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    Attack of the Black Rectangles
    Attack of the Black Rectangles
    Attack of the Black Rectangles
    Audiobook5 hours

    Attack of the Black Rectangles

    Written by A. S. King

    Narrated by Pete Cross, Gretchen Bender, Amy Sarig King and Jane Yolen

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    About this audiobook

    Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.

    When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he's outraged.

    Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story.

    But who?

    Even though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else), Mac has been raised by his mom and grandad to call out things that are wrong. He and his friends head to the principal's office to protest the censorship... but her response doesn't take them seriously.

    So many adults want Mac to keep his words to himself.

    Mac's about to see the power of letting them out.

    In Attack of the Black Rectangles, acclaimed author Amy Sarig King shows all the ways truth can be hard... but still worth fighting for.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateSep 6, 2022
    ISBN9781338876277
    Attack of the Black Rectangles
    Author

    A. S. King

    A.S. King is the award-winning author of young adult books including the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Ask the Passengers, Everybody Sees the Ants, 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Please Ignore Vera Dietz, and the upcoming Reality Boy. After fifteen years living self-sufficiently and teaching literacy to adults in Ireland, she now lives in Pennsylvania with her small, freakish family. Find more at www.as-king.com.

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      This book is so important to have at a time when book bans are happening all over our country. It inspires children to speak up for what they believe in, and to make sure that their voice is heard. Amy Sarig King is an amazing author. I loved The Year We Fell From Space!