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160 pp.
| Enslow |
March, 2008 |
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-2689-6$34.60
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YAAuthors of Banned Books series.
Students researching book banning will appreciate this series that reviews historical censorship, provides each author's biography, summarizes the writer's most frequently banned books, and considers current issues related to the author's most famous titles. Several of the same sidebars and stock photos are repeated across volumes, giving the research a cookie-cutter quality. Discussion questions and lists of works are appended. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors of Banned Books titles: John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, and Madeleine L'Engle.