The earlier kids realize they can get involved with things and have the power to make a difference the better. These books, all for young people, highlight activism and resistance in their stories.




This reading list, put together by YA Resists, a group of Los Angeles-based YA authors, and sponsored by PEN USA, has something for everybody. And no matter how old you are, the right story can motivate you to fight the good fight, whatever that may mean to you.


Whether they pick these books up online, in the bookstore, at a book fair, at the local library, or get them as a present, you can be sure they’ll get something more than a good story out of them.