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Dell, Pamela

You Can't Read This!: Why Books Get Banned

64 pp. | Capstone/Compass Point | December, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-0-7565-4242-9 $31.99
(4) YA Pop Culture Revolutions series. This overview of censorship discusses societies that ban books, reasons for banning, and examples of specific titles and authors. Relevant facts and statistics help make the topic accessible to the target audience. The design features distracting background patterns, and the text can be clumsily written, but this is nevertheless an adequate introduction to the subject. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

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