Ban This Book

By: Alan Gratz

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

An inspiring tale of a fourth grader who fights back when her favorite book is banned from the school library - by starting her own illegal locker library.

It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the school library. That's when Mrs. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: her favorite book was banned, all because a classmate's mom thought the book wasn't appropriate for kids to read.

Amy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned books library out of her locker. Soon, she finds herself on the front line of an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read.

Reminiscent of the classic novel Frindle by Andrew Clements for its inspiring message, Alan Gratz's Ban This Book is a love letter to the written word and its power to give kids a voice.

©2017 Alan Gratz (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

I loved it!

I loved it so darn much, it's the best book ever. - Aspen 9 years old

Amazing!

Amazing book fun to listen to you have to read it great author good narrator

Loved the book & narrator.

Loved the story. It took me back to my school days. Quite a few laughs as the narrator spoke with different tones.

A must read for librarians and students.

A. A. Is a wonderful heorine. She goes from speaking up in her head to challenging the school board. Inspiring book for students to read.

Must read

As the parent of a second grader and the close auntie of a couple sixth graders, I think this needs to be mandatory reading. There is too much in today’s world where we are so fast to ban it l, censor it, or find some other way to prevent kids from accessing the content. I think this story & this message is something that needs to be universally shared. We don’t all have to agree on everything, but who are we to decide beyond our own children? What’s acceptable or not acceptable for a child to read?