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77 As I constitute this, Facebook has conscionable reminded maine of a station I made precisely a decennary ago: “I’m surviving my dream!” I’d conscionable moved to D.C., successful ample portion acknowledgment to my emotion of The West Wing, and I’d wanted to acquisition the thrill of a run (as good as, of course, redeeming democracy). And, successful October 2012, I was doing conscionable that — spending each the escaped clip I had making calls and knocking connected doors for Obama’s re-election.
I’m not definite that, each these years later, thrilling is precisely the connection I’d use, but it was surely amusive amidst the hard and important work, and I learned a lot. Many of the characters successful the YA novels connected this database would accidental the aforesaid of their experiences successful politics, whether they were school-based, local, oregon national. Others would surely not usage the connection fun. And, dissimilar the characters successful The West Wing, they each person families and schools to navigate arsenic good arsenic politics, and things tin get messy fast. But if, similar me, you’re everlastingly wishing for different season, oregon 10, of arguably the world’s champion TV show, past fto these YA novels capable immoderate of that gaping void.
Golden Boys by Phil Stamper
A Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for a caller generation, this 2021 caller tells the communicative of 4 queer boys, and of their friendship, implicit 1 summer. They whitethorn travel from a tiny town, but they’ve got large dreams — and 1 of them, Sal, has snagged an internship successful a Senator’s bureau successful Washington, D.C.
Most Likely by Sarah Watson
You whitethorn person missed this one, which came retired connected March 10, 2020, but it’s not excessively precocious to prime up different communicative of relationship — this clip betwixt 4 girls. Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha person known each different each their lives. They’re present successful their elder twelvemonth of precocious schoolhouse and tense astir facing the aboriginal apart. Someday, 1 of them volition beryllium U.S. President — but which one?
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Running by Natalia Sylvester
Having your dada tally for president is hard enough, but what astir erstwhile you don’t hold with what helium stands for? This is simply a large work exploring the beingness of Cuban American Mariana Ruiz arsenic she navigates the challenges of beingness arsenic a candidate’s daughter.
The (Un)popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez
If you similar an overt notation — oregon respective — to The West Wing and what it’s taught its fans astir governmental activism, past look nary further than this one! Mark has promised his dada that he’ll support a debased profile, due to the fact that his dada is moving for congress, and helium pretends not to recognize that Mark is trans. But past Mark runs for pupil assemblage president, falls successful love, and has to fend disconnected a nosy reporter. Things get analyzable fast…
The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
A large 1 for fans of books similar The Sun Is Also a Star where 2 teenagers autumn successful emotion successful a day, The Voting Booth takes spot connected Election Day. Marva is volunteering to get retired the vote, and she’s not going to basal for Duke getting turned distant from the polling place. Throw successful a missing Instagram-famous cat, and you’ve got yourself an adventure.
The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne
I truly enjoyed this 2015 caller astir Kate, who finds herself without a genitor aft her mum dies, lone to observe that the begetter she ne'er knew is, successful fact, precise overmuch live and good — and moving for president. She’s thrown into a caller household arsenic good arsenic into the midst of a high-profile governmental campaign, and, conscionable to marque things much complicated, she meets a boy…
Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed
Even though I had nary specified luck, each Josh and Donna shipper knows that governmental campaigning tin beryllium a large spot to find love, and this publication further proves it. Jamie, who loves to beryllium down the scenes, and Maya, who’s not adjacent definite she wants to beryllium determination astatine all, extremity up going door-to-door unneurotic for the authorities legislature race, and they get to cognize each different successful the process.
You Say It First by Katie Cotugno
Meg is leaving for Cornell successful the fall, but earlier that, she’s spending her summertime phonebanking and registering voters. One of the galore calls she makes connects her with Colby, who’s not into authorities oregon being preached to by a miss with a privileged life. But somehow, contempt oregon due to the fact that of their precise antithetic worldviews, implicit a bid of phonecalls, they extremity up becoming friends…and possibly more.
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