We Were There, Too! Young People in U.S. History By Phillip Hoose Exhilarating and revelatory history... MUST reading for today's youth -- as well as their elders. --Studs Terkel

Welcome to the We Were There, Too! Web site. This unique book is the first to tell the story of the role young people have played in the making of our nation. It brings to life their contributions throughout American history--from the boys who sailed with Columbus to today's young activists. Based largely on primary sources--first-person accounts, journals, and interviews--it highlights the fascinating stories of more than seventy young people from diverse cultures. Check out the book!

Also available, It's Our World, Too!, the invaluable companion to the award-winning We Were There, Too! After recent tragic and transforming events, young people are seeking out ways to become constructively engaged in their world. This book couldn't be more timely. Read more...

More praise for We Were There, Too!

We Were There, Too! shows young readers how other young people have shaped American history in large and small ways. This book reminds us all that we are never too young to make a difference.
--Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund

This is an extraordinary book--wonderfully readable, inspiring to young and old alike, and unique. I know of nothing like it. Readers will find both enjoyment and enlightenment, learning about episodes in American history they were never taught in school. It is time that the young were given their due in the national story, and Phil Hoose does it with prodigious research and delightful style.
--Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

This book opens up a whole new side of American history that I've never known. From Sybil Ludington to Joe Nuxhall, Phillis Wheatley to Vinnie Ream, it has given me role models and people my own age to look up to.
--Tina Groeger (age thirteen)

This book is inspiring, showing the active roles played by young people throughout history, from long ago to recent times. May it show young people in every corner of our land today how they can be active in the great struggle of our time: to build a peaceful world, in spite of all our differences.
--Pete Seeger

To feel effective in society, young people need a sense of their historical stake in it. Far more than any book I've seen, We Were There, Too! shows that youths have often shaped important events in our national story ... Young people haven't received the recognition they deserve. At last, here is a book to right the wrong.
--Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day

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