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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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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 two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather...
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Outlines the censorship history of 125 classic plays from ancient times to the present. Each entry presents the name(s) under which the play has appeared, the date and place of original production, a summary of the play, its censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. Additional features include playwrights' profiles, a list of the plays grouped by reasons for banning, and a list of 100 additional challenged, censored, or banned plays"--cover....
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Clara Evans is horrified when she discovers her principals “prohibited media” hit list. The iconic books on the list have been pulled from the library and arent allowed anywhere on the schools premises. Students caught with the contraband will be sternly punished.Many of these stories have changed Claras life, so shes not going to sit back and watch while her draconian principal abuses his power. Shes going to strike back.So Clara starts an underground...
Author
Publisher
Dell Pub. Company
Pub. Date
[1983]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is under attack at George Mason High and school editor Barney Roth knows it is time to print his school's censorship story, but he may be too late.
''Who would have believed that The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn could cause the worst crisis in the history of George Mason High School? Certainly not Barney Roth, editor of the school paper. But when a small but vocal group of students and parents decide that the...
Publisher
HarperStudio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Description
From the Publisher: Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves.
16) Banned book
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The text follows the story of a book that is first subjected to redaction, then removal from a library, and finally disposal.
"'The words were dangerous.' For as long as people have been expressing their opinions in writing, there have been those in positions of power who have succeeded in censoring those thoughts. In this timely and provocative parable, a book is first subjected to redaction, then removal from a library. What becomes of a banned...
Author
Publisher
Washoe County Library]
Pub. Date
1994-1995
Language
English
Description
Collection of memos, meeting minutes, meeting announcements, records of conversations, etc. concerning effort led by Pastor David Peddicord to remove material he considered objectionable from the Children's Section of the Sparks Library.
19) The last lie
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When the rebels are captured Letta goes on the run, still striving to preserve language while the vicious new ruler of Ark plans to eliminate it once and for all.
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Political correctness has ripped through America, turning life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness into lifelessness, suppression and the pursuit of mediocrity. In support of political correctness, sneering columnists are seeking out opinions they don t like and punishing them, speakers are being canceled on college campuses and people are being vilified for exercising their religious liberty. Meanwhile, Europe is in its death throes, completely...
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