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Books for Standing Up for Others for Ages 8–11 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books for Standing Up for Others for Ages 8–11

As your child navigates the social hierarchies of middle grade life, they are likely noticing the painful moments when someone is being left out or treated unfairly. These stories offer the language and courage needed to bridge the gap between being a silent witness and becoming a supportive ally. This collection provides 3,332 ways to help your independent reader find their voice and stand firm for their peers.

3,226 books

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

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Against the Odds

Malala Yousafzai

For the child who asks why some children can't go to school, this biography introduces a young girl who bravely stood up

Cover of I Am Harriet Tubman

Ordinary People Change the World

I Am Harriet Tubman

For the child who wants to be a hero. Discover how Harriet Tubman used her incredible courage and kindness to lead other

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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 Americans Who Tell the Truth

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 Act

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

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 Eleanor Makes Her Mark

Eleanor Makes Her Mark

For the shy child who feels their voice doesn't matter, this inspiring biography shows how a quiet girl grew up to chang

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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 She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!

She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!

For the child who loves animals and wants to speak up against unfairness. See how two women turned their outrage into ac

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Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers

Marian Wright Edelman: For Every Child

Laura Wingfield

For the child curious about how one person can change the world for others. This introduction to Marian Wright Edelman s

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The Making of America #6

Thurgood Marshall

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

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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

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Red and Green and Blue and White

For children processing why some people are unkind to those who are different, this moving story shows how a neighborhoo

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Village of Scoundrels

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

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Rainbow Biography

Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement

Angela Shelf Medearis

For the child curious about the people who changed the world, this biography explores Coretta Scott King's strength and

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

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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

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Picture Book Biographies

A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth

Born into slavery, Sojourner Truth used her powerful voice to become a legendary crusader for abolition and civil rights

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 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

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Influential People

For the child who wonders if one person can really make a difference, this biography shows how a young girl's frustratio

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Scholastic First Biographies

Martin Luther King, Jr.

For the young child asking why things are sometimes unfair or why we celebrate MLK Day. This simple biography introduces

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Starring Mirette and Bellini

Emily Arnold McCully

Mirette masters the high wire and puts her daring skills to the ultimate test when she attempts to rescue the Great Bell

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