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This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed
Oct. 24th, 2024 09:39 pmThis Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed was awesome! When Noor Khan's family moves to Bayberry, Illinois, she discovers that hundreds of books, mostly by queer and POC authors, have been banned from the school library. She starts to fight back.
This is a very timely book. It's sad to see that the increase in book bans in the US has been going on for long enough that a novel has been traditionally published about it. (In case some of you don't know, traditional publishing takes a lot more time than indie and self-publishing.)
The story shows how important activism is, but doesn't shy away from the possible retaliations of the fascist side. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't protest, but that you should do it while being aware of the dangers and taking all necessary precautions.
Noor is a Muslim Indian American. Her school friends are a Muslim Desi American and a lesbian (who finds a girlfriend among the other protestors). Her younger sister is probably aroace. A couple of minor characters are casually designated with they/them pronouns.
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I asked this question on Tumblr a couple of months ago, to no avail, and I'm thinking about it again, so I'm asking it here now. Do you guys have recs for novels (I'm not looking for non-fiction books) about activism? Preferably with some LGBT rep, but the activism can be on any topic, as our fights are intersectional.
So far, I've read [French] Tant qu'il le faudra by Cordélia, [French] Nos elles déployées by Jessie Magana, My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson and the aforementioned This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed.
This is a very timely book. It's sad to see that the increase in book bans in the US has been going on for long enough that a novel has been traditionally published about it. (In case some of you don't know, traditional publishing takes a lot more time than indie and self-publishing.)
The story shows how important activism is, but doesn't shy away from the possible retaliations of the fascist side. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't protest, but that you should do it while being aware of the dangers and taking all necessary precautions.
Noor is a Muslim Indian American. Her school friends are a Muslim Desi American and a lesbian (who finds a girlfriend among the other protestors). Her younger sister is probably aroace. A couple of minor characters are casually designated with they/them pronouns.
I asked this question on Tumblr a couple of months ago, to no avail, and I'm thinking about it again, so I'm asking it here now. Do you guys have recs for novels (I'm not looking for non-fiction books) about activism? Preferably with some LGBT rep, but the activism can be on any topic, as our fights are intersectional.
So far, I've read [French] Tant qu'il le faudra by Cordélia, [French] Nos elles déployées by Jessie Magana, My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson and the aforementioned This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed.
