16 Days of Activism (Youth)

Respect is... choosing to be the change.

Updated November 7, 2024
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Girls on the verge
Waller, Sharon Biggs
Paper Book
"Absolutely essential, as is the underlying message that girls take care of each other when no one else will." --Booklist, Starred Review A 2020 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Girls on the Verge is an incredibly timely novel about a...
Fighting words
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Paper Book
*Newbery Honor Book* *Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor*   A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of The War that Saved My Life...
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now ... : A LOVE Story
Banuelos, German
Paper Book
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner A New York Times Bestseller Seven starred reviews! "Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish...This is what it could be, should be, if only we were all as lucky as Aria. Girls (and...
Sparrow
Jackson, Mary Cecilia
Paper Book
In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Mary Cecilia Jackson's devastating but hopeful YA debut is about a ballerina who finds the courage to confront the abuse that haunts her past and threatens her future. There are two kinds of people on the planet....
We can be heroes
McCauley, Kyrie
Paper Book
Kyrie McCauley, author of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award winner If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about the lasting bonds of friendship and three girls fighting for each other in the aftermath of a school shooting....
You too?
Gurtler, Janet
Paper Book
A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more. When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the...
#MeToo and you : everything you need to know about consent, boundaries, and more
Bondy, Halley
Paper Book
Can you define a healthy relationship? Would you recognize unsafe or abusive behavior if you saw it or heard about it? "My friend said if I don't give her my new shoes, she won't invite me to her party." "My older neighbor invites me over to play video games but told me not to tell...
Here we are : feminism for the real world
Jensen, Kelly
Paper Book
LET'S GET THE FEMINIST PARTY STARTED! Have you ever wanted to be a superheroine? Join a fandom? Create the perfect empowering playlist? Understand exactly what it means to be a feminist in the twenty-first century? You've come to the right place. ...

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