Attack of the Black Rectangles

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Call Number: Y Fiction / King, A. S., Kids Book / Fiction / General / King, A. S.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / King, A. S.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / King, A. S.	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / King, A. S.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / King, A. S.	4-week checkout	Due 05-12-2024
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / King, A. S.	4-week checkout	Due 05-18-2024

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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a story of censorship submitted by 21621032124198 on September 17, 2023, 9:56pm I read this book with my 9-year-old and we both enjoyed it. The author made the topic of censorship understandable and accessible.
- I'm confused though as to why Ms. Sett bothered to teach books that she felt needed censorsoring in the first place? I guess I'm surprised that the "controversial books" were even available to the kids. Seems easier to just whitewash the past...