Young People Speak
Create engaging classroom activities and inspire young people to tell their stories with these stories, poems, essays, and memoirs by writers under 25.
Created by TeachingBooks

- 440 Resources including
- 39 Videos
- 27 Book Readings
- 36 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets
by Naomi Shihab Nye and Ashley Bryan
14 Resources1 Awards

This Kid Can Fly: It's about Ability (Not Disability)
by Aaron Philip and Tonya Bolden
12 Resources2 Awards

Looks Like Daylight: Voices of Indigenous Kids
11 Resources3 Awards


Time You Let Me in: 25 Poets Under 25
9 Resources2 Awards


You Hear Me?: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys
by Betsy Franco and Nina Nickles
8 Resources1 Awards

Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees
8 Resources3 Awards

Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants
8 Resources3 Awards

Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS
7 Resources2 Awards


Haiti My Country: Poems by Haitian Schoolchildren
by Haitian Schoolchildren and Rogé
7 Resources2 Awards

Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers
6 Resources1 Awards

Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
6 Resources2 Awards

Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World
by Jack Andraka and Matthew Lysiak
5 Resources2 Awards



The Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of Gugulethu
3 Resources1 Awards