A Young People’s History of the United States

A Young People’s History of the United States adapts Howard Zinn’s classic work for middle and high school readers, centering workers, Indigenous peoples, Black Americans, and other marginalized groups. The book presents U.S. history as a series of struggles and movements, inviting students to question whose stories are usually told. Parents who want a counterpoint to standard textbooks value its accessible prose and extensive coverage of labor, empire, and activism. It’s a substantial volume at a standard nonfiction price, best digested in chunks alongside primary sources and discussion rather than rushed straight through.