28 Social Justice Titles in YA Lit

It doesn’t seem like teens these days need any inspiration to fight to protect their rights as they’re demanding their voices be heard over gun control laws in America. But, it never hurts to read about people who may be different than you, so grab a title from this list to explore social justice themes like class, race, gender, sexuality, and more!

1. 101 Changemakers – Rebels and Radicals Who Changed US History by Michele Bollinger and Dao X. Tran
2. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
3. American Street by Ibi Zoboi
4. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
5. Dear Martin by Nic Stone
6. Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt
7. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
8. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
9. Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen
10. How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
11. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai (Author),‎ Patricia McCormick
12. If I Ever Get Out Of Here by Eric Gansworth
13. The Inside of Out by Jenn Marie Thorne
14. The Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila Stevenson
15. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
16. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Peréz
17. March Trilogy by Congressman John Lewis
18. Monster by Walter Dean Myers
19. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
20. Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
21. Refugee by Alan Gratz
22. Saints and Misfits by SK Ali
23. Sold by Patricia McCormick
24. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
25. This Land is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne
26. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights by Elspeth Leacock (Adapter),‎ Susan Buckley (Adapter),‎ Lynda Blackmon Lowery
27. Tyrell by Coe Booth
28. X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon