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Young Adult About Standing Up for Others – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Young Adult About Standing Up for Others

Explore young adult books about standing up for others for children.

406 books

Cover of I Kick and I Fly

I Kick and I Fly

Fourteen-year-old Heera learns kung fu to protect her body and her future, leading her on a daring rescue mission from r

Cover of The Gauntlet

For the teen grappling with questions of autonomy and sacrifice while navigating high-stakes pressure to protect those t

Cover of Buried Heart

Court of Fives #3

For the teen navigating the tension between family loyalty and personal ethics while deciding where they stand in a chan

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Article 5

Kristen Simmons

Strict Moral Statutes rule Ember’s world, but when the boy she loves arrests her mother, she must decide whether to stay

Ages 14–18

Cover of Dangerous Play

After a sexual assault, Zoe and her field hockey teammates transform into a group of vigilantes seeking justice in their

Cover of What's a Girl Gotta Do?

The Spinster Club #3

What's a Girl Gotta Do?

For the teenager who wants to change the world but feels overwhelmed by the cost: a powerful look at activism, online ha

Cover of Unequal: A Story of America

Unequal: A Story of America

Michael Eric Dyson, Marc Favreau

For the teenager asking why society feels unfair, this powerful history reveals how systemic inequality was built and th

Cover of The Freedom Summer Murders

The Freedom Summer Murders

Primary documents reveal the true story of three civil rights workers whose pursuit of voting justice led to a tragic en

Cover of All Fall Down

Trapped between a powerful grandfather and suspicious neighbors on Embassy Row, Grace must hunt down her mother's killer

Cover of Hollow Fires

For teens grappling with the reality of hate in their communities, this mystery follows a young journalist seeking the t

Cover of All American Boys

All American Boys

Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely

For teens grappling with news of racial injustice and the complex choice between staying silent or standing up for what

Cover of This Thing of Ours

This Thing of Ours

Frederick Joseph

When an injury ends his basketball dreams, Ossie joins a writing program and finds his voice just as his school erupts i

Cover of The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds #1

The Darkest Minds

Alexandra Bracken

After a mysterious disease grants survivors dangerous abilities, Ruby escapes a brutal government camp to join a band of

Cover of The Ruby Circle

The Ruby Circle

Exposed secrets and forbidden romance force an Alchemist and a vampire on a desperate hunt to protect their loved ones f

Cover of Zom-B

Zombies are tearing through the hallways of B’s high school. With the world falling apart, survival means making quick a

Cover of Queen of the Gods

Daughter of the Underworld #2

Queen of the Gods

Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr

Trapped in the Underworld, Deina must outsmart Hades and find a legendary artifact before a monstrous army uses it to de

Cover of Frederick Douglass: For the Great Family of Man

Frederick Douglass: For the Great Family of Man

Follow the incredible life of a man who escaped slavery to become a brilliant abolitionist, a champion for women, and a

Cover of The Disappearance of Ember Crow

The Disappearance of Ember Crow

Ambelin Kwaymullina

Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of children with inexplicable powers retreat to their forest haven after a high-stakes raid on

Cover of Margot Mertz Takes It Down

Margot Mertz #1

Margot Mertz Takes It Down

Carrie McCrossen, Ian McWethy

Margot Mertz uses her tech skills to scrub digital shames from the web, but a dark revenge-porn site at her school spark

Cover of Elysium Girls

When goddesses use their town as a gameboard, Sal and a mysterious outsider must survive the brutal Dust Bowl desert to

Cover of Grace and Fury

Grace and Fury #1

Serina was trained to be the perfect submissive lady, but she ends up imprisoned for the rebellious secrets of her young

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Hollow Crown #2

Zoraida Córdova

For the teen navigating the heavy weight of expectations and the struggle to stay true to themselves while the world aro

Cover of Forest of the Pygmies

Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar #3

Forest of the Pygmies

Alexander and Nadia travel to the Kenyan forests to rescue missing missionaries and encounter a hidden world of corrupti

Cover of The Big Lie

For the teen starting to question the status quo and looking for the courage to stand up against unfair rules and societ

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