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Historians are generally too engrossed with the details of battles, all as drearily similar to one another as scenes of murder and rapine must of necessity be, to spare a glance for the far brighter and more instructive field of the mutations or of the progress of manners. This work is attempt to supply the deficiency on the particular subject of burning books. Here is the sort of attraction that belongs to all forbidden fruit in books, which some...
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[1998, 2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
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English
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Arthur and his friends can hardly wait for the latest Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club book to arrive at the library, but when they find the popular series has been banned, they decide they have to take action to get their books back.
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2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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"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 that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker...
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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
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English
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Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! 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 all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say... HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on... books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library....
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2022.
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English
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Expand your reading list and stand against literary censorship with this one-year reading challenge and book journal! Featuring 52 modern and classic books that have been challenged or banned, from The Hunger Games to Maus, this book log includes ALA's insights into each title as well as writing prompts for further reflection.
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"From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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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 will be punished. Clara starts an UnLib-- an underground library-- in her locker. When one of the books she loves most is connected to a tragedy she never...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
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English
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"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"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A Junior Library Guild Selection
"Highly recommended for readers passionate about activism." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review
"Sure to inspire today's youthful generation of tenacious changemakers." — BOOKLIST, Starred Review
"The messages of hope are universal." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review
"A timely read about friendship amid chaos."
...10) Fahrenheit 451
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
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English
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Includes a novel and two short stories.
Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are...
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At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world -- using her magnetism and charm to pry...
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[2023]
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English
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"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...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Two boys exiled to the countryside for re-education during Mao's Cultural Revolution discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation and share their secret with the daughter of the local tailor.
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1170L
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English
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The flow of information through our modern digital world has led to many new issues and controversies. Book Banning and Other Forms of Censorship examines how and why schools, special-interest groups, and governments attempt to suppress information in print and online. Compelling text, well-chosen photographs, and extensive back matter give readers a clear look at these complex issues. Features include essential facts, a glossary, additional resources,...
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Face of the deep volume 03
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English
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"Hiding from the secret police offers Baden time for reflection. Specifically, what has he learned about taking things that don't belong to him? Never again. Ever since he salvaged an outlawed book from a space wreck, life has been damage control.He should just stop this game of cat and mouse, hand the Bible over to the authorities if they want it so bad. Except, he can't let go of it. And now that Baden's shared what he's read with believers who've...
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Face of the deep volume 02
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English
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"Hiding from the secret police offers Baden time for reflection. Specifically, what has he learned about taking things that don't belong to him? Never again. Ever since he salvaged an outlawed book from a space wreck, life has been damage control.He should just stop this game of cat and mouse, hand the Bible over to the authorities if they want it so bad. Except, he can't let go of it. And now that Baden's shared what he's read with believers who've...
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[2022]
Lexile measure
740L
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English
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Every day in schools across the country books are challenged for telling stories, centering characters, and tackling topics that feel uncomfortable for some people. This book explains what book banning is and helps to start a conversation about how reading and having access to new information and ideas makes us stop, think, and grow!
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2023.
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English
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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.
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900L
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English
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"There are always two sides to every argument. Advocating for issues that matter to you is important, but what's equally as important is understanding those issues from the other perspective. Pros and Cons: Banned Books dives deeper into this highly debated topic and provides readers with the tools and strategies to think critically and analyze the topic through an unbiased lens. Readers will learn how to use logic and facts to defend and argue against...
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