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October 3, 2023

Good reading for Banned Books Week, You Can't Say That: Writers for young people talk about censorship, free expression, and the stories they have to tell, compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus, gives us the perspective of thirteen distinguished writers for young people about the importance of the freedom to read.

Happy Reading!

Banned Book Club

Banned Book Club

written by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
art by Ko Hyung-Ju

Edward Lorenz and the Chaotic Butterflies

Edward Lorenz and the Chaotic Butterflies

by Robert Black

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines

gathered and compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston
with photographs by Cora De Vos

You Can't Say That

You Can't Say That

compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus

In Search of Safety

In Search of Safety

written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

History

83 Days in Mariupol

83 Days in Mariupol

by Don Brown

Nearer My Freedom

Nearer My Freedom

by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge

Poetry

My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.

My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.

by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

by Sophia Thakur

Science

The Code Breaker

The Code Breaker

by Walter Isaacson
with Sarah Durand

American Murderer

American Murderer

by Gail Jarrow

All Teen Nonfiction Reviews

Edward Lorenz and the Chaotic Butterflies

by Robert Black

by Stacey Chomiak

The Great Nijinsky

by Lynn Curlee

Elena Vanishing

by Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

Dancing at the Pity Party

by Tyler Feder

by Sarah Flannery with David Flannery

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

by Candace Fleming

by Laura Gao

The Woman All Spies Fear

by Amy Butler Greenfield

Almost American Girl

by Robin Ha

Welcome to St. Hell

by Lewis Hancox

Charles and Emma

by Deborah Heiligman

The Faithful Spy

by John Hendrix

All Boys Aren't Blue

by George M. Johnson

Banned Book Club

written by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
art by Ko Hyung-Ju

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

March, Book One

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March, Book Two

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March, Book Three

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
art by L. Fury with Nate Powell

Grand Theft Horse

by G. Neri
illustrated by Corban Wilkin

by Rex Ogle

Abuela, Don't Forget Me

by Rex Ogle

Stories of my Life

by Katherine Paterson

Gone to the Woods

by Gary Paulsen

House of Dreams

by Liz Rosenberg

Victory. Stand!

by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile

by Pamela S. Turner
illustrated by Gareth Hinds

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines

gathered and compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston
with photographs by Cora De Vos

The Chemistry of Food

by Carla Mooney
illustrated by Tracy Van Wagoner

by James Rhodes

The Singing Bones

by Shaun Tan

Call and Response

by Veronica Chambers

If I Go Missing

by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose
art by Nshannacappo

written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

In Search of Safety

written and photographed by Susan Kuklin

You Can't Say That

compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus

by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
read by Jason Reynolds

History

Symphony for the City of the Dead

by M. T. Anderson

Sugar Changed the World

by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

The Nazi Hunters

by Neal Bascomb

The Grand Escape

by Neal Bascomb

Bootleg

by Karen Blumenthal

83 Days in Mariupol

by Don Brown

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
for Young People

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese

Nearer My Freedom

by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge

After the Holocaust

by Howard Greenfeld

The Gettysburg Address
A Graphic Adaptation

written by Jonathan Hennessey
art by Aaron McConnell

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Philip Hoose

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

by Phillip Hoose

by Phillip Hoose

Revolution in Our Time

by Kekla Magoon

This Land Is Our Land

by Linda Barrett Osborne

Seen and Unseen

by Elizabeth Partridge
illustrated by Lauren Tamaki

Give Us the Vote!

by Susan Goldman Rubin

Bomb

by Steve Sheinkin

by Steve Sheinkin

by Caren Stilson

They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott
art by Harmony Becker

A Thousand Sisters

by Elizabeth Wein

by Gene Luen Yang

Poetry

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Ordinary Hazards

by Nikki Grimes

How I Discovered Poetry

by Marilyn Nelson
illustrated by Hadley Hooper

My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.

by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin

What the Heart Knows

by Joyce Sidman
illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

by Sophia Thakur

Science

The Code Breaker

by Walter Isaacson
with Sarah Durand

American Murderer

by Gail Jarrow

The Chemistry of Food

by Carla Mooney
illustrated by Tracy Van Wagoner

by Eliot Schrefer