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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...
2) 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
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were more attempts to ban books in 2021 than at any time since the group began tracking three decades earlier. The latest, unprecedented wave of book banning is driven mainly by conservative parents and politicians, who are also behind extreme new censorship laws in many states that restrict what teachers and students can read and discuss in the classroom. Free speech defenders say the laws...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
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 as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A product of ten years of research and support from leading American and European universities, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story: the smashed tablets of ancient Sumer, the widespread looting of libraries in post-war Iraq, the leveling of the Library of Alexandria, book burnings by Crusaders and Nazis, and censorship against authors past and present. With diligence and grace, Báez mounts a compelling investigation...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
For the last 2,500 years literature has been attacked, booed, and condemned, often for the wrong reasons and occasionally for very good ones. The Hatred of Literature examines the evolving idea of literature as seen through the eyes of its adversaries: philosophers, theologians, scientists, pedagogues, and even leaders of modern liberal democracies. From Plato to C. P. Snow to Nicolas Sarkozy, literatures haters have questioned the value of literatureits...
Author
Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Banned books: Challenging Our Freedom To Read provides a framework for understanding censorship and the protections guaranteed to us through the first amendment. Interpretations of the uniquely American notion of freedom of expression - and our freedom to read what we choose - are supplemented by straightforward, easily accessible information that will inspire further exploration. This updated and expanded 2014 edition features a new, streamlined...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
"When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius. But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school curriculum, and Donovan is caught in the middle"--
Author
Publisher
Mudpuppy
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
''Introduction for babies and toddlers to key lessons learned through infamously banned books Baby's First Book of Banned Books By Laura Korzon is a unique new board book from Mudpuppy that introduces beloved classics and cherished stories like The Diary Of Anne Frank and To Kill A Mockingbird to little learners. Early Learning and#x2013; Provide young children with a captivating and engaging way to learn key lessons from infamous classic banned...
14) Ulysses
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 46
Language
English
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Description
Presents a recording of the novel which describes the adventures and exploits of Leopold Bloom as he wanders through Dublin on a single day, June 16, 1904. Set within the context of Homer's Odyssey, Joyce uses stream of consciousness as a literary device to illuminate the internal thoughts of Bloom, his wife, Molly, and other assorted characters.
15) Banned book club
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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 restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In The Zhivago Affair, Peter Finn and Petra Couvée bring us intimately close to this charming, passionate, and complex artist. First to obtain CIA files providing concrete proof of the agency's involvement, the authors give us a literary thriller that takes us back to a fascinating period of the Cold War--to a time when literature had the power to stir the world."--www.Amazon.com.
17) Banned books for kids: reading lists and activities for teaching kids to read censored literature
Author
Publisher
American Library Association, Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In our polarized environment, the censorship and outright banning of children's books that some people deem to be controversial or objectionable remains a major concern for schools, libraries, and communities across the United States. Intellectual freedom champion, the American Library Association, created Teaching Banned Books to Kids, a guide that includes both contemporary books that have been banned and classic literature that continues to be...
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