By Lois Lowry © July 1, 1993, Clarion books File size: 26.5 MB 239 pages ISBN-13: 978-0547345901 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this book, which is my 6th banned book this year. I’d read the blurb weeks before, when I’d first gotten the book. But when I picked it up to…
Month: October 2025
Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult © March 5, 2007, Atria Books File size: 4.1 MB 468 pages ISBN-13: 978-1416538950 Caution: This review contains spoilers—not of the ending, but of the story’s arc. Still, I don’t think that will diminish the book’s impact on readers. Nineteen Minutes, which tops the list of banned books for the 2023-2024 school…
Artemis
By Andy Weir © November 14, 2017, Ballantine Books File size: 9.2 MB 335 pages ISBN-13: 978-0553448139 Jazz Bashara is a porter in the only lunar city, Artemis. She’s also a smuggler, which is a lot more profitable. But when she takes a job that seems easy and pays so much she can’t possibly say…