You Need to Read This Book

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