Was there a particular reason you chose From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. We here at The Mixed-Up Files obviously have an affinity for E.L. So it’s entirely possible that one of my books has been banned, and I don’t know it! That means that THOUSANDS more books just disappear from shelves every year, and no one hears about them because no one makes a stink about them. 85-95%! That’s a huge number! In 2016, there were something like 325 reported challenges and bans.
And I’m not being cute here–the ALA thinks that 85-95% of books challenged or banned each year go unreported. I’ve never had a book I’ve written banned or challenged–at least, not that I know of. Thanks! There wasn’t one particular event that prompted this book, no. Was there a particular incident that inspired you to write this book? Aside from it being a love letter to children’s book aficionados, it deals with such a topical subject these days: the First Amendment. Because after all, once you ban one book, you can ban them all …įirst let me say how much I adored this book. In the end, her only recourse might be to try to beat the book banners at their own game. But soon things get out of hand, and Amy Anne finds herself on the front line of an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: her favorite book was banned! All because a classmate’s mom thought the book wasn’t appropriate for kids to read.Īmy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned book library out of her locker. It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. A Knoxville, Tennessee native, Alan is now a full-time writer living in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and daughter.īefore we start the interview, here’s a little bit about Ban This Book, a timely and important novel I know will be close to the hearts of everyone who reads this blog. Gratz is the bestselling author of a number of novels for young readers, including S amurai Shortstop, The Brooklyn Nine, Prisoner B-3087, Code of Honor, Projekt 1065, The League of Seven series, and his latest two novels Refugee, the story of three different refugee families struggling for freedom and safety in three different eras and different parts of the world, and Ban This Book, which he’ll be discussing here. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing Alan Gratz and his latest middle-grade novel, Ban This Book. Does your book qualify as middle-grade?.Turning Kids Into Bookworms: A Book List For Parents.Successful Author or Illustrator Visits.Schedule a Skype Visit with a Mixed-Up Files Author.Author Websites With Discussion/Activity Guides.
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