The Impossible Boy

Mary Queen of the Scots (The Legendary Women of World History)

We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

The Awakening of Malcolm X

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Uprising : A True Story

Susan B. Anthony: The Making of America

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different Series

Boys can be anything they want to be! This timely book joins and expands the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things.

You won't find any stories of slaying dragons or saving princesses here. In Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, author Ben Brooks-with the help of Quinton Wintor's striking full-color illustrations-offers a welcome alternative narrative: one that celebrates introverts and innovators, sensitivity and resilience, individuality and expression.

It's an accessible compilation of 75 famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his own way. Entries include Frank Ocean, Salvador Dali, Beethoven, Barack Obama, Ai Weiwei, Jesse Owens, and so many more-heroes from all walks of life and from all over the world.

Social Justice

Courage

Perseverance

Empathy

Identity

National Pride

Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing Boys Who Changed the World Without Killing Dragons

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Impossible Boy

Ben Brooks, 2019

Mary Queen of the Scots (The Legendary Women of World History)

Laurel A. Rockefeller, 2015

We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

Todd Hasak-Lowy, 2020

The Awakening of Malcolm X

Tiffany D. Jackson, Ilyasah Shabazz, 2021

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, 2012

Uprising : A True Story

Alex Wheatle, 2017

Susan B. Anthony: The Making of America

Teri Kanefield, 2019

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Rebel Girls, 2021