Children can be agents of social change

I started reading Chapter 1 of Gail Tompkins' book "Literary for the 21st century.  One of the pages lists books that foster critical literary.  Over the summer my middle school-aged daughter and I read one of the books - The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963.  Reading this book made me realize that it is extremely important for children to examine social justice issues and encourage them to become agents of social change.