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Featured social justice picks

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Whether you’re looking to learn about advocacy, see how others have improved their communities or explore ways to expand equitable options-- these titles are a great place to start.

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Cover of The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
The Undefeated
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2019
This love letter to Black life in the United States highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
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Cover of Is This a Cry for Help?
Emily Austin
Is This a Cry for Help?
2026
FICTION Austin, Emily
Darcy, a 32-year-old librarian, returns to work after a mental breakdown triggered by the death of her ex-boyfriend. Returning to work she faces local book bans, protests and more.
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Cover of Asian American Histories of the United States
Catherine Ceniza Choy
Asian American Histories of the United States
2022
973.0495 CHO
Illuminates how an over century-long history of Asian migration, labor and community formation in the U.S. is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early 21st century.
Cover of Blended
Sharon M. Draper
Blended
2018
Piano-prodigy Isabella, 11, whose Black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
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Cover of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
2025
956.054 ELA
After reporting on the War on Terror, Black Lives Matter protests and the slaughter in Gaza, the author concludes that much of what the West promises is a lie; there will always be groups outside the boundaries of privilege who won't be considered fully human.
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Cover of Whose Streets?
Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
Whose Streets?
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2017
Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising.
Cover of When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson
When Stars Are Scattered
2020
Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother.

Lexile level

530
Cover of Chain of Ideas
Ibram X Kendi
Chain of Ideas
2026
320.569 KEN
Historian Ibram X. Kendi examines the origins of the "great replacement theory" and how it has become a global political belief. Connecting modern rhetoric to the ideologies of 20th-century eugenicists and Nazi propaganda, Kendi illustrates how these beliefs have been repackaged for the digital age.
Cover of Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2021
T FICTION Lo, Malinda
When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status. Eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Lexile level

900L
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Cover of The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee
The Sum of Us
2021
305.8 MCG
Embarking on a deeply personal journey across the country from Mississippi to Maine, the author tallies up what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm: the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.
Cover of A Kids Book About Racism
Jelani Memory
A Kids Book About Racism
2023
J 305.8 MEM
An introductory book for parents and children to see what racism is, how it makes people feel and how to recognize it in the real world.
Cover of Porco Rosso
Hayao Miyazaki
Porco Rosso
2005
A disillusioned Italian World War 1 flying ace is living with a curse that turns him into a pig. He now works as a bounty hunter facing sky pirates and a brash American rival.
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Cover of Be a Revolution
Ijeoma Oluo
Be a Revolution
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2024
305.8 OLU
This anti-racist manual illustrates the everyday efforts made by activists to transform and remove systemic racism throughout multiple sectors in the U.S. as well as offering readers actionable steps to building equitable communities. 
Cover of I Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck
I Am Not Your Negro
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2017
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material.
Cover of All American Boys
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
All American Boys
2015
When 16-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.
Cover of Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghost Boys
2025
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen Black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.
Cover of They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
They Called Us Enemy
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2019
TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL 940.5317 TAK
This book details the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.

Lexile level

680
Cover of They Called Me a Lioness
Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri
They Called Me a Lioness
2022
956.942 TAM
Ahed Tamimi's father was born in 1967, the year Israeli occupation of the West Bank began, and every aspect of their family's life has been touched by it. Her memoir is one of the first to deal directly with what life in occupation actually means for the people in it, beyond geography or policy.
Cover of The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
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2017

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends.

Cover of Under the Skin
Linda Villarosa
Under the Skin
2022
362.1089 VIL
In America, Black people "live sicker and die quicker" than their white counterparts. Learn more about the forces in American society that each year rob Black Americans of years of life.
Cover of Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga
Other Words for Home
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2019
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.

Lexile level

930
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