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You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell

Leonard Marcus, Editor

Ages: 12+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-9036-6

Keywords: censorship, banned books, freedom to read

Heather Has Two Mommies, Captain Underpants, The Hate U Give: they have all been challenged or banned. Find out why. Source notes, selected reading.