![]() Everybody Sees the Ants by Amy Sarig King (A. ![]() Ask the Passengers by Amy Sarig King (A.Me and Marvin Gardens By Amy Sarig King (A.S.Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King (A.S.She has both a lovely book and a powerful argument.Īfterwards we talk with Jonathan Friedman of PEN America who has written a thorough report about how the number of book challenges and bans are growing across the United States at an alarming rate. Amy argues, persuasively we feel, that young people don’t need this kind of ‘protection’ and that it’s a slippery slope from redactions to actual book bans. ![]() ![]() It is a fictionalized account of an actual book redaction that her son discovered in a school assigned novel about the Holocaust. But this book reads well for adults as well and addresses an important subject. Amy writes for young people- target audience probably 11 to 16. ![]() The "black rectangles" to which she refers are those black stripes that represent redactions of language. We have been looking for a relatively safe way to approach the issue and think we’ve found it in a book by Amy Sarig King entitled Attack of the Black Rectangles. But there is one issue we feel should not be a source of contention - and that is book banning and book challenges. We have expressed a desire to keep The Book Case non-political. ![]()
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