Social Justice/ Social Issues Reading List

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian     Call #: FIC ALE    Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

Accidental   Call #: FIC RIC   Richards, Alex

After    Call #: FIC EFA    Efaw, Amy

Agnes at the end of the world   Call#: FIC MCW   McWilliams, Kelly

All he knew Call#: FIC FRO    Frost, Helen

All-American Muslim Girl Call #: FIC COU    Courtney, Nadine

Angry management : three novellas    Call #: FIC CRU    Crutcher, Chris.

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe    Call #: FIC SAE    Sáenz, Benjamin Alire.

The art of breaking things     Call #: FIC SIB    Sibson, Laura

As long as the lemon trees grow Call #: FIC KAT

The assignment    Call #: FIC WIE   Wiemer, Lisa

Backfield Boys   Call #: FIC FEI   Feinstein, John

Baggage    Call #: FIC PHI    Phillips, Wendy, 1959-

Baseball and the color line    Call #: 796.357 GIL    Gilbert, Thomas W.

Baseball has done it    Call #: 796.357 ROB    Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972\

Bear Boy Call #: 179.30 BAR    Barker, Justin

Beasts of no nation Call #: FIC IWE    Iweala, Uzodinma

Becoming     Call #: 973.932 OBA   Obama, Michelle, 1964-

Between the lines     Call #: FIC GRI    Grimes, Nikki.

Bifocal    Call #: FIC ELL    Ellis, Deborah, 1960-

The bite of the mango    Call #: 966.404 KAM    Kamara, Mariatu.

Bitter end     Call #: FIC BRO    Brown, Jennifer, 1972-

The Black Friend Call#: 305.8 JOS   Joseph, Frederick

Black and white    Call #: FIC VOL    Volponi, Paul.

Black and white    Call #: FIC WAL    Walters, Eric, 1957-

Black, white, other : in search of Nina Armstrong    Call #: FIC LES    Lester, Joan Steinau, 1940-

The blue door    Call #: 940.5472 KRI    Kristensen, Lise, 1934-

Blue gold    Call #: FIC STE    Stewart, Elizabeth Mary.

The boat people     Call #: FIC BAL    Bala, Sharon,

Boy on ice : the life and death of Derek Boogaard    Call #: 796.962 BOO BRA    Branch, John 

Branded     Call #: FIC WAL HL    Walters, Eric, 1957- Series: Orca currents

The Bridge Home Call #: FIC VEN Venkatramen, Padma

Broken memory : a novel of Rwanda     Call #: FIC COM    Combres, Elisabeth.

Call me by my name    Call #: FIC BRA    Bradley, John Ed.

Can't get there from here    Call #: FIC STR    Strasser, Todd.

Catfishing on CatNet    Call #: FIC KRI  Kritzer, Naomi

Chance to dance for you     Call #: FIC SOB    Sobat, Gail Sidonie, 1961-

A child called "it" : one child's courage to survive    Call #: 362.76 PEL    Pelzer, David J.

Color Me In   Call #: FIC DIA   Diaz, Natasha

Concrete rose Call #: FIC THO   Thomas, Angie

Copper Sun Call #: FIC DRA    Draper, Sharon M.

The Courage to Compete Call #: 362.19   Curran, Abbey

Dear Martin     Call #: FIC STO    Stone, Nic.

Devotion Call #: 951.9 MAK   Makos, Adam

Educated : a memoir     Call #: 362.82 WES    Westover, Tara

Enduring freedom Call #:  FIC ARA   Jawad Arash and Trent Reedy

Exit, pursued by a bear     Call #: FIC JOH    Johnston, E. K.

 Exposed   Call #: FIC VAU    Vaught, Susan, 1965-

The fall    Call #: FIC NEL    Nelson, Colleen.

Fashionopolis: The secrets behind the clothes we wear Call #: 746.92 THO   Thomas, Dana

The feminist agenda of Jemma Kincaid   Call #: FIC HAT   Hattemer, Kate

Fifteen lanes    Call #: FIC LAI    Laidlaw, S. J.

The first part last    Call #: FIC JOH    Johnson, Angela.

First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers    Call #: 959.604 UNG    Ung, Loung.

Fishtailing     Call #: FIC PHI    Phillips, Wendy, 1959-

Four-Four-Two    Call #: FIC HUG    Hughes, Dean, 1943-

Frederick : a story of boundless hope    Call #: 967.571 NDA    Ndabaramiye, Frederick,

Ghost boys    Call #: FIC RHO    Rhodes, Jewell Parker.

Girl in the blue coat     Call #: FIC HES    Hesse, Monica.

Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time    Call #: 371.822 STO    Stone, Tanya Lee.

Give a boy a gun    Call #: FIC STR    Strasser, Todd.

The glass castle : a memoir     Call #: 362.82/092    Walls, Jeannette.

Golden Arm Call #: FIC DEU    Deuker, Carl

Golden boy    Call #: FIC SUL    Sullivan, Tara.

Golden boy : a novel    Call #: FIC TAR    Tarttelin, Abigail, 1987-

The good braider : a novel   Call #: FIC FAR    Farish, Terry.

Gutter Child Call #: FIC RIC   Richardson, Jael

Haben: The deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law   Call #:340.09 GIR  Girma, Haben

Half-blood blues    Call #: FIC EDU    Edugyan, Esi.

Harbor me    Call #: FIC WOO    Woodson, Jacqueline.

Harriet Tubman Call #: 326.8    Captivating History

Hate list     Call #: FIC BRO    Brown, Jennifer, 1972-

Hate mail    Call #: FIC POL HL    Polak, Monique. Series: Orca currents

The Hate U Give Call #: FIC THO Thomas, Angie

Here to stay    Call #: FIC FAR    Farizan, Sara.

Hidden girl : the true story of a modern-day child slave    Call #: 362.77 HAL    Hall, Shyima.

How dare the sun rise: Memoirs of a war child Call #: 967.51 UWI    Uwiringiyimana, Sandra

How I shed my skin : unlearning the racist lessons of a southern childhood    Call #: 305.8 GRI    Grimsley, Jim, 1955-

I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban    Call #: 371.822 YOU    Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-

If I Grow Up Call #: FIC STR

Ironman Call #:FIC CRU

The Invisible Boy    Call#: FIC HOL   Alyssa Hollingsworth

I shall not hate : a Gaza doctor's journey    Call #: 956.9405    Abuelaish, Izzeldin.

Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption    Call #: 353.48 STE    Stevenson, Bryan.

Just mercy ~ adapted for young adults Call #: 340.092 STE   Stevenson, Bryan.

Kite spirit    Call #: FIC BRA GL    Brahmachari, Sita.

The Known World Call #: FIC JON    Jones, Edward P.

Learning to breathe    Call #: FIC MAT    Mather, Janice Lynn,

A lesson before dying    Call #: FIC GAI    Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-

Let justice roll down Call #: 261.8 PER    Perkins, John M.

Letters from a slave girl Call #: FIC LYO   Lyons, Mary E.

Letters to a bullied girl : messages of healing and hope    Call #: 302.3 GAR    Gardner, Olivia.

Long way down    Call #: FIC REY    Reynolds, Jason.

A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier    Call #: 966.404 BEA    Beah, Ishmael, 1980-

The marrow thieves    Call #: FIC DIM    Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

The memory of light    Call #: FIC STO    Stork, Francisco X.

Middle row    Call #: FIC OLS HL    Olsen, Sylvia, 1955- Series: Orca soundings

A million little pieces   Call #: FIC FREY    Frey, James, 1969-

Miral    Call #: FIC JEB    Jebreal, Rula.

More than you can chew     Call #: FIC TOK    Tokio, Marnelle.

Mun Mun Call #: FIC AND   Andrews, Jesse

Never fall down : a novel     Call #: FIC MCC    McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

No place     Call #: FIC STR    Strasser, Todd.

Nothing but life Call #: FIC VAN   Van Staalduinen, Brent

Now is the time for running Call #: FIC WIL    Williams, Michael

October mourning : a song for Matthew Shepard    Call #: FIC NEW    Newman, Lesléa.

Old man     Call #: FIC POU    Poulsen, David A., 1946-

On the come up     Call #: FIC THO    Thomas, Angie.

The only road Call#: FIC DIA Diaz, Alexandra

The prisoner's wife : a memoir    Call #: 364.4 BAN    Bandele, Asha.

A question of freedom : a memoir of learning, survival, and coming of age in prison  Call #: 365.42 BET    Betts, R. D.

Real Justice: Sentenced to life at seventeen Call #: 364.1523 REA MIL

Real Justice: Guilty of being weird Call #: 364.1523 REA MOR

Real Justice: Fourteen and sentenced to death Call #: 364.1523 REA TRU

Refugee    Call #: FIC GRA    Gratz, Alan

Recipe for hate    Call #: FIC KIN    Kinsella, Warren, 1960-

Reservation blues     Call #: FIC ALE    Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

Resistance     Call #: FIC NIE    Nielsen, Jennifer A.

Rich man's coffin : a novel    Call #: FIC GAR    Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.

Rose under fire    Call #: FIC WEI    Wein, Elizabeth.

Runaway     Call #: FIC VAN    Van Draanen, Wendelin.

Scars like wings   Call #: FIC STE   Stewart, Erin

Self-made man : one woman's journey into manhood and back again    Call #: 305.31 VIN    Vincent, Norah.

Shake hands with the devil Call #: 967.571 DAL    Dallaire, Romeo

Shaken    Call #: FIC WAL    Walters, Eric, 1957-

The Silence between us   Call#: FIC GER   Gervais, Alison

Shine    Call #: FIC MYR    Myracle, Lauren, 1969-

The silence of our friends     Call #: 741.5973 LON GN    Long, Mark, 1957-

Sold    Call #: FIC MCC    McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

Soldier boy   Call #: FIC HUT   Hutton, Keely

Stamped: racism, anti-racism, and you Call #: 305.897 REY    Renolds, Jason

A stone of hope : a memoir    Call #: 361.2 ST    St. Germain, Jim.

Strangers assume my girlfriend is my nurse   Call #: 617.482   Burcaw, Shane

Swagger  Call #: FIC DEU   Deuker, Carl

Swing    Call #: FIC ALE    Alexander, Kwame

The girl from Aleppo : Nujeen's escape from war to freedom  Call: 956.91 MUS    Mustafa, Nujeen

They called me number one : secrets and survival at an Indian residential school    Call #: 371.829 SEL    Sellars, Bev

They fight like soldiers, they die like children : the global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers    

Call #: 355.3 DAL    Dallaire, Roméo A.

They poured fire on us from the sky : the true story of three lost boys from Sudan    

Call #: 962.404 DEN    Deng, Benson.

This light between us Call #: FIC FUK    Fukuda, Andrew

This time will be different Call #: FIC SUG    Sugiura, Misa

This voice in my heart : a genocide survivor's story of escape, faith, and forgiveness    

Call #: 967.572 TUH    Tuhabonye, Gilbert.

A thousand miles to freedom : my escape from North Korea    Call #: 951.93 KIM    Kim, Ŭn-ju, 1986-

Thunder over Kandahar     Call #: FIC MCK    McKay, Sharon E.

A time to stand    Call #: FIC WHI    Whitlow, Robert, 1954-

Too late the phalarope     Call #: FIC PAT    Paton, Alan.

Traffick     Call #: FIC HOP    Hopkins, Ellen.

Trafficked    Call #: FIC PUR    Purcell, Kim.

A train in winter : a story of resistance, friendship and survival    Call #: 940.5308 MOO    Moorehead, Caroline.

The translator : a tribesman's memoir of Darfur    Call #: 962.404 HAR    Hari, Daoud.

Tricks    Call #: FIC HOP    Hopkins, Ellen.

Tweaked    Call #: FIC HOL    Holubitsky, Katherine, 1955-

Underground to Canada    Call #: FIC SMU    Smucker, Barbara, 1915-2003.

An Uninterrupted View of the Sky   Call #: FIC CRO   Crowder, Melanie

The unwanted : stories of the Syrian refugees    Call #: 956.91 BRO    Brown, Don, 1949-

Uprising : a new age is dawning for every mother's daughter    Call #: 305.42 ARM    Armstrong, Sally, 1943-

A very large expanse of sea     Call #: FIC MAF    Mafi, Tahereh.

Walking home     Call #: FIC WAL    Walters, Eric, 1957-

War brothers     Call #: FIC MCK    McKay, Sharon E.

War child : a child soldier's story     Call #: 962.404 JAL    Jal, Emmanuel.

Watch us rise  Call#: FIC WAT   Watson, Renee & Hagan, Ellen

The way it is    Call #: FIC REI    Reid, Donalda J., 1943-

We are witnesses: Five diaries of teenagers who died in the holocaust   Call #: 940.53 BOA   Boas, Jacob

What made Maddy run : the secret struggles and tragic death of an All-American teen    

Call #: 616.8584 FAG    Fagan, Kate

What unbreakable looks like Call #: FIC MCL    McLaughlin, Kate

When men become gods : Mormon polygamist Warren Jeffs, his cult of fear, and the women who fought back    

Call #: 306.8423 SIN    Singular, Stephen.

Where the wind leads : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption    

Call #: 304.8 CHU    Chung, Vinh, 1975-

Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?

Call #: 305.8 Tatum, Beverly Daniel

Wrecked Call #: FIC PAD   Padian, Maria

You can't run : the terrifying true story of a young woman trapped in a violent relationship   

  Call #: 362.82 THO    Thomas, Mandy.

Your corner dark Call #: FIC HAL    Hall, Desmond


THE AZRIELI SERIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MEMOIRS

A childhood unspoken Marie Doduck

In hiding Marguerite Elias Quddus

A light in the clouds Margalith Esterhuizen

In dreams together Leslie Fazekas

Stronger together Ibolya Grossman 

Memories in focus Pinchas Gutter

A part of me Bronia Jablon

Inside the walls Eddie Klein

If, by miracle Michael Kutz

The weight of freedom Nate Leipciger

Suddenly the shadow fell Leslie Meisels

A tapestry of survival Leslie Mezei

Hope's reprise David Newman

Gatehouse to hell Felix Opatowski

From generation to generation Agnes Tomasov

Knocking on every door Anka Voticky

Carry the torch Sam Weisberg - Also includes A lasting legacy by Johnny Jablon


ON SORA (ebooks and audiobooks)

Just mercy   Bryan Stevenson

Shattered   Eric Walters

Dear Martin   Nic Stone

All american boys   Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely

This book is anti-racist   Tiffany Jewell

...and more!