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Books About Justice & Fairness for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books About Justice & Fairness for Ages 12–18

Teenagers are ready for the full weight of injustice and the full complexity of what it takes to address it. These 7,077 books explore civil rights, systemic inequality, activism, and the question of what justice actually looks like when easy answers aren't available.

7,077 books

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The Boy Who Couldn't Die

William Sleator

After his best friend dies, sixteen-year-old Ken undergoes a ritual to become invulnerable to pain and death. But the my

Cover of Mr. Chickee's Funny Money

The Flint Future Detectives #1

Mr. Chickee's Funny Money

Christopher Paul Curtis

Armed with the Snoopeeze 9000, Steven and his giant dog outrun Treasury agents to solve the mystery of a bill with fifte

Cover of Egyptian Diary

Historical Diaries #4

Young Nakht leaves his small town for the bustling city of Memphis to train as a scribe and solve the mystery of who is

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The Callers #2

The Hidden Forest

Kiah Thomas

Magic has a hidden price in the world of Elipsom, where summoning objects steals from a dying land. Quin and Davinia mus

Ages 8–12

Cover of Renegades

A girl seeking vengeance against the powerful Renegades finds her mission complicated by a boy who believes in both just

Cover of The Callers

Quin lives in a world where everyone summons objects from thin air, but he discovers these items are actually being stol

Cover of Smoke and Shadow, Part One

Avatar: The Last Airbender #4

Smoke and Shadow, Part One

Dark shadows loom over the Fire Nation capital as a mysterious society threatens the crown and children begin vanishing

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Batman: Nightwalker

Sentenced to community service at Arkham Asylum, young Bruce Wayne meets a mysterious girl with dangerous ties to a gang

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The Chronicles of Narnia #7

The Last Battle

Jill and Eustace return to Narnia one last time to face a rising evil and follow Aslan toward a glorious new paradise.

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Becoming Muhammad Ali

James Patterson, Kwame Alexander

Cassius Clay was just a kid in Louisville facing school struggles and racism before a stolen bike led him to the boxing

Cover of The Diversion

K. A. Applegate

The secret is out: the Yeerks know the Andalite Bandits are actually human. Now Tobias and the Animorphs must fight to s

Cover of What Was World War I?

What Was World War I?

Venture into the trenches of the Great War to learn how planes, tanks, and a single assassination changed the world fore

Cover of Everwild

Skinjacker Trilogy #2

Neal Shusterman

In Everlost, a limbo for children who died, Nick seeks to release souls with coins, while Mikey and Allie join "skinjack

Cover of Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4

Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood

Animal characters bring the complex history of World War I to life, revealing the true tales and secret battles of the f

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Five years after a tragic murder-suicide rocked Fairview, Pip begins a school project to prove the town's scapegoat was

Cover of Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice

Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice

Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood

Bold poems and vibrant art celebrate the power of empathy and speaking out against injustice, showing how a new generati

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The Marsh Road Mysteries #1

Diamonds and Daggers

When a Hollywood star’s diamond necklace vanishes at the theater, Piotr must solve the mystery to clear his father’s nam

Cover of Long Way Down

Will stands in an elevator with a gun tucked in his waistband, facing sixty seconds of ghosts and a choice between neigh

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The Orphan Band of Springdale

Arriving in Maine with only her French horn, Gusta searches for a hidden family treasure while facing the rising tension

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Ghetto Cowboy #1

Sent to live with a father he barely knows, Cole discovers a hidden world of urban cowboys in Philadelphia and a horse h

Cover of Lovely War

Aphrodite narrates a sweeping story of four mortals whose lives of music, architecture, and heartbreak collide during th

Cover of Cinder

The Lunar Chronicles #1

For teens seeking strong, independent female protagonists in a thrilling, futuristic adventure that reimagines classic f

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The Perfect Score

Six high school seniors with different secrets team up to pull off an impossible heist: stealing the answers to the S.A.

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Throne of Glass #2

Crown of Midnight

Assassin Celaena Sardothien must maintain a deadly charade in the king's court while protecting a secret that could dest

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