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Ban This Book – Alan Gratz
4****

Fourth-grader Amy Anne Ollinger is stunned when she tries to check out her favorite book from the library, only to find it missing. Someone else must have checked it out after she returned it yesterday. So, she asks Mrs Jones, the school librarian, if she can put a hold on that title. That’s when she learns that the book has been removed because another student’s parent complained it was “inappropriate.” And this is just the beginning. The mother has a list of books she wants removed from the school library’s shelves. Amy Anne, together with her friends Rebecca and Danny, decide to form the BBLL – Banned Books Locker Library. They get a copy of every book on the list and put in in Amy Anne’s locker, loaning them out to all the kids at school.

I loved Amy Anne. I loved how she starts out a quiet, shy girl who virtually never voices her concerns out loud, but who takes action to right a wrong. I like how she ultimately gathers her courage and marshals all her friends in the school – even those she didn’t previously know she had – to help bring the issue to a head and formulate a satisfying conclusion. After all, “for all the amazing things that books can do, they can’t make you into a bad person.” Brava, Amy Anne!


My full review HERE

What's the reading level for this book? I'd love to share it with my middle schooler.

Sara wrote: "What's the reading level for this book? I'd love to share it with my middle schooler."

It's classsified as a middle-school book.
AR Bookfinder rates it: IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7.0

This just sounds so cute. Exactly the kind of rebellion that younger me would have LOVED. (I was such a goodie goodie, but this, I could've gotten behind) I've always been a bit of a book geek, so it sounds like she would have been my hero. I may have to find a copy. It sounds charming.