UPDATE IN PROGRESS 1/8/2026

Activism

Teen Fiction

Internment by Samira AhmedA terrifying, futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence.

The Voting Booth by Brandy ColbertWhen Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn’t spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. And that’s how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marva’s missing cat), it’s clear that there’s more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio IturbeFollows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story.

Anger is a Gift by Mark OshiroSix years ago, Moss' father was murdered by a police officer in Oakland, leaving Moss with crippling panic attacks. The last thing Moss wants is another media heavy fight. But when a disabled student is injured by a metal detector at school and the school reacts by adding racist policies, Moss will have no choice but to stand up for what he believes in.

Watch Us Rise by Renée WatsonFrustrated by the way women are treated--even at their progressive New York City high school--two best friends start a Women's Rights Club, post their essays and poems online, and watch it go viral, attracting positive support as well as trolls.

Love is a Revolution by Renee WatsonHarlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist.

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