How I Resist Audiobook Summary

This audiobook presents an all-star collection of essays about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA author Maureen Johnson.

Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they’re bound to inherit. They’re ready to stand up and be heard – but with much to shout about, where they do they begin? What can I do? How can I help?

How I Resist is the response, and a way to start the conversation. To show listeners that they are not helpless, and that anyone can be the change. A collection of essays, songs, and interviews about activism and hope, How I Resist features an all-star group of contributors, including, John Paul Brammer, Libba Bray, Lauren Duca, Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita, Alex Gino, Hebh Jamal, Malinda Lo, Dylan Marron, Hamilton star Javier Muñoz, Rosie O’Donnell, Junauda Petrus, Jodi Picoult, Jason Reynolds, Karuna Riazi, Maya Rupert, Dana Schwartz, Dan Sinker, Ali Stroker, Jonny Sun (aka @jonnysun), Sabaa Tahir, Shaina Taub, Daniel Watts, Jennifer Weiner, Jacqueline Woodson, and more, all edited and compiled by New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.

In How I Resist, listeners will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to listeners of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.

How I Resist is the kind of audiobook people will be discussing for years to come.

What is Resistance?

”Could We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers?” — Junauda Petrus

Interview — Dylan Marron

”Keep Doing What You’re Doing” — Malinda Lo

”Why We ALL Need to Be Activists Right Now” — Lauren Duca

”Thoughts on Resistance” — Rebecca Roanhorse

Interview — Jason Reynolds

”5 Things We Can Do to Engage in Politics Before Turning 18″ — Carolyn DeWitt

Essay — Hebh Jamal

Interview — Javier Muñoz

”The Lucky Ones” — Jennifer Weiner

”Letter to a Sensitive Brown Queer” — John Paul Brammer

”The Clap Back” — Daniel J. Watts

Interview — Ali Stroker

”When” — Shaina Taub

”Part of the Problem” — KC Green

”Making Stuff That Matters” — Dan Sinker

”I, Wonder: Imagining a Black Wonder Woman” — Maya Rupert

”Rosie O’Donnell’s Five Resistance Steps” — Rosie O’Donnell

Interview — Jacqueline Woodson

”An Announcement From Muffy Higginbottom, President of Delta Sigma Tau Sorority Resistance Committee” — Libba Bray

”Media-Consciousness as Part of Resistance!” — Jonny Sun

Essay — Jodi Picoult

”Three Easy Steps to Contact Your Reps” — Kate Linnea Welsh

Essay — Alex Gino

Interview — Justin Mikita and Jesse Taylor Ferguson

Poem — Sabaa Tahir

”The Jewish We” — Dana Schwartz

Cartoon — Jeffrey Rowland

”Refilling the Well” — Karuna Riazi

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