![]() ![]() Most characters default white except for brown-skinned implied Latina Abby Rodriguez. Varnes’ debut is a straightforward advocacy book for children’s right to make their own reading choices. This quickly grows into a movement, if only users can keep it a secret. When June finds a Little Free Library in her neighborhood, she is inspired to create a contraband lending library in an abandoned locker. Compounding her confusion are her reciprocated crush on eighth-grader Graham, who asks her to lie low and choose between him and books, and her best friend, Emma, who sympathizes with Graham. As a rule-follower, June is conflicted, but she can’t help feeling that this is wrong. “Students in possession of unapproved texts will face disciplinary action,” reads the board resolution, and teachers will be fired. Bradshaw, the school librarian, on administrative leave and, in addition to emptying June’s home library, to strip the school library of anything deemed inappropriate. ![]() When June’s overprotective father finds a school library copy of a book called The Makings of a Witch, her parents put pressure on the school to place Ms. Seventh-grader June Harper sets up a secret lending library when her school decides to ban books. ![]()
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