Young and Restless By Mattie Kahn

YOUNG AND RESTLESS by Mattie Kahn is subtitled “the Girls who Sparked America's Revolutions.” This title offers a unique look at lesser-known American girls like Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, the first woman to receive a PhD from Columbia and campaigner for women's suffrage. Students may recognize those, like Linda Brown and Claudette Colvin, who are associated with civil rights struggles. More contemporary examples include Alice de Rivera who broke the barrier at all-male Stuyvesant High School in New York or Naomi Wadler who (like X González, Jaclyn Corin, Samantha Fuetes, and Delaney Tarr) led protests for gun reform after the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. YOUNG AND RESTLESS appears on the Next Big Idea Book Club list for June 2023 and was heralded by both Vogue and Glamour as one of the Best Books so far of 2023. Students will likely be surprised and inspired by many of the stories. Notes and a bibliography make up roughly forty percent of the text, providing ample options for follow-up research efforts. In the past, we have also offered projects on health advocacy by teens and on Malala or older international activists.