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Author
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Fireman Guy Montag is a fireman whose job it is to start fires. And he loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn, along with the houses in which they were hidden. Then he meets a seventeen-year old girl who tells him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who tells him of a future where people can think. And Guy Montag knows what he has to do ...
Author
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of World War II, a novel inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime follows three women whose fates become intertwined by their belief in the power and goodness of the written word to triumph over the very darkest moments of war.
Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture exchange program...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
"Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from across America to compete in the first-ever Library Olympics. Will it be fun? Well, like the commercials say . . . HELLO! It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on -- books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library. Between figuring out mind-boggling challenges, the kids will have to band...
Author
Publisher
Starscape
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
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
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
170 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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
Sourcebooks eXplore, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a book about dinosaurs. No it's not. Dinosaurs are not allowed. Oh. This is now a book about avocados! Sorry. We deleted those too. FINE. This book is about--nope! Forbidden! Maybe you shouldn't even try reading this book...But what could possibly be inside?Discover just what can happen when ideas are erased instead of expressed.
8) Ink girls
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an mprint of HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Alley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a vibrant city that thrives on trade and invention, two girls from very different walks of life join forces to fight censorship and protect the people they love." -- Provided by publisher.
9) Disclose
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meri Buckley has lost everything. She lost her mother to a fight much bigger than herself. Her father to grief, fear, and denial. And the truth--to an overbearing government that insists that censorship and secrecy is the only path to peace. But though Meri and her band of truth-seeking Stewards did lose the first battle in their quest to enlighten the public, they have not yet lost the war. Meri can start the revolution she seeks, if the powerful...
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello volume 2
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
10 books (278 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm.
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"--
13) Paperback Jack
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
1946. Fresh from the War in Europe, hack writer Jacob Heppleman discovers a changed world back home. The pulp magazines he used to write for are dying, replaced by a revolutionary new publishing racket: paperback novels. Although scorned by the critics, the tawdry drugstore novels sell like hotcakes--or so Jacob is assured. As "Jack Holly," Jacob finds success as the author of crime novels. He prides himself on the authenticity of his work, which...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiii, 192 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized recreation of the author's experiences as a student at the prestigious Gorky Institute for World Literature describes the school's descent into a dangerously Socialist Realist aesthetic that almost caused him to abandon writing altogether.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her principal bans a number of books from the school library, bibliophile student Clara joins forces with her friends to start an underground library.
When the principal at Lupton Academy posts a "prohibited media" hit list, Clara Evans is horrified. Titles like "Their eyes were watching God" and "The perks of being a wallflower" have been pulled from the library and aren't allowed on the school's premises. Students caught with the contraband...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
New York City, 1953. Louise Leithauser has filed some of the best pieces at her boyfriend Joe's brand new literary magazine, Downtown-- albeit under a male pseudonym. On the side she's writing a science fiction romance, The Lunar Housewife. When she overhears Joe and his business partner fighting about listening devices and death threats, Louise discovers that Downtown's strings are being pulled by someone who doesn't want artists or writers criticizing...
Author
Series
Ninja Librarians volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As an apprentice on a training mission to 1912 England, Dorrie finds herself dangerously close to a member of the Stronghold--the Library's biggest enemy. This is her opportunity! Dorrie can spy on the enemy, finding the missing key...and become a real lybrarian! But if she makes a mistake, Dorrie could lead their enemy right to the very place she's trying to save...and everyone she cares about. -- Adapted from dust jacket.
20) Fahrenheit 451
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a not too distant future, humans live a seemingly care-free existence where they're happy and productive. There is a "price" though for this life: They must place special drops in their eyes daily and follow the rules perfectly, including the rule that they never own or read books. Guy Montag is a firefighter. He doesn't fight fires though, but instead hunts down those people who refuse to follow the law and burns their books. Like everyone else,...