This book won't burn /
While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Boston :
Little, Brown and Company,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school. "I'm Noor. And I read banned books. After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them far from their Chicago home, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation. But things aren't so simple. At school, Noor discovers that hundreds of books have been labeled "obscene" or "pornographic" and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors. Noor can't sit back and do nothing, because that goes against everything she believes in, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics -- and small-town love -- be her downfall? This Book Won't Burn is a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about the American book-banning movement." -- |
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| Item Description: | "New York Times bestselling author of Internment"--Dust jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 374 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 12 & Up. |
| Awards: | School Library Journal Best Books, 2024 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780316547840 0316547840 |