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1) Night moves
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Author
Series
Ellie McDoodle volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Ellie writes and doodles in a journal of her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best...
6) Rampage
Author
Series
Singular menace volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Teen activist Shay and her brother Odin are closing in on Singular Corp. and ready to shut down the evil conglomerate once and for all"--
7) Uncaged
Author
Series
Singular menace volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"When an animal rights action at a research lab goes wrong, a terrible secret is exposed, and Shay must find her brother Odin before the researchers at Singular Corp can silence both of them"--
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ramona is very serious about beach volleyball, and she is frustrated with her summer league team--but when she learns that a plastics company is going to build a factory in their park, she realizes that it will take the whole team to try and save their court.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ryan Gosling narrates this engrossing film about social activism, the forces that galvanized the Occupy movement, and how a new generation of young people is coming to terms with a rapidly changing world. The film skillfully weaves commentary from some of the country's leading political and social analysts with personal observations from a collective of young musicians, a tight-knit group of suburban high-school students, and a young conservative...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two teenagers come of age against the backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests"--
Sixteen-year-old Phoenix knows her parents have invested thousands of dollars to help her leave Hong Kong and get an elite Ivy League education. They think America means big status, big dreams, and big bank accounts. But Phoenix doesn't want big; she just wants home. The trouble is, she doesn't know where that is...until the Hong Kong protest movement unfolds, and she...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements-from the freedom of India from British rule to...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"On the 10-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, Generation Occupy tells the story of how Occupy Wall Street reshaped American culture, redefining economic rights, progressive politics, and activism for a generation. The book sets the historical record straight about the movement's lasting legacy and impacts by showing how Occupy, far from a passing phenomenon, marked the start of an era of social and political transformation that reignited the...
Author
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Prominently featured photos, artwork, and other visual elements will guide young adult readers through this lively, informative exploration of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history."--
Bieschke guides readers through the art and history of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history. Though little recorded history exists for events before the mid-1600s, anti-colonial...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Young people are suffering the most from the epidemic of gun violence - as early as kindergarten students are crouching behind locked doors during active shooter drills. Teens are galvanizing to speak up and fight for their right to be safe. They don't just want to get involved, they want to change the world. Enough Is Enough is a call to action for teens ready to lend their voices to the gun violence prevention movement. This handbook deftly explains...
17) Dress coded
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion."--
Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top when she had to keep her sweatshirt wrapped around her waist. Liza got dress coded and Molly didn't, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Jessica was pulled over by the principal, missed a math quiz, and her teacher gave her an F. Molly starts a podcast protesting...
18) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
LB Ink, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon. She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destroyed her family's home. In the aftermath, her family relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Julianna hopes to put everything behind her. Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks, she certainly isn't interested when her parents and younger sister start getting...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Although distraught, Happi is also unsettled by the way people have idealized the memory of her sister who was killed after attending a social justice rally -- why do people have to be perfect in order to be missed? As a way to honor the memory, however, Happi and her other sister Genny go on a roadtrip using the original "Green Book"--But the trip reveals secrets neither sister knew about the dead Kezi
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
The most comprehensive documentation of events surrounding the 1989 Monday demonstrations in Leipzig, the centerpiece of the citizens' movement that led to the fall of the Wall. The film includes interviews with demonstrators, members of the citizens' rights movement, officials and bystanders in East Germany's peaceful revolution. This DVD also features a poetic 1991 documentary on the after effects of German unification, Eastern landscape, by Eduard...
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