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Social Activism Collection

The Social Activism Collection was created to showcase our new 2017-2018 Social Activism Diverse Reading list. Discover characters and historical figures who stand up for peace, equity, and justice for gender, socioeconomic status, race, or the environment. These mentor texts suggest ways that students can enact change in their own communities.

Check out the Social Activism Diverse Reading List as a downloadable PDF here and a blog post about the list with additional resources here.

Please note that pricing, availability and books in the Social Activism Diverse Reading List are subject to change.

Collection of 50 books: $746.50

John Lewis in the Lead

Ira's Shakespeare Dream

Aani and the Tree Huggers

Seven Miles to Freedom

Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

The Mangrove Tree

Silent Star

Midnight Teacher

Passage to Freedom

Butterfly for a King

Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

How We Are Smart

Etched in Clay

Hammering for Freedom

The Story of Movie Star Anna May Wong

Tiny Stitches

Growing Peace

Quiet Hero

Paul Robeson

Dear Mrs. Parks

The School the Aztec Eagles Built

The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls

Surfer of the Century

All the Stars Denied

She Was the First!

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del arcoíris

The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos

Sharuko

Martí's Song for Freedom

Brothers in Hope

Ahimsa

Twenty-two Cents

I Am Alfonso Jones

In Her Hands

The Protest (Confetti Kids #10)

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

Louis Sockalexis

Allie's Basketball Dream

Super Cilantro Girl / La superniña del cilantro

Catching the Moon

Sparkle Boy

Drum, Chavi, Drum! / ¡Toca, Chavi, Toca!

Destiny's Gift

Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel

Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, la Niña de las Flores

The People Shall Continue

Malala Yousafzai

Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

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  • A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
    By Amy Lee-Tai, Felicia Hoshino
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    A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

    A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

    By Amy Lee-Tai, Felicia Hoshino
    Bilingual English/Japanese. A young girl finds things to be joyful about in the Topaz Internment Camp.

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  • Aani and the Tree Huggers
    By Jeannine Atkins, Venantius Pinto
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    Aani and the Tree Huggers

    By Jeannine Atkins, Venantius Pinto
    A village girl in India inspires the women around her to save their beloved forest.

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  • Ahimsa
    By Supriya Kelkar
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    Ahimsa

    Ahimsa

    By Supriya Kelkar
    In this historical middle-grade novel, Gandhi asks for one member of each family to join the fight for independence from the British, and when Anjali's mother is jailed for doing so, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother's work.

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  • All the Stars Denied
    By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
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    All the Stars Denied

    By Guadalupe García McCall, Susan L. Roth
    In a companion novel to her critically acclaimed Shame the Stars, Pura Belpré Award Winner Guadalupe García McCall tackles the hidden history of the United States and its first mass deportation that swept up hundreds of thousands of Mexican American citizens during the Great Depression.

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  • Allie's Basketball Dream
    By Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan
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    Allie's Basketball Dream

    By Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan
    Allie's story of self-determination is one that young athletes, both boys and girls, will recognize. Perfect for anyone who has experienced the ups and downs of practicing and playing hard, Allie's Basketball Dream is a spirited tribute to perseverance.

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  • Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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    Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition

    By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
    Twenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in an internment camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.

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  • Brothers in Hope
    The Story of the Lost Boys of the Sudan
    By Mary Williams, R. Gregory Christie
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    Brothers in Hope

    The Story of the Lost Boys of the Sudan
    By Mary Williams, R. Gregory Christie
    Based on heartbreaking yet inspirational true events in the lives of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Brothers in Hope is a story of remarkable courage, and an amazing testament to the unyielding power of the human spirit.

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  • Butterfly for a King
    Saving Hawaiʻi’s Kamehameha Butterflies
    By Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth
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    Saving Hawaiʻi’s Kamehameha Butterflies
    By Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth
    The fascinating true story of a beautiful native Hawaiian butterfly, a great Hawaiian warrior king, and current-day efforts by scientists and citizens to restore the butterfly's declining population.

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  • Catching the Moon
    The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
    By Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke
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    Catching the Moon

    The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream
    By Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke
    The spirited story of Marcenia Lyle, the African American girl who grew up to become "Toni Stone," the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team.

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  • Dear Mrs. Parks
    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
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    Dear Mrs. Parks

    Dear Mrs. Parks

    A Dialogue with Today's Youth
    By Rosa Parks
    On a December day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

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  • Destiny's Gift
    By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Adjoa J. Burrowes
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    Destiny's Gift

    By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Adjoa J. Burrowes
    Destiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade's bookstore, where words abound.

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  • Drum, Chavi, Drum! / ¡Toca, Chavi, Toca!
    By Mayra Lazara Dole, Tonel
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    Drum, Chavi, Drum! / ¡Toca, Chavi, Toca!

    Drum, Chavi, Drum! / ¡Toca, Chavi, Toca!

    By Mayra Lazara Dole, Tonel
    Who says girls can't play drums? The beat of Chavi's congas livens up her entire neighborhood. When she's not picked to drum in Miami's Calle Ocho festival, she decides to do something about it!

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  • Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
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    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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  • Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado
    By Gloria Anzaldúa, Consuelo Mendez
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    Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

    Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado

    By Gloria Anzaldúa, Consuelo Mendez
    Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquín receives help and friendship from Prietita a brave young Mexican American girl.

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  • Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe
    By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
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    Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

    Game, Set, Match Champion Arthur Ashe

    By Crystal Hubbard, Kevin Belford
    A picture book biography of tennis player Arthur Ashe, who began his career playing tennis as a child on the segregated courts as a child in Virginia and went on to become the top tennis player in the world.

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  • Growing Peace
    A Story of Farming, Music, and Religious Harmony
    By Richard Sobol
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    Growing Peace

    A Story of Farming, Music, and Religious Harmony
    By Richard Sobol
    This stunning photo-essay for children is a story of coexistence, focusing on Jewish, Muslim, and Christian families in a Ugandan village who created a Fair Trade Coffee Cooperative and learned to live and work together peacefully.

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  • Hammering for Freedom
    The William Lewis Story
    By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
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    Hammering for Freedom

    The William Lewis Story
    By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
    The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family.

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  • How We Are Smart
    By William Nikola, Sean Qualls
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    How We Are Smart

    How We Are Smart

    By William Nikola, Sean Qualls
    Musician Tito Puente. Ballerina Maria Tallchief. Explorer Matthew Henson. Congresswoman Patsy Mink. These are some of the people profiled in this book. They are well known for different reasons, but they also have something in common. They were all smart!

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  • I Am Alfonso Jones
    By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
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    I Am Alfonso Jones

    I Am Alfonso Jones

    By Tony Medina, John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
    The Hate U Give meets The Lovely Bones in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist John Jennings.

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  • In Her Hands
    The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
    By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
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    In Her Hands

    The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
    By Alan Schroeder, JaeMe Bereal
    A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

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  • Ira's Shakespeare Dream
    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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  • John Lewis in the Lead
    A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
    By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
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    John Lewis in the Lead

    A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
    By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson, Benny Andrews
    A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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  • Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel
    By Anthony D. Robles, Carl Angel