pickI found a lot to love about this book. I could really relate to the family dynamic. I'm glad I read the Devil's Arithmetic first. It gave this book another level of wow. I don't live in an area where book banning is a problem. The community where the story took place seemed surreal to me, maybe too, phony. But then I need to get out more. Having an HOA is bad enough, I can't imagine a whole town putting up with this.
pickGreat and timely story about censorship based off an event in the author‘s life as a child. Should be on every middle grade classroom bookshelf including those in Florida. #MiddleGradeMarch
What a lucky kid to have a childhood like this. I always tried to make sure my kids‘ reading was full of banned books too. #MiddleGradeMarch
pickThis is the first middle grade I‘ve read from A.S. King - turns out she‘s just as good at writing for middle schoolers as she is for high schoolers. This was timely and fantastic! #MiddleGradeMarch @megnews @sblbooks
pickA. S. King delivers in this thoughtful novel about the controversy of banned books vs liberties…When students discover their assigned book copies (Yolen ‘s The Devil‘s Arithmetic) have been censored 🤬 with black markers, the protest commences; to the dismay of the school board!
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🔖A Devil‘s Arithmetic
pickIt‘s not like I have to read 2 LMPBC books before the 1st. This is your fault Litsy. This was a great YA/MG story about Mac and his friends who come across blackened out words in their books for an English assignment in 6th grade. This was great on showing kids the seemingly simple things you can do to make change, that they‘re not alone and that sometimes, they are the ones to teach us, and even maybe one day, save us. Good stuff!
Marci is clearly the Hermione of this trio. Lol. One of the words blacked out in the book about the Holocaust they are reading in sixth grade is the word “breasts.” She goes in to explain how the patriarchy affects women and girls but also dumbs down the expectations of men and boys on the next page. This book is really smart.
