Social Justice Books

Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

Young Readers’ Editions

These are noted people’s history and social justice books that have been adapted for young readers. There are more Social Justice Booklists that include recommended titles for middle and high school readers.

Further Reading  — The New YA: Young Readers' Editions Can Change the Way We Teach History from Teaching Tolerance.

Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles. Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome. Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Powells, an independent, union labor bookstore. Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).

1493 for Young People: From Columbus's Voyage to Globalization
By Charles Mann, Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by)

Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers
By Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, a Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice (Young Readers)
By Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
 

The Untold History of the United States, Volume 1: Young Readers Edition, 1898-1945
By Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Adapted by)

The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2: Young Readers Edition, 1945-1962
By Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, Eric Singer (Adapted by)
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide *
By Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden

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