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Banned Together
Our Fight for Readers’ Rights
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.
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Banned Book Club
Hyun Sook Kim
In South Korea in 1983, Kim Hyun Sook leaves her poor family and their struggling restaurant to attend Anjeon University with the goal of studying literature. Once there, she sees protesters calling for South Korea’s President Chun to step down and she is invited to join a club that discusses books that the current government has banned.
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Wake Now in the Fire
A Story of Censorship, Action, Love, and Hope
Jarrett Dapier
In this empowering graphic novel based on a true story, a group of high schoolers in Chicago work to overturn the system-wide ban of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis.
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The Story of My Anger
Jasminne Méndez
Yulieta Lopez, a Dominican Texas teen tired of racism and censorship, starts a guerrilla theatre club with her friends as she finds her voice and the courage to stand up for what she believes in.
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Library Wars
Love & War
Kiiro Yumi
In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves–the Library Forces!
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Ada Holloway’s Had Enough
Randi Smith
Ada Holloway just needs to survive her final semester as a high school senior, but nothing’s going her way. Star quarterback Beckett Forsythe relies on Ada to do his homework for him, her rebellious cousin Molly has no where else to go but the Holloway’s house, and to top it all off, Ada doesn’t really know what she wants to do with her life–even though her parents already decided for her.
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Riot Act
Act I
Sarah Lariviere
“In an alternate 1991, the authoritarian US government keeps tabs on everybody and everything. It censors which books can be read, what music can be listened to, and which plays can be performed. When her best friend is killed by the authorities and her theater teacher disappears without a trace, Gigi decides to organize her fellow Champaign High School thespians to put on a production of Henry VI. But at what cost?” — Publisher’s description.