Author and peace activist Deborah Ellis has spent years in war-torn countries witnessing first hand the impact of war on young people's identity. Our Amnesty teen takeover team asked Deborah to tell us how the children she met have created an identity for themselves when all they have known gets stripped away
Studies have shown that reading for pleasure can have a bigger impact on a child than their economic background or education. But which books are the best for helping us decide the people we want to be?
As part of our Amnesty teen takeover week, site member TheOxygenJunkie shares why Anne Frank's wartime diary remains a crucial document for the Jewish identity – as well as an honest depiction of the average teenager
Exclusive: as part of our Amnesty teen takeover week, our site members got to ask teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai about her thoughts on identity issues
Once told to "go back to where she came from" (she was born in Clapham), children's laureate Malorie Blackman is now famous for her books on race and identity. Here she reveals the books that shaped her and why YA fiction has a lot to improve...
Feeling motivated to learn more about the world or campaign for human rights after reading our Amnesty International teen takeover articles so far? Here are 10 ways you can help Amnesty...
Authors and teen readers recommend their favourite books dealing with issues around identity, such as racism, gender, sexuality, migration and adolescence, for readers in their formative years