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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical...
3) Censorship
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Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of censorship, recent developments and controversies, and such related issues as freedom of speech, obscenity, rock music lyrics, libel, and intellectual freedom.
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Series
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"In America, censorship surges in periods of demographic and political change. Its primary purpose is to silence challenges to an established elite or norm. Today, censorship is part of a larger assault on such American institutions as schools, public libraries, and universities, the better to establish more control over the people--while also pilfering their wallets. In this concise look at censorship, author James LaRue explores the topic through...
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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.
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Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of World War II, this unforgettable 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 in 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...
10) Censorship
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Series
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Lucent Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Explores various issues involving censorship, including civil liberties, obscenity, and the role of government.
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Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Essays examine whether speech and art which are found to be offensive should be exempt from the protection guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Contains twenty-five essays in which the authors debate issues of censorship and freedom of speech, considering whether the right to free speech should be restricted, and discussing censorship as it relates to pornography, schools and libraries, and the arts and entertainment industries.
12) Free speech for me--but not for thee: how the American left and right relentlessly censor each other
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
For years now, Nat Hentoff has been the best-known lay guardian of the magnificent spirit and letter of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. His principled advocacy of free expression for all seems to be needed more than ever today, at a time of appalling assaults on expression not only by traditional opponents on the political right - those offended by what they consider obscene or radical or otherwise taboo - but also from...
13) South: a novel
Author
Publisher
Rare Machines
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"South is a haunting and hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual's unsuccessful quest for truth, agency, and understanding. B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes in an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, he is faced with a cruel and broken landscape of drought and decay, superstitious believers...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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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.
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Publisher
KidHaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Censorship is a complicated topic, but it's one that affects young people's lives. Debates about banning books and other kinds of censorship, especially what children should and should not have access to, continue to happen today. Readers are given the tools to better understand what censorship is--both in the United States and in other countries--in order to develop an informed opinion about this timely topic. The accessible text is paired with eye-catching...
16) Banned books
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Explores why some of the world's . . . literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read--whether for challenging racial or sexual norms, satirizing public figures, or simply being deemed unfit for young readers. From the banning of All Quiet on the Western Front and the repeated suppression of On the Origin of Species, to the uproar provoked by Lady Chatterley's Lover, entries offer a . ....
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Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Examines two hundred significant news events which occurred between 1976 and 1995, and argues that the media either failed to cover the stories or engaged in self-censorship, leaving the American public uninformed.
20) Paperback Jack
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Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Paperback Jack is a brand new historical thriller from Grand Master Loren D. Estleman: lurid paperback covers promised sex and danger, but what went on behind the scenes was nearly as spicy as the adventures between the covers. 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, offering...