Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood

I got this book because I was getting books for a friend's 6th Grade Classroom library at her request. I say at her request because she deserves the credit for putting this AMAZING on my radar.


Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice may look like a kids picture book and the art is amazing and will hold younger children's attention if you read it to them. But the ideas and message will speak to older students and adults. So I would call this an all ages book even though the publisher lists the ages as 8-12 (3rd-7th grade).

The poems each cover a theme:

Activism

Ableism

Ally

Body Positivity

Community

Empathy

Equality

Forgiveness

Freedom Fighters

Gender

Immigration

Intersectionality

Individuality

Joy

Justice

Prejudice

Privilege

Protest

Resistance

Resourcefulness

Silencing

Stereotyping

Volunteering

Woke

And that is the overarching theme, inspiring the reader, targeting young people, to stay woke and become activists. 

This will get a lot of rereads and quoting. I love it. 

(Finished July 8, 2020)