Revolutionary Young Adult Books/Youth!
This is compiled by my friend and comrade Lynne Walters
Want to donate one of these books to the Indigo After School Program shelf in the Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Library? Email me at brokenbeautifulpress@gmail.com.
When the Whale Came to My Town, by Jim Young
His Own Where, by June Jordan (reissued recently by The Feminist Press)
June Jordan’s Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint, by June Jordan
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation, by Howard Zinn, Paul Buhle, and Mike Konopacki (a graphic novel adaptation of the classic A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn)
Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
The Hunger Games series, by Suzanne Collins
Building Communities from the Inside Out,” by John Kretzmann and John McKnight
Assata: An Autobiography, by Assata Shakur
A Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mohandas Gandhi
“My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation,” by James Baldwin (in The Fire Next Time)
Ceremony, by Leslies Marmon Silko
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002, by Martín Espada
Youth Organizing for Community Power, by SOUL (School of Unity and Liberation)
It’s Your World…If You Don’t Like it, Change It: Activism for Teens, by Mikki Halpin
Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, by Vandana Shiva
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein
The Latte Rebellion, by Sarah Jamila Stevenson
South Africa: Coming of Age Under Apartheid, by Jason Laure and Ettagale Laure
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad, by James Rumford
Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace, by Shelley Moore Thomas
If You LIved When Women Won Their Rights, by Anne Kamma
Whole World Fun Eco Activities, by Christopher Corr
Freedom River, by Doreen Rappaport
Martin’s Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights, by Jim Haskins
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Sé La Vi: A Haitian Story of Hope, by Youme
The Harvey Milk Story, by Kari Krakow
Get Involved! Social Justice Activist, by Ellen Rodger and Jon Eben Field
Eleanor Roosevelt: Fighter for Social Justice, by Ann Weil
The Kid’s Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose—and Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action, by Babara A. Lewis
I Can Save the Earth! One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, by Alison Inches
Oh, Freedom! Kids Talk About the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made it Happen, by Casey King and Linda Barrett Osborne
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, by Claire A. Nivola
