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Books for Standing Up for Others for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books for Standing Up for Others for Ages 12–18

Navigating the social pressures of high school requires immense courage as your teen begins to define their moral compass and decide who they want to be when the stakes are high. These stories offer a vital roadmap for young adults learning to find their voice and protect others in a world that often demands silence or conformity. This collection provides your child with the strength to turn their empathy into action during these formative and sometimes difficult years.

3,136 books

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Americans Who Tell the Truth

Robert Shetterly

For the child who asks why the world feels unfair: discover the courageous people who spoke up for justice and helped sh

Cover of When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders

When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders

J. Patrick Lewis

For the child curious about why the world looks the way it does: these poems celebrate the brave people who stood up for

Cover of Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked Change

Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked Change

For the teenager who wants to make a difference: this guide explores historical social justice movements to inspire the

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Cover of Thurgood Marshall

The Making of America #6

Thurgood Marshall

Teri Kanefield

For the child who asks why some rules are unfair, this biography explores how one man used the power of law to challenge

Ages 10–14

Cover of Clans

When B's friend is kidnapped by a hateful group, she must make difficult choices about her own loyalties while fighting

Cover of PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace

PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace

Ivan Suvanjieff, Dawn Gifford Engle

World leaders and Nobel Laureates join forces with teenagers to tackle global crises, proving that simple acts can lead

Cover of Village of Scoundrels

Village of Scoundrels

For the young reader processing the weight of historical injustice, this story shows how ordinary teens find the bravery

Cover of Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change

Signature Lives

Cesar Chavez: Crusader for Social Change

For the child curious about how one person can change the world, this biography explores the power of nonviolent protest

Cover of The Man from the Other Side

The Man from the Other Side

On the edge of the Warsaw Ghetto, fourteen-year-old Marek and his family risk everything to hide a Jewish man during the

Cover of Girl in the Blue Coat

Girl in the Blue Coat

For the teen grappling with the weight of moral choices, this gripping mystery explores the courage required to act when

Cover of Daughter of Venice

Daughter of Venice

Donna Jo Napoli

Facing a life confined to a convent, Donata disguises herself as a boy to explore the hidden corners of 1592 Venice beyo

Cover of Say Something

For the teenager grappling with the weight of being a bystander to bullying and the heavy moral choice of when to speak

Cover of March: Book Two

March: Book Two

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

For the young person starting to notice injustice in the world and wondering how one person can possibly stand up agains

Cover of Freedom Rides: Campaign for Equality

Snapshots in History

Freedom Rides: Campaign for Equality

For the student curious about how ordinary people changed the world. This look at the 1961 Freedom Rides highlights the

Cover of Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World

Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World

Frederick Joseph, Porsche Joseph

For the teenager overwhelmed by the world's problems, this essential handbook transforms anxiety into action through his

Cover of How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

Naomi Klein, Rebecca Stefoff

For the young person feeling overwhelmed by the climate crisis and looking for a way to take meaningful action in their

Cover of We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

Todd Hasak-Lowy

For the young person feeling overwhelmed by world events and wondering how one person can make a difference through peac

Cover of Moxie

Jennifer Mathieu

High school football rules this small Texas town, but sixteen-year-old Viv is ready to spark a feminist revolution with

Cover of What Is the AIDS Crisis?

What Is the AIDS Crisis?

For the curious middle grader asking about LGBTQ history or health, this book explains the AIDS crisis through the lens

Cover of Twenty and Ten

Claire Huchet Bishop

Twenty students at a French boarding school risk everything to hide ten Jewish children from soldiers in this suspensefu

Cover of Speed of Light

Growing up in the 1950s South, an eleven-year-old girl confronts the harsh realities of racism and antisemitism within h

Cover of This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

These twenty essential lessons provide the vocabulary and tools needed to understand true history, confront injustice, a

Cover of Act

For the child who notices when things aren't fair and wants to make a difference in their community.

Cover of Iggie's House

Winnie must decide what kind of person she wants to be when a Black family moves into her white neighborhood and challen

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