A list of books that tackle social justice in YA fiction, including The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez.
In ‘ Stay Home ,’ by Sita Brahmachari, an exhausted young girl is struggling to care for her mother, instead of enjoying her right to a childhood. YA Shot is built on human rights principles: it’s an ideal place to explore how reading, writing and human rights are interlinked. So, that’s the background story. Here are 24 books to use in the classroom when teaching about social justice: Picture Books … 1. 10 YA Fantasy Books Inspired By Asian Mythology — And Written By Female Authors . By Kerri Jarema. An epidemic of loyalty oaths has spread across the Nation until no town or village seems to feel secure until its servants have purged themselves of all suspicion of non-conformity by swearing to their political cleanliness. These YA books expose racism's ugly underbelly and tell hard truths to arm the next generation with the tools they need to face it. Check out this list of the top eight picks. That means all the books have to be at our fingertips, because no way are we hitting pause. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson Anderson’s profound Speak is a true YA must-read.It follows a year in the life of the muted Melinda, who goes silent and falls into a deep depression after being raped at 13, unable to communicate her trauma to family or friends and instead bottling it up until she’s about to burst. The Young Adult (YA) fiction genre is a category aimed at teens, but many of the books have an adult following, as well. By Taylor Henderson. Here’s our list of completed young adult series you can start reading right now–no waiting required. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare New Activism Africa Afro-Latinx American Indians Arabs and Arab Americans Asia and Asian Americans The more specific explanation is that two events set me off in this direction. (glossary) (Fiction. Here are more than 60 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. 29 New LGBTQ+ YA Books to Add to Your Reading List . Few books about the Holocaust center on what came after liberation for concentration camp survivors — but that’s right where What the Night Sings begins. Oct. 4, 2018. This book taught me so much — about resilience, sacrifice, Turkish history, the past's impact on the present, and, above all, our capacity as humans to listen, learn, and love. "If I went to any federal prosecutor in the country and said, 'Listen, I have a thirteen-year-old girl who was kidnapped, forcibly taken from her home, and forced to have sex with a forty-year-old guy and then sold to other men,' they would be saying, 'Bring it on.' Books about social justice allow our students insight into what it feels like to be a refugee, to encounter racism, or to have to fight against great odds for rights and freedoms which others take for granted. With The Giver and The Maze Runner about to hit the big screen, it makes you wonder what other YA books would make perfect movies! Whether focusing on a specific topic like human trafficking or looking for a general human rights overview, these five books present challenging and expert perspectives on their respective topics. 13 Completed Young Adult Series You Can Start Right Now! by Rutendo Tavengerwei "A narrative of courage and optimism in the face of loss, this novel is brilliant storytelling. By Kerri Jarema. All of them would be useful for any student or professional looking to expand their knowledge and research on human rights … YA books that effectively examine human rights-related issues Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Literature is a key force in creating the awareness, understanding & empathy needed to support human rights. There are two main streams of human rights policy and action within the European Union. Why does #YAShot2018 have a #humanrights theme? One is that I moved to a teaching job at Oxford in 1998 and one of my colleagues there was James Griffin who was just starting to write a book on human rights that was eventually published some ten years later — a very important book. Books dealing with peace, human rights, gender issues, war, equality, etc. The States have followed in the footsteps of the Federalists and have put Alien and Sedition Acts upon their statute books. One of the most striking features of the book is how it challenges our preconceptions that human rights abuses only occur far away.