Social Justice Literature for Youth
Every month we add new titles to this collection of Social Justice Literature for Youth. Below you can filter the collection by Early Childhood/Elementary, Middle School, or High School/Young Adult.
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
Kirkus Award Finalist, Schneider Family Book Award Winner, Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book. Jason Reynolds explores multigenerational ideas about family love and bravery in…
King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan and Christiane Krömer
Malik, a Pakistani boy who uses a wheelchair, is excited to compete in the annual kite-flying festival of Basant. Can his kite defeat the bully's…
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey and Mika Song
2020 Schneider Family Honor Book. In Classroom Six, second left down the hall, Henry has been on the lookout for a friend. A friend who…
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith
Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year. When a boy…
Benji, the Bad Day and Me by Sally J. Pla and Ken Min
Nothing seems to be going right for Sammy today. At school, he got in trouble for kicking a fence, then the cafeteria ran out of…
The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faría
Living with the use of one's eyes can make imagining blindness difficult, but this innovative title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable…