Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this list since 2015 -- honoring exceptional books for use in social studies classrooms
Sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/79.jpg)
- 22,377 Resources including
- 2,260 Videos
- 1,176 Book Readings
- 1,847 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 1,485 book results
![Dreamers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823440559.jpg)
![All American Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1481463330.jpg)
All American Boys
by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016)
70 Resources10 Awards
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Biography Selection, 2022)
68 Resources22 Awards
![Long Way Down](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481438255.jpg)
![We Are Water Protectors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250203554.jpg)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021)
66 Resources19 Awards
![Last Stop on Market Street](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0399257748.jpg)
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2016)
64 Resources16 Awards
![Firekeeper's Daughter](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73080_hi.jpg)
![Hate U Give, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062498533.jpg)
![Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316453692.jpg)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2021)
59 Resources12 Awards
![Hey, Kiddo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0545902487.jpg)
![Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626727465.jpg)
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
57 Resources18 Awards
![Watercress](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75090_hi.jpg)
Watercress
by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022)
55 Resources15 Awards
![Undefeated, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020)
53 Resources22 Awards
![Alma and How She Got Her Name](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0763693553.jpg)
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Biography Selection, 2021)
51 Resources18 Awards
![Merci Suárez Changes Gears](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/59025_hi.jpg)
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2019)
50 Resources13 Awards
![We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61171_hi.jpg)
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019)
50 Resources14 Awards
![Thunder Boy Jr.](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316013722.jpg)
Thunder Boy Jr.
by Sherman Alexie and Yuyi Morales
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2017)
49 Resources10 Awards
![Genesis Begins Again](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62864_hi.jpg)
![Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1536214183.jpg)
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2023)
(Reference Selection, 2022)
49 Resources14 Awards
![Night Diary, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0735228515.jpg)
![Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419710540.jpg)
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015)
47 Resources16 Awards
![Different Pond, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1623708036.jpg)
![Efrén Divided](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0062881701.jpg)
![Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1419716476.jpg)
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
(Biography Selection, 2016)
46 Resources20 Awards
![Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525555277.jpg)
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2022)
46 Resources16 Awards
![Boxers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1596433590.jpg)
![Front Desk](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1338157795.jpg)
![Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0544109414.jpg)
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015)
44 Resources14 Awards
![Raymie Nightingale](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763681172.jpg)
![Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536207047.jpg)
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez
(Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2021)
44 Resources10 Awards
![Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75918_hi.jpg)
![Ghost Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316262285.jpg)
![Right Word, The: Roget and His Thesaurus](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0802853854.jpg)
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Biography Selection, 2015)
42 Resources15 Awards
![Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0062698729.jpg)
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, Renée Watson, and Leah Henderson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2020)
42 Resources4 Awards
![Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0807049395.jpg)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020)
42 Resources10 Awards
![Wish in the Dark, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/69222_hi.jpg)
![We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75628_hi.jpg)
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022)
42 Resources9 Awards
![Stella by Starlight](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1442494972.jpg)
Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016)
41 Resources11 Awards
![Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1481435221.jpg)
![Amal Unbound](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0399544682.jpg)
![On the Come Up](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0062498568.jpg)
![Milo Imagines the World](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0399549080.jpg)
Milo Imagines the World
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022)
41 Resources10 Awards
![I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031642692X.jpg)
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, and Julia Kuo
(Biography Selection, 2022)
41 Resources8 Awards
![Lightning Dreamer, The: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0547807430.jpg)
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
(History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014)
40 Resources11 Awards
![Saints](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1596436891.jpg)
![Family Romanov, The: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0375867821.jpg)
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Geography, People, Places Selection, 2015)
40 Resources15 Awards
![Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0316213888.jpg)
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
(Biography Selection, 2017)
40 Resources13 Awards