Elementary and Middle School | Young Adult
Here are recommended historical fiction titles for Young Adults. In addition to the titles below, we recommend:
- Young Readers’ Editions: Noted social justice titles that have been adapted for young readers
- Zinn Education Project: Lessons, books, and films for middle and high school students on people's history
Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality*
By Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
The Weight of All Things
By Sandra Benitez
Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Bookshop (an indie bookstore platform) and / or Powells.com (an independent, unionized bookstore). A small percentage from book sales through these links goes to Teaching for Change.