Student Resistance In The Age Of Chaos Book 1, 1999-2009
by Mark Edelman Boren
The first all-encompassing history of today's global student activism movement. Student resistance in the first decade of the 21st century was the single most powerful liberating force around the globe during those years. Challenging governments--in a few cases, overturning governments--at a time when representational democracies appeared weak and authoritarian regimes were on the rise. In Student Resistance in the Age of Chaos, Book 1, Mark Boren goes continent by continent, country by country...
Building a Just Society (Spotlight on Social Justice)
by Barbara Gottfried
Black History for Every Day of the Year
by MACMILLAN and David Olusoga
Black History for Every Day of the Year by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and his siblings, Yinka Olusoga and Kemi Olusoga, tells the unique and vital story Black history, sweeping across the world and through the ages.In these pages you will see hope and connection, ingenuity and creativity, alongside tales of racism and oppression, resistance and celebration. From the Victorian Transatlantic anti-slavery movement to the Black contribution to World Wars One and Two, the w...
Black and Brave History: 30 Sheroes Who Shook Britain
by Anu Adebogun
You Were Made to Make a Difference
by Max Lucado and Jenna Lucado Bishop
Want to change theworld? Did you know You Were Made to Makea Difference? This adaptation of OutliveYour Life for teens offers practical tips youth can take out into theircommunity to make a difference, plus real-life stories about those who havedone just that. Teens learn that God can use them to make a difference rightnow. He wants to use them today, without waiting for them to be older,stronger, richer, or even more "together." God can use their minds, theirspirits, and their hands and feet t...
Young people are inheriting a world of climate catastrophe. Young people are also one of the strongest forces leading movements for climate justice, and to halt the fossil fuel emissions that are making our Earth unlivable. As Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for the Future movement have made clear, solutions offered by adults are far too little, far too late: the measures in unenforceable international agreements won't halt our reliance on fossil fuels, or take the drastic steps humans need to ta...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition)
Get inside the head of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, history’s second woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. This collection of quotes has been curated from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s numerous public statements—interviews, court opinions, oral arguments from her time as a lawyer, speeches, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her legacy and her impact on American history, specifically geared toward middle and high school readers. The quotes in the collection touch on equality, the law, feminism, the...
LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024. "This is an anthology to contemplate, revisit and relish" - LoveReading4Kids 'It's time we told our story too. The melanin speaks for itself.' - George the Poet Part of a Story That Started Before Me is an extraordinary new collection of poems chosen by acclaimed spoken-word performer and social commentator George the Poet. Taking readers on a thought-provoking poetical journey through Black British history, the anthology brings together some of the most...
You CAN do something about gun violence. This Book Is Not a Gun leads your way by revealing its causes, countering misconceptions, guiding introspection and inspiring action. * From the young-adult non-fiction series that brought you the #1 New York Times bestseller This Book Is Anti-Racist * Who are you? What is your experience with gun violence? How does gun violence affect the world? What can we do to change it? This fourth instalment in the critically acclaimed Empower the Future series...
Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community
by Lady Gaga
Channel Kindness is a collection of fifty-one stories of kindness, bravery, and resilience from young people all over the world collected by the Born This Way Foundation and introduced by Lady Gaga.For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kindness can change the way we view one another, our communities, and even ourselves. She embodies this mission, and through her work, brings more kindness into our world every single day.Lady Gaga has...
I want to show you how you can be a champion in almost anything you put your mind to. Marcus Rashford MBE is famous worldwide for his skills both on and off the pitch – but before he was a Manchester United and England footballer, and long before he started his inspiring campaign to end child food poverty, he was just an ordinary kid from Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Now the nation's favourite footballer wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide for lif...
During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family when he goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico.
Becoming an Active Citizen (Spotlight on an Equitable World)
by Mary Ratzer
Creating Solutions (Spotlight on an Equitable World)
by Mary Ratzer
The College Student's Guide to Magnetic Friendships and Positive Influence
by Samantha Freeman