Gratz (Projekt 1065) delivers a book lover's book that speaks volumes about kids' power to effect change at a grassroots level. Shy readers will recognize and respect Amy Anne's struggle to stand up for herself, and conversations about book banning, censorship, and the Bill of Rights are primed for discussion in classrooms and at home. When their secret library is discovered, Amy Anne is suspended, the school librarian is fired, and her classmates (including the boy whose mother initiated the books' removal) come up with a plan to get the books restored to the library. Amy Anne and two friends collect the books, store them in her locker, and organize a checkout/due date system. Other students want to do the same, and so the Banned Books Locker Library is born. Frankweiler, is on a list of titles removed from the school library, she decides to read the other books on the list, from the likes of Blume, Dahl, and Pilkey.

“Gratz delivers a book lover’s book that speaks volumes about kids’ power to effect change at a grassroots level.' -Publishers WeeklyĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.įourth grader Amy Anne Ollinger is an avid reader, and when she learns that her favorite book, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. 'A stout defense of the right to read.' - Kirkus Reviews “Quick paced and with clear, easy-to-read prose, this is a book poised for wide readership and classroom use.”- Booklist “ Ban This Book is absolutely brilliant and belongs on the shelves of every library in the multiverse.”-Lauren Myracle, author of the bestselling Internet Girls series, the most challenged books of 20 This one’s for you.' -Kathi Appelt, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Underneath

“Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero…. Let kids know that they can make a difference in their schools, communities, and lives!

Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every single book in the library to make a point, and take a stand against censorship.īan This Book is a stirring defense against censorship that’s perfect for middle grade readers. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don’t mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. In Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, a fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. You’re Never Too Young to Fight Censorship!

Ban this book a novel by alan gratz