You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars, first published in 1994, is a historical novel, mystery, police procedural, and courtroom drama.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes is a young adult novel about a school shooting, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste has been banned from public school curricula and libraries, along with other books addressing racial and LGBTQ topics.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: The 57 Bus
The 57 Bus is young adult non-fiction. The narrative, in true crime tradition, opens with a brutal act, the intentional burning of one teenager by another on a cross-town bus in Oakland, California.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Tricks
Tricks, the 98th most-banned book in the USA between the years 2010 and 2019, jumped to 3rd place in 2022, a year when book challenges, censorship, and bannings mounted at a unprecedented pace.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Let’s Talk About It
“Let’s Talk About It,” published in 2021, is in the crosshairs of book banners.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: We Are the Ants
“We Are the Ants” came to my attention via a news item from Texas, where a parent is demanding it be removed from a high school library.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park is a sweet teen romance with a bittersweet ending. But I didn’t read the book to re-live my teens.