Attack of the Black Rectangles

By A. S. King

A student discovers censored books and fights to uncover the truth behind the blacked-out words.

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258 pages· 46,023 words· Est. 5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Mac finds words blacked out in his school book, sparking outrage and a quest for truth. Despite adults urging silence, Mac, raised to challenge wrongs, confronts censorship head-on. With his friends, he protests to the principal, but their concerns are dismissed. As the mystery deepens, Mac must decide if he will let his voice be heard or remain silent. In a town where truth is stifled, can Mac and his friends uncover who is behind the censorship and why? This is a story of courage, defiance, and the relentless pursuit of truth.

From the publisher

Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen’s The Devil’s Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he’s outraged.Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story.But who?Even though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else), Mac has been raised by his mom and grandad to call out things that are wrong. He and his friends head to the principal’s office to protest the censorship… but her response doesn’t take them seriously.So many adults want Mac to keep his words to himself.Mac’s about to see the power of letting them out.In Attack of the Black Rectangles, acclaimed author Amy Sarig King shows all the ways truth can be hard… but still worth fighting for.

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