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Book cover for "Ban this book".
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Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
690L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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"In Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, 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 her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start...
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Publisher:
Andrews & McMeel
Pub. Date:
[1982]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Lula Dean's little library of banned books".
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English
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4.5 stars
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When Lula Dean, trying to rid public libraries of "pornographic" books, starts her own lending library in front of her home, Lindsay, the daughter of Lula's arch nemesis, sneaks in nightly, secretly filling it with banned books wrapped in "wholesome" dust jackets, changing the lives of those who borrow them in unexpected ways.
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Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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"Despite their strained relationship, when Gia Rossi's sister, Margot, begs her to come home to Wakefield, Iowa, to help with their ailing mother, Gia knows she has no choice. After her rebellious and at-times-tumultuous teen years, Gia left town with little reason to look back. But she knows Margot's borne the brunt of their mother's care and now it's Gia's turn to help, even if it means opening old wounds. As expected, Gia's homecoming is far from...
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English
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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 stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. Amanda would be damned if her community...
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Publisher:
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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"The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's...
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Pub. Date:
2023
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 580L
Language:
English
Description:
"With each page, characters are erased from the story, cut out, and taped over. This book playfully discourages readers from turning the page, even to throw the book away, but when readers finally get to the end they find an absurd surprise ending--one that shows the importance of free speech"--
Book cover for "Is it wrong to ban books?".
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When people discuss the idea of banning books, they are also discussing much broader concepts, including censorship, basic freedoms, and the power of religious and political institutions. These challenging topics are presented in accessible ways as readers explore the debate surrounding banned books. As they immerse themselves in many viewpoints surrounding this debate through engaging text, fact boxes, vibrant photographs, and graphic organizers,...
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Pub. Date:
2013
Lexile measure:
940L
Language:
English
Description:
Banned Books provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Explore the history and future of book banning and censorship, from Ancient Greece to the Comstock Law to the modern US Supreme Court. Discover why books are challenged and banned, as well as which titles have been challenged most often. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities...
Book cover for "The great banned-books bake sale".
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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 sale and use the proceeds to buy diverse books to donate to libraries. The event is a big success: the entire school participates, and the local TV station covers it in the evening news. Prodded by her classmates...
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Publisher:
DK Publishing
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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"Explores why some of the world's . . . 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 simply being deemed unfit for young readers. From the banning of All Quiet on the Western Front and the repeated suppression of On the Origin of Species, to the uproar provoked by Lady Chatterley's Lover, entries offer a . ....
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Publisher:
Checkmark Books
Pub. Date:
1999
Language:
English
Book cover for "On book banning".
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Publisher:
Biblioasis
Language:
English
Description:
"A lively, accessible survey of literary censorship through the ages. The freedom to read is under attack. There are, today, more efforts to ban books from libraries than ever before. The supposed "dangers" posed by books including The Handmaid's Tale, Gender Queer, Huckleberry Finn, and the works of Dr. Seuss—leading children down a path of sexual deviance, or harming them with racist language or non-inclusive narratives—fuel the puritanical...
Book cover for "Banned in the U.S.A".
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Publisher:
Greenwood Press
Lexile measure:
1360L
Language:
English
Book cover for "Teaching banned books".
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Publisher:
American Library Association
Pub. Date:
[2001]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Not another banned book".
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Publisher:
Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date:
2024
Lexile measure:
810L
Language:
English
Book cover for "120 banned books".
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Publisher:
Checkmark Books/Facts On File
Pub. Date:
[2005]
Language:
English
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Publisher:
Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
It may sound shocking, but even in this current age, books are banned all around the globe. But what makes a book inappropriate-even dangerous-for public consumption, and who has the power to deem it so? Some governments ban books as a form of censorship. Even schools can ban books they consider too racy or inappropriate for their students. Does banning books take away our liberties, attempt to erase history, and impose an agenda? Or is the practice...
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Publisher:
Harmony Ink Press
Pub. Date:
2013
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 700L
Language:
English
Description:
Parker and Rafe discover that the challenges of growing up might outweigh the rewards of bucking the system.
Book cover for "You can't read this!".
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Publisher:
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date:
[2010]
Lexile measure:
IG: Illustrated Guide 950L
Language:
English
Description:
Throughout history writers have rebelled against authority and the status quo real revolutionaries! They are the source of new ideas or old ideas expressed in new ways. But not everyone is happy with this freedom of expression, and some try to keep it from you. Could your favorite book be next? Traces the development of censorship in different eras and cultures and discusses titles that have been banned, authors whose works are often challenged,...