Don't Wait
Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won
$37.40
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2024
Summary
You don’t have to be an adult to fight for what you believe in - and win.
The remarkable stories of 3 young women activists of color fighting for some of today’s most pressing movements of defunding the police, environmental justice, and arts education.
Girls of color have always been on the front lines of the fight for equal rights—to vote, to learn, to live—even when they are the last to benefit from the outcomes of their work. In Don’t Wait, journalist Sonali Kohli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807010952 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807010952 |
| Author: | Sonali Kohli |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
“The book is a well of inspiration … An essential purchase for California libraries and for budding activists looking for inspiration and guidance.”
—Booklist
“Kohli’s curiosity, compassion, and strong journalistic instincts combine to create a narrative voice that’s both engaging and insightful. Her writing not only honors her subjects’ strength but also demystifies the process of creating community change … Empowering portraits of a diverse set of young women who have changed their worlds.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Prepare to be inspired.”
—Sara Saedi, author of Americanized
“An eminently readable resource for those not only looking to be inspired but also seeking tangible pathways to reaching their own extraordinary.”
—Christina Hammonds Reed, author of The Black Kids
“A refreshing reminder that you are never too young to use your voice.”
—Brandy Colbert, author of Black Birds in the Sky
“What divides and unites us has always been imagined through story. Sonali Kohli offers us three real-life stories that speak to both division and unity and the tools to make the most of them.”
—Anton Treuer, author of Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask and Where Wolves Don’t Die
“Sonali Kohli’s Don’t Wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won is a riveting account of teenagers Nalleli, Kahlila, and Sonia and their fearless battles to remake the world as it should be. Too often, we read about activists who are fully formed adults, but here we have the rare opportunity to witness them in the process: being adolescents, becoming freedom fighters, and embarking on journeys to self that teach us all new meanings of sacrifice, justice, and hope.”
—Salamishah Tillet, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer and cofounder of A Long Walk Home
Sonali Kohli
Sonali Kohli is a journalist writing about young people and the futures they are creating. Kohli was an education reporter for the Los Angeles Times for 6 years with a passion for covering youth movements, and in 2020, was named the top education journalist in the nation by the Education Writers Association. She is currently a recruiter at URL Media, where she works with underrepresented folks in journalism and media to find jobs and workplaces that will treat them well.
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