Social Activists
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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 Read moreThis 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
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Ruby Bridges Takes Her Seat: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement
$8.99 Read moreWhen 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, … [more below]
- Series: Courageous Kids
- Author: Turner, Myra Faye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666334375
- Language: English
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100 Women Who Shaped World History
$10.99 Read moreA woman can do anything if she persists! Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary women around the world with this fact-filled biography collection for kids
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- Series: 100
- Author: Meyer Rolka, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1728290066
- Language: English
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Alice Wong
$12.79 Read moreBe proud. Be seen. Writer and organizer Alice Wong’s life and legacy is explored in this biography for early readers. Her work for disability representation and accessibility is presented in a simple,… [more below]
- Series: My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Hawley, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1668928353
- Language: English
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Penguin Reader Level 2: The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai (ELT Graded Reader): Level 2
$15.99 Read moreMalala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who fights for female education, and in 2014 became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary f… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Readers
- Author: Penguin Uk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 241447372
- Language: English
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How to Become an Accidental Entrepreneur
$24.95 Read moreTake a risk! Find your niche! Get to work!
How do entrepreneurs get ideas for a new business and how do they make their businesses thrive? What drives some entrepreneurs to use their ability and wealt
- Series: Accidental
- Author: MacLeod, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 145982833X
- Language: English
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America’s Youngest Ambassador: The Cold War Story of Samantha Smith’s Lasting Message of Peace
$26.95 Read moreIn 1982, amid the nuclear paranoia that engulfed the US and the Soviet Union, Samantha Smith, a fifth grader from Manchester, Maine, wrote a letter to the Kremlin asking the Soviet leader if he was go
- Author: Nelson, Lena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1684750202
- Language: English
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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
$17.95 Read moreA version for Young Adults is also available.
Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer,
- Author: Bennett, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1642590231
- Language: English
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Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change
$13.99 Read moreMoving, relatable, and totally true childhood biographies of Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Malala Yousafzai, and 12 other inspiring activists.
Every activist started out as a- Series: Kid Legends #6
- Author: Stevenson, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1683691415
- Language: English
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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement
$8.99 Read moreIt’s March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white pa… [more below]
- Series: Courageous Kids
- Author: Wilkins, Ebony Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496688031
- Language: English
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Food-Related Stories
$8.99 Read more“Gaby Melian tells so many stories through her relationship with food–about love, about loss, about hard work, and about finding her passion. The pages are dripping with delicious smells and tastes, … [more below]
- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Melian, Gaby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0593223497
- Language: English
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Larry Itliong
$12.79 Read moreThe My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Larry “Seven Fingers” Itliong, a Filipino American labor organizer, in a simple, age-appropriate w… [more below]
- Series: My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Loh-Hagan, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1668900106
- Language: English
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Mahatma Gandhi
$15.99 Read moreNew in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the father of India, in this true story of his life. As a young teenager in India, Gandhi led a rebellious life and w… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #25
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1786037874
- Language: English
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Three Little Words
$12.99 Read moreAn inspiring true story of the tumultuous nine years Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent in the foster care system, and how she triumphed over painful memories and real-life horrors to ultimately find her own… [more below]
- Author: Rhodes-Courter, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05 2009
- ISBN10: 1416948074
- Language: English
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Colorblind: A Story of Racism
$9.99 Read moreJohnathan, a fifteen-year-old African American from Long Beach, California, shares his story of being physically and verbally harassed because of his race, and of overcoming the discrimination to embr… [more below]
- Series: Zuiker Teen Topics
- Author: Harris, Johnathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1947378376
- Language: English
