When I read this book, I thought, if you read only one book this year, read this one. It’s one of the best books of the year. So many incredible elements and depth.
Attack
of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King
From
the publisher, Scholastic: available September 2022
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.
It’s
not just about censorship. Friendship, first crush, a father who isn’t who you’d
like him to be, doing what’s right, finding courage, protesting, and truth. How
very important truth is. And who wouldn't want Jane Yolen their book?!
Now,
Amy Sarig King does not need my help selling books. She’s a force on her own
with each book being unique and uniquely hers. But this is still one of the
best books of the year. And that’s the truth.
Here’s another review of this book from Lynn Becker's blog. She always has awesome reviews.
LynnBecker Books Blog: August's Book of the Month--Attack of the Black Rectangles
