{"product_id":"ban-this-book-a-novel","title":"Ban This Book:  A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAn inspiring tale of a young girl who fights back when her favorite book is banned from her school library—by starting her own illegal locker library!\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler\u003c\/i\u003e, from the school library. Mrs. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: her favorite book was banned! Just because a classmate’s mom thought the book wasn’t appropriate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Anne fights back by starting a secret banned books library in her locker. The battle of the books escalates when she engineers a campaign to challenge every book in the school library, often under the most ridiculous of pretexts:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lorax\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eportrays the timber industry in a negative light! The mouse in the room in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodnight Moon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a health code violation!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon, Amy Anne and her friends find themselves on the front lines of a battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what they can read. Reminiscent of the classic novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrindle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eby Andrew Clements,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBan This Book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a love letter to the written word and its power to give kids a voice.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48034384609494,"sku":"9780765385581","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8492\/0022\/files\/9780765385581_a9cfa.jpg?v=1775238692","url":"https:\/\/www.riverfrontbooks.com\/products\/ban-this-book-a-novel","provider":"Riverfront Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}