Human Rights and Activism

Human Rights and Activism

The books in this collection are about standing up, speaking out and taking action. These books will inspire the next generation to make the world a better place.

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Alone

A fully-illustrated treatment of the true stories of three young refugees who journey alone to North America, seeking refugee status.

Birds on the Brain

This sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city’s bird count event.

Burying the Moon

A beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village.

Caravan to the North

An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border.

Caravana al Norte

El relato de un niño viajando de El Salvador hacia los EE.UU. ilumina la realidad de los inmigrantes centroamericanos cuya única opción es abandonar su hogar.

Democracy

This Groundwork Guide shows that democracy arose as a consequence of very specific historical circumstances and is therefore unlikely to advance.

Dodger Boy

From award-winning author Sarah Ellis comes the story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.

El pan de la guerra

Parvana tiene 11 años y vive en Afganistán bajo el mandato de los talibanes. Cuando detienen a su padre buscará una solución desesperada: convertirse en un chico.

Focus. Click. Wind.

It’s 1968, and the Vietnam War has brought new urgency to the life of a seventeen-year-old aspiring photojournalist.

Genocide

This thoughtful book in the Groundwork Guides series helps young readers understand the difficult subject of genocide.

Go Home

In a small New Hampshire town, two teenagers from vastly different backgrounds find their future dreams challenged by family trauma and racism.

I Have the Right to Be a Child

A beautiful book that introduces young children to the concept of human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.