Issue-Led Books

26th May, 2026

Books can be a great way for children and teens to learn how to deal with difficult issues they may face throughout their lives, they can offer representation, provide coping mechanisms and raise awareness.

We’ve put together a list of some of our picture, middle-grade and YA books which focus on various issues and how they can be managed.

Picture Books

📖 Wild Planet by Hayley Rocco and John Rocco

📚 The History of We by Nikkolas Smith

📖 Islandborn by Junot Diaz

📚 The Cat Man of Aleppo by Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha and Yuko Shimizu

Middle-Grade Books

📖 Dogs of the Deadlands by Anthony McGowan

📚 A Good Day for Climbing Trees by Jaco Jacobs

📖 A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

📚 The Ocean and the Bones by Genevieve Carver

📖 Secrets of an Undercover Activist by Nat Amoore

📚 Talking to Alaska by Anna Woltz

YA Books

📖 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

📚 And the River Drags Her Down by Jihyun Yun

📖 All the Tomorrows After by Joanne Yi

📚 Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

📖 Dreamweaving by O.O. Sangyomi (out October 2026)

📚 The Last Death Poet by Stephen Daly

📖 HappyHead by Josh Silver

📚 How To Lose Yourself Completely by Peter Bognanni (Out July 2026)

📖 I Am the Cage by Allison Sweet Grant

📚 The Sky is Mine by Amy Beashel

📖 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

📚 An Echo in the City by K. X. Song

📖 I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta

📚 We Are All Constellations by Amy Beashel

📖 The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

📚 Every Borrowed Beat by Erin Stewart