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A review by juliana_aldous
You Can't Say That: Writers for Young People Talk about Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell by Leonard S. Marcus
4.0
“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...” --Dwight D. Eisenhower
You Can't Say That is a set of 13 interviews with authors of banned books. They talk about their experiences, what books inspired them, and why they write. It is a good book, designed well and belongs in the young adult section of your local library.
Matt De La Pena
Robie H. Harris
Susan Kuklin
David Leviathan
Meg Medina
Leslea Newman
Katherine Paterson
Dav Pilkey
Justin Richardson
Sonya Sones
R. L. Stine
Angie Thomas
So many good authors/books on this list and I've added their bibliographies to my TBR excel spreadsheet (now at 8812 entries). I have read a number of them and I think The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas should be on every American bookshelf. Dav Pilkey gives me a warm feeling when I think about reading his books to my daughter.
Keep fighting for books, keep fighting for authors.
You Can't Say That is a set of 13 interviews with authors of banned books. They talk about their experiences, what books inspired them, and why they write. It is a good book, designed well and belongs in the young adult section of your local library.
Matt De La Pena
Robie H. Harris
Susan Kuklin
David Leviathan
Meg Medina
Leslea Newman
Katherine Paterson
Dav Pilkey
Justin Richardson
Sonya Sones
R. L. Stine
Angie Thomas
So many good authors/books on this list and I've added their bibliographies to my TBR excel spreadsheet (now at 8812 entries). I have read a number of them and I think The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas should be on every American bookshelf. Dav Pilkey gives me a warm feeling when I think about reading his books to my daughter.
Keep fighting for books, keep fighting for authors.