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Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X: The Fatal Friendship (a Young Readers Adaptation of Blood Brothers)
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover the remarkable relationship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, and how their bond affected the movement for Black pride and independence in the 1960s in this nonfiction book for young reader
- Author: Roberts, Randy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0316478857
- Language: English
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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
$12.99 Add to cartNobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people–introducing a small fraction… [more below]
- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 316523658
- Language: English
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I Am Rosa Parks
$16.99 Add to cartCivil Rights leader Rosa Parks is the 3rd hero in in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Each picture book in this series is a biography of a- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 17, 2014
- ISBN10: 0803740859
- Language: English
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Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good
$18.99 Add to cartMeet the Tres Hermanas: Evelina Antonetty, Lillian Lez, and Elba Cabrera. They moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to become leaders in their Bronx community. Evelina,
- Author: Ramos, Nonieqa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1728460441
- Language: English
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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
$18.95 Add to cart“No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after bec
- Author: Boochever, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 16, 2019
- ISBN10: 1602233705
- Language: English
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I Am Not a Label: 34 Disabled Artists, Thinkers, Athletes and Activists from Past and Present
$23.99 Add to cart* 2021 EUREKA Nonfiction Children’s Honor Book
“An inclusive and upbeat collection ideal for classrooms and libraries.” – School Library Journal In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, me- Author: Burnell, Cerrie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 0711247455
- Language: English
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
$14.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now in paperback for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic St
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593461614
- Language: English
