Social Activists

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full colour...

This collection of illustrated portraits celebrates the lives of influential neurodivergent figures who have achieved amazing things in recent times.Showcasing these 30 incredible people, the extraordinary stories in this book show that the things...

In Undaunted: Student Edition, Christine Caine uses her dramatic life story to show teens how God rescued her from a life where she was unnamed, unwanted, and unqualified. She tells how she overcame abuse, abandonment, fears, and other challenges to go...

**Joint Gold Winner of the Moonbeam Multicultural Non-Fiction Award 2019**This inspirational book tells the stories of more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in. It's been written to show other teens they can do the...

**Joint Gold Winner of the Moonbeam Multicultural Non-Fiction Award 2019**This inspirational book tells the stories of more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in. It's been written to show other teens they can do the...

This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer. From memories of getting their teeth kicked...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christopher Award 2013. Nominated for Florida Sunshine State Book Award 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780385741958Author Warren St. JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Famous Female Authors Who Wrote Their Way Into History"An absolute 'must read' for anyone thinking that centuries of literature being almost exclusively dominated by men."-Library Bookwatch#1 Bestseller in SociologyFrom the first recorded writer to...

Inspiring and practical, BE THE CHANGE is the essential handbook for the budding activist.'Gina Martin is a sensation' The Secret Barrister'Gina Martin's powerful campaigning and vital activism changed the law, making our country safer for women and...

Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Among them was the Wakatsuki family, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who was seven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593461617Author Ibram X. KendiFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint KokilaPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 184gDimensions(mm) 207mm * 138mm *...

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, arts writer and co-editor of Black Futures Kimberly Drew shows us that art and protest are inextricably linked. Drawing on...

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, The New Queer Conscience, Voices4 Founder and LGBTQIA activist Adam Eli offers a candid and compassionate introduction to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593177044Author Bryan StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm *...

One of the Evening Standard's Best Non-fiction 2021.'We knew that black and brown bodies, working class voices, women's voices, did not have a space where they could be heard - and so this writing collective was a necessary and political act' In the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for TAYSHAS Reading List 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780399554674Author Jazz JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

Changing the world may sound like an impossible task. It's the kind of thing only political leaders, business innovators, and celebrities can do, right? But what if that's not true? Just look to these change-making girls ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525580065Author Bryan StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807067574Author Jeanne TheoharisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

"Taking on the Plastics Crisis delivers straightforward advise for getting involved in the global movement to eliminate single-use plastics." -- Booklist, Starred Review"Brief yet inspirational, this story will galvanize youth to use their voices for...

Chosen a Best Children's Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center!Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsChildren's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year and School Library Journal Best Book 2022 and Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List 2023...

In 1969 Bernice Sandler was finishing her doctorate in Education at the University of Maryland, teaching part-time at the university, and trying to secure a full-time position. Despite her excellent credentials, it became clear she wasn't even being...

The New York Times bestseller How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi is shaping the way a generation thinks about race and racism. How to be a (Young) Antiracist is a dynamic reframing of the concepts shared in the adult book, with young adulthood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807003596Author Judith HeumannFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

"Gaby Melian tells so many stories through her relationship with food-about love, about loss, about hard work, and about finding her passion. The pages are dripping with delicious smells and tastes, and will give you a new way to look at both cooking and...

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Earth Guardians Youth Director and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shows us how his music feeds his environmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316523653Author Malala YousafzaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Little, Brown Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374393106Author Jonathan EigFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)Weight(grams)...

Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. "Wow! Leo's vulnerability and authenticity allowed me to experience his pain and triumph. A great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644212998Author Rebecca PittsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620976494Author Martin DubermanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint The New PressPublisher The New Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Juvenile Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781578690770Author Simki KuznickFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541910430Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541939998Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369392305Author Jean HinchliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Juvenile Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781578690763Author Simki KuznickFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425850098Author Heather SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Teacher Created MaterialsPublisher Teacher Created MaterialsWeight(grams) 59g