By Samira Ahmed (author)
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe in. ' Reading is dangerous because it shows us the truth. Words give us power; that's why some adults want to silence us'
Noor Khan is the new girl at school. Moving to the tiny town of Bayberry with her mother and sister after their family life is upended, she's determined to keep her head down and make it through her final year, unnoticed.
While hiding out in her school library, Noor notices that hundreds of books are being removed from the shelves and boxed up: a new school policy banning books that parents object to. Worse, almost all the books being targeted are by queer and BIPOC authors.
Outraged, Noor and her new friends decide to read some of the banned books out loud to their classmates, to protest this new policy at school. But in Bayberry, trouble is never far behind.
Can Noor effect change by speaking up, while navigating the politics of small-town life? And can she trust the son of the school board president, who she finds herself falling for?
'Blazes with searing honesty and unflinching emotional truth' - Becky Albertalli, award-winning author of Simon Vs The Homosapiens Agenda
'Rings with truth and hope' - Joanna Ho, bestselling author of The Silence that Binds us .
Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling and Indies Introduce author of LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS. She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like fried onions, spices and potpourri. Samira once spent a year searching for the perfect mango, eventually learning that the quest was always about the journey and not merely the destination. She graduated from the University of Chicago and has taught high school English and worked in education non-profits and on political campaigns. These days, she lives and writes in Chicago, every keystroke reminding her that art is resistance.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe in.'Reading is dangerous because it shows us the truth. Words give us power; that's why some adults want to silence us' Noor Khan is the new girl at school.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed This Book Won't Burn and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
This Book Won't Burn features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, School Stories, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups)
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This Book Won't Burn was written by Samira Ahmed and published by Atom an imprint of Little, Brown
This Book Won't Burn has 374 pages
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