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• On Book Banning

  Wells, Ira, 1981-

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  A lively, accessible survey of literary censorship through the ages.

• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  Lula Dean crusades to remove "offensive" books from her small town's library and replaces them with her own wholesome collection. However, a teen secretly returns the removed banned books to her library disguised inside innocent books. As…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Won't Burn

  Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer),

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  High school senior Noor takes a stand against book censorship after discovering that a new school board policy will result in the removal of hundreds of books from BIPOC authors.

• Fahrenheit 451

  Bradbury, Ray

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  In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Banned Book Club

  Kim, Hyun Sook,

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  The gripping true story of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime in the early 1980s, and how she defied state censorship through the rebellion of reading.

• Miles Morales Suspended

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  During Miles' in-school suspension, he finds himself in a fierce battle with a classmate turned insidious termite who is determined to destroy books and the Black and Brown history they contain, and only Miles can stop him.

• Rebelwing

  Tang, Andrea,

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  Prudence Wu is used to life throwing her some unpleasant surprises—she goes to prep school, after all, and selling banned media across the border in a country with a ruthless corporate government obviously has its risks. But a cybernetic dragon?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The List

  Forde, Patricia,

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  Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, robbing the people of Ark of the power of speech, and realizes she must also save the culture, itself.

• The Sound of Stars

  Dow, Alechia,

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  Planet Earth is occupied by aliens called the Ilori, because human emotional expression is grounds for execution, books, music, and art have all been outlawed, but when an alien finds seventeen-year-old Ellie's secret library it changes things for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Verify

  Charbonneau, Joelle,

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  Meri Beckley lives in a world without lies. When she looks at the peaceful Chicago streets, she feels pride in the era of unprecedented hope and prosperity over which the governor presides. But when her mother is killed, Meri suddenly has questions…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus,

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  Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

• The Banned Books of Berlin

  Wood, Daisy

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  Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number, Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified, as her beloved city falls to fascism – and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ban This!

  How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won (and How You Can Too)

  Ellis, Christina,

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  Having successfully fought against book bans in their school district by organizing protests and media interviews to raise awareness, the authors share how to fight back against book bans, speak out against censorship, and win the right to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Banned Together

  Our Fight for Readers' Rights

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  A multi-genre, young adult anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read, featuring the voices of 15 diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators.

• Banned Books

  the World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present

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  Banned Books explores why some of the world's most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read--whether for challenging racial or sexual norms, satirizing public figures, or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• That Librarian

  the Fight Against Book Banning in America

  Jones, Amanda (Librarian),

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  One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self. So in 2022, when she caught wind of a local public hearing that would discuss "book content, " she knew what was at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

  Robinson, Shauna,

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  Banned from selling anything written this century, bookstore manager Maggie Banks, to keep the business afloat, starts an underground book club that unexpectedly unearths a town secret that could upend everything, forcing her to choose between the…Read moreRead more of this annotation