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• Book Comes Home

  a Banned Book's Journey

  Sanders, Rob, 1958-

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  The story of how sad a book was when it was banned and what happened after it was rescued with the help of kids who wanted it.

• Do Not Open This Book

  Lee, Andy, 1981-

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  The reader is continuously urged by the book's character, Wizz, not to open it or turn the page, with Wizz employing increasingly humorous and absurd tactics to prevent the reader from reaching the end. It has everything a young reader will enjoy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roar for Reading

  Ferry, Beth,

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  Libraries and lions have a history so long no one's quite sure how it began--maybe because books were once rare and needed fierce protectors? Still, it's been a very long time since lions had to roar in the name of books. But when young Julius finds…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Banned-books Bake Sale

  Khalil, Aya,

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  Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and helplessness. But her classmates support her, and together – with their teacher's help – they hatch a plan to hold a bake…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Is Banned

  Haldar, Raj,

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  This is a book about dinosaurs. No, it's not. Dinosaurs are not allowed. Oh. This is now a book about avocados! Sorry. We deleted those too. FINE. This book is about—nope! Forbidden! Maybe you shouldn't even try reading this book...But what could…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Answers in the Pages

  Levithan, David,

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  When his mother rallies other parents to pull the book he’s reading from the district curriculum because it depicts a relationship between two boys, Donovan must speak up and stand out to stop this book from being banned.

• Ban This Book

  Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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  A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finally Seen

  Yang, Kelly,

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  When 10-year-old Lina Gao steps off the plane in Los Angeles, it’s her first time in America and the first time seeing her parents and her little sister in five years! She’s been waiting for this moment every day while she lived with her grandmother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ink Girls

  Nijkamp, Marieke,

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  Set in the Italian Renaissance, two girls from very different walks of life join forces to fight censorship and protect the people they love.

• Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

  Grabenstein, Chris

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  Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever Library Olympics...but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading.

• Not Another Banned Book

  Levy, Dana Alison,

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  A ripped from the headlines middle grade novel about a group of students who must fight book banning at their school to save their club ... and their world as they know it.

• Property of the Rebel Librarian

  Varnes, Allison,

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  Twelve-year-old June Harper, shocked when her parents go on a campaign to clear the Dogwood Middle School library of objectionable books, starts a secret banned books library in an empty locker.

• The Library of Ever

  Alexander, Zeno,

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  Lenora is having a very frustrating summer while her parents have adventures around the globe, until she discovers a strange doorway in her local library. It leads to the Library – the ultimate library, filled with all the knowledge of the universe.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Words on Fire

  Nielsen, Jennifer A.,

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  Avoiding the occupying Cossack soldiers who would force everyone to become Russian, a farm girl from Lithuania helps her family preserve her culture, literature and religion when she is forced to leave her parents behind to escape with an important…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Kids Book About Banned Books

  National Coalition against Censorship (U.S.),

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  Every day in schools across the country books are challenged for telling stories, centering characters, and tackling topics that feel uncomfortable for some people. This book explains what book banning is and helps to start a conversation about how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Same Page

  Swartz, Elly,

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  Sixth-grader Bess Stein brings together friends and a group of rockstar librarians called the Book Warriors to fight a book ban happening at her middle school.