Soon, she finds herself on the front line of an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read.Reminiscent of the classic novel Frindle by Andrew Clements for its inspiring message, Alan Gratz's Ban This Book is a love letter to the written word and its power to give kids a voice. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: her favorite book was banned, all because a classmate's mom thought the book wasn't appropriate for kids to read.Amy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned books library out of her locker.
** Reviewed by Sally Hengeveld, librarian, Stratford Public Library.An inspiring tale of a fourth-grader who fights back when her favorite book is banned from the school library―by starting her own illegal locker libraryIt all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Konigsburg’s “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Note: The Stratford Public Library does own a copy of E.L. This year, Freedom to Read Week is February 28 to March 3. Some useful discussion guides are included.
In his author’s notes, Gratz observes that each title banned in this story has actually been removed from a library somewhere. Soon after that, soft-spoken, quiet Amy Anne finds the courage to speak up at a school board meeting about censoring books in local school libraries, with positive results.Īlan Gratz tackles some important messages and issues in this novel: censorship and who should decide what kids can or can’t read, the power of speaking up, the effectiveness of working together to solve a problem and making assumptions about others. When the locker library is discovered by the principal, Amy Anne and her cohorts find a clever way to counter the banned books problem in their school. Of course, their schoolmates eagerly borrow the books! (Who can resist reading a book that’s been forbidden?) They set up a “secret” BBLL (Banned Books Locker Library) to make available the books which the parent has decided are “inappropriate” reading for students. Full Book Name:Ban This Book Author Name:Alan Gratz Book Genre:Books About Books, Childrens, Contemporary, Fiction, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Writing, Young Adult ISBN 9780765385567 Edition Language:English Date of Publication: PDF / EPUB File Name:BanThisBook-AlanGratz. Frankweiler”, has been removed and banned from her school library at the insistence of a parent, she and two friends take action. When 4th grader Amy Anne Ollinger discovers that her favourite book, “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Hands down … Alan Gratz’ newest book for tweens, “Ban this Book”, should be available in every school and public library!
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