Cover of The year they burned the books

Book 1999

The year they burned the books

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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Language
English
Published
1999
  • Censorship
  • Fiction
  • High schools
  • Homosexuality
  • Journalism
  • Prejudices
  • Schools
  • Children's fiction

While trying to come to terms with her own lesbian feelings, Jamie, a high-school senior and editor of the school newspaper, finds herself in the middle of a battle with a group of townspeople over the new health education curriculum.