Teen Tuesday - Books About Activism

The Girl’s Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good

by Emma Gray (William Morrow Paperback, 27 February 2018).

Inside you’ll find: 
• A guide for how to choose good news sources and make sure you’re getting quality information.
• Practical instructions on how to get involved and stay involved, with examples from the author’s own experience organizing the successful “Watch Us Run” conference. 
• An exploration of female centric work spaces and instructions for how to create your own.  
• Advice for self-care and how to stay involved without exhausting yourself. 
• Extensive information including numbers to call, organizations to email and donate to, and scripts for reaching out to representatives and organizations. 

Whether you’re new to the front or an activism vet, there has never been a better time to jump into the fray.


The Revolution Handbook by Alice Skinner (Poppy paperback, 5 June 2018).  

Seen the news? Hate it? Don't know what to do next? Start a revolution with artist and activist Alice Skinner's smash-the-patriarchy guided journal-perfect for anyone who dreams of a better world, and wants to help make it a reality. 

With dozens of prompts that are both snarky and practical, the Revolution Handbook will get you to stop yelling helplessly at your news feed and start planning your resistance. Fill the interior pages to track the movements you admire and want to join. Plan your arguments on paper BEFORE you get tongue-tied at the dinner table. Log your scripts for calling representatives, make time for self-care, catalog the heroes you want to remember, and even sew Trump's mouth shut. 

Wake, Rise, Resist: The Progressive Teen's Guide to Fighting Tyrants and A*holes by Joanna Spathis (so's your face press paperback, 24 October 2017).  

Set up in three parts, the book is designed to guide teens—or any activist, really—into finding their political voice and is set up to help readers feel more empowered instantly. Wake, Rise, Resist has something to engage and empower every reader. Whatever your passion, whatever your personality, whatever your worry, whatever your age: this book has something for you.

Part I: Building Your Activist Toolkit sets all activists up for success, with actions to help extroverts, introverts, artists, techies, social media junkies, and more.

Part II: Activism Gets Real takes a long look at racism, sexism, and privilege and also offers a chapter with more than 15 passion projects to capture the imagination of any reader.

Part III: From Activist to Advocate offers advice on how to raise awareness, raise funds, and use self-care to keep yourself in the fight.

This Book Will (Help You) Change the World by Sue Turton (Wren & Rook paperback, 21 September 2017).  

Protest injustice. Campaign for change. Stand up for your future.

Political turmoil, shocks and upsets have rocked the world in the past few years, and it has never been more important to find your voice and stand up for what you believe in.

This book gives readers all the inspiration and empowerment they need to get out there, challenge the status quo and change the world themselves. Be it disrupting the system from within by joining political parties or inspiring change through protest, Turton shows young activists how their actions and words really can make a difference. With a toolkit demonstrating how to avoid fake news, triumph in debates and grab the spotlight for your campaign, this is the ultimate teen guide to changing the world.