Students Fight Banned Books and Win!

To close out Banned Books Week, we’d like to draw your attention to Central York, PA, where the student-ledCentral York Banned Book Clubprotested their school board’s banning of more than 200 books and other educational material by or about people of color – and won. We salute those students and their efforts! Read on for more about how this year’s Banned Books Week is different, and which Lerner titles were on the Central York School District’s list.

As we approach Banned Books Week, authors are facing challenges for books that deal with tough topics.Out of Darknessis a gripping novel about race, segregation, and love that has won numerous awards including a Printz Honor. Although the book was published by Carolrhoda Lab in September 2015, it has just recently been banned by some school districts. Lerner Publishing Group stands with author Ashley Hope Pérez and we support the right to read.