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Little brother by Cory DoctorowAfter being interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security after a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, Marcus is released into what is now a police state and uses his expertise in computer hacking to set things right
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This book won't burn by Samira Ahmed"After her dad abruptly abandons her family, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school and plans to keep her head down until she discovers hundreds of books being removed from the library and speaks up to effect change. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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Verify
by Joelle Charbonneau
Chicago teen Meri Beckley's pride of living in a land of peace, prosperity, and truth crumbles when questions following her mother's death reveal buried facts, especially that words can have great power
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Suggested reading by Dave ConnisHorrified when her draconian principal bans all awareness-raising and issue-centric books from the school library, passionate bibliophile Clara teams up with the student council president and other friends to start an underground library. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous.
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Banned together : our fight for readers' rights by Ashley Hope PâerezA collection of fiction, memoir, poetry, graphic narratives, essays and other genres explores book bans through various lenses and empowers teens to fight back, in an anthology featuring the voices of 15 diverse award-winning authors and illustrators. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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This thing of ours by Frederick Joseph"Ossie Brown's entire future is in jeopardy when atorn ACL ends his promising basketball career. Now Ossie must navigate his new place in the social and academic ecosystems of his affluent, predominantly white school. When a Black teacher encourages him to join her highly regarded writing program, Ossie begins to find a new purpose...Everything changes when some students' viral 'anti-woke' video puts the teacher's job, the writing program, and even Ossie's friends' safety at risk--and Ossie must find histrue voice"
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Riot act : act I by Sarah Lariviere"In an alternate 1991, the authoritarian US government keeps tabs on everybody and everything. It censors which books can be read, what music can be listened to, and which plays can be performed. When her best friend is killed by the authorities and her theater teacher disappears without a trace, Gigi decides to organize her fellow Champaign High School thespians to put on a production of Henry VI. But at what cost?"
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Library wars : love & war by Kiiro YumiIku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore, but now that she's a recruit, her dream job is more like a nightmare. Original.
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Radio silence by Alice OsemanA studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them to confront issues in the form of backlash and censorship. Simultaneous eBook. 25,000 first printing.
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Banned book club by Hyun Sook KimDocuments the gripping true story of the South Korean author's student days under the authoritarian regime of the early 1980s, describing how she defied state censorship laws by joining an underground banned book club to read great works of literature. Original. Illustrations.
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Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to survive until they turn eighteen
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Snowglobe
by So-yæong Pak
Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie?—?and the truth is out of reach. Simultaneous eBook.
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