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History Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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History Books for Ages 12–18

History for teenagers gets serious. Primary sources, competing narratives, the uncomfortable parts that earlier books may have softened. These 9,976 books trust older readers to engage with the full complexity of what happened and why it still matters.

9,976 books

Cover of Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti

Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti

After being injured in a hospital bombing, a Haitian boy named Djo must find the strength to hold onto hope and faith am

Cover of On Beale Street

On Beale Street

For the teenager grappling with systemic unfairness while discovering their passions, this story explores how music can

Cover of A Voice for Kanzas

A Voice for Kanzas

For the child finding the courage to speak out against unfairness, even when they are the new kid in a divided community

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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime

Trevor Noah

For the young person navigating identity and belonging. This memoir explores growing up in South Africa with wit, showin

Ages 10–14

Cover of Remember: The Journey to School Integration

Remember: The Journey to School Integration

For the child grappling with the reality of unfairness in history, this book uses real photos to honor the courage of th

Cover of Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story

Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story

Elspeth Leacock, Susan Washburn Buckley

True stories of people who risked everything for liberty come to life through detailed maps and vibrant illustrations of

Cover of Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Russell Freedman

Experience the year-long Montgomery bus boycott through the courageous people who walked for equality and changed Americ

Cover of The March Against Fear

The March Against Fear

Archival photographs bring to life James Meredith’s march across Mississippi and the historic tension between non-violen

Cover of We've Got a Job

We've Got a Job

Cynthia Levinson

For the young person looking to find their voice and realize that even children have the power to change the world throu

Cover of The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones

The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones

Ride along with a nineteenth-century cowboy as he faces the challenges of the American South in this historical journey

Cover of Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family

Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family

For the young person navigating a complex family tree and discovering how history shaped their identity.

Cover of No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa

No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa

Young South Africans from diverse backgrounds share candid stories and photographs of their daily lives in the era follo

Cover of Queerstory: An Infographic History of the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights

Queerstory: An Infographic History of the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights

Bold infographics and colorful timelines map out a century of landmark events, key figures, and statistics in the fight

Cover of Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves Who Sided with the British During the American Revolution

Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves Who Sided with the British During the American Revolution

Margaret Whitman Blair

Thousands of enslaved people fought for the British during the American Revolution, risking everything for a promise of

Cover of The Good Fight

For the child curious about why we vote and how we got here. This history of the American struggle for voting rights emp

Cover of Eat This!

Ten-year-old Bud hits the road during the Great Depression with nothing but a suitcase of treasures and a mission to fin

Cover of The Women Who Built Hollywood: 12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera

The Women Who Built Hollywood: 12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera

Susan Goldman Rubin

For the young movie buff who wants to see how women broke barriers and shaped the silver screen from behind and in front

Cover of To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement.

To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault shares her firsthand account of the six years she spent on the front lines of the Amer

Cover of Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

Words have the power to shift the course of a nation, as seen through fifteen pivotal addresses ranging from the America

Cover of Angel Thieves

For the teenager grappling with deep questions of legacy and social justice. This lyrical story helps navigate the searc

Cover of Angel of Greenwood

Angel of Greenwood

Poetry and dance bring two teenagers together in Tulsa's Black Wall Street just before a violent mob threatens to destro

Cover of Cause: Reconstruction America, 1863“1877

Cause: Reconstruction America, 1863“1877

Photographs and letters bring the post-Civil War era to life, following the nation's struggle to rebuild and the fight f

Cover of Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World

Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World

Uma Krishnaswami

For the young activist curious about how change happens, this dual biography connects the legacies of two icons to show

Cover of In the Shadow of Liberty

Hidden History #1

In the Shadow of Liberty

Kenneth C. Davis

For children ready to look past the myths of history, this book explores the complex reality of American leaders through

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