Amy King

Dec 2, 2024 | kscj.com | Brian Vakulskas |Amy King

Author: Amy Sarig KingBook: ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLESPublishing: Scholastic Press (September 3, 2024) https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Amy_Sarig_King_to_air.mp3Synopsis (from the Publisher):Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write. Attack of the Black Rectangles joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels.

Jul 31, 2023 | nea.org | Amy King

Share this bookTalk with students about the different forms censorship takes and how it affects our ability to freely express ourselves. Then give them an opportunity to express their feelings about censorship and make an anti-censorship statement by creating blackout poetry from frequently banned books. In blackout poetry, text is blacked out to form free verse with the remaining words.

Feb 15, 2023 | sonderbooks.com | Amy King

Attack of the Black Rectangles Review posted February 15, 2023. Scholastic Press, September 6, 2022. 258 pages. Review written August 8, 2022, from an advance review copy picked up at ALA Annual Conference. Starred Review 2022 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #7 General Children's Fiction Attack of the Black Rectangles is a story of censorship in a sixth-grade classroom -- and the kids who decide to protest.