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wordsofbek
Strange Grace | Tessa Gratton
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A different twist on the #isolatedvillage #inthewoods . Every 7 years occursa #sacrifice so the village can stay #untouched by the world. The tone is dark and wild, just like the woods. The main characters are #rebellious and #supportive of their #bestfriend, who is this year's #chosenone. What follows is as much a story about #growingup as it is about #acceptingresponsibility. #gothic #talesofwarning #talesofbravery and #talesofsacrifice.

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Time for the bookish discussion question of the day 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Here it is: Does the fact that a book has been banned at some point in time spur your interest in reading it? #BookTalk

Crystalblu Sure! 7y
LazyLimaLife Yes! Always! 😜 7y
MayJasper No necessarily, though I am curious why a book was banned. My current book was banned in West Germany but didn't know that before I started reading it 7y
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TheBookHippie ABSOLUTELY 🤣😂☮️🙋🏽🙋🏽🙋🏽#rebellious to the core. 7y
JoeStalksBeck Not at all 7y
Melissa_J Nope. 7y
OrangeMooseReads Yes. Makes me a little more curious as to what the issue with it is. 7y
suvata Not at all. Most of the time I don't even realize it had been banned at one point unless it was highly publicized. 7y
Sharpeipup Not really. 7y
BookBabe It does. 7y
Palimpsest Absolutely. I actually wonder why someone would not be curious. The written word is a powerful thing and has the potential to change our emotions, educate us, help us sympathize, so I have to stop and think why would an authority not want us to read a certain subject? Is it too sexually explicit or is it a social or political issue? My final paper as an English major was about the idea of authorship and erasure. This should be observed more. 7y
CouronneDhiver Not particularly... 7y
Jaimelire I don't think so 7y
JacqMac Yes. I don't like being told what I can and cannot read. It also makes me curious. 7y
rwmg Not in itself. The publicity surronding the ban might make morw aware the book exists but I would then choose to read it or not based on how interesting I might think the story or information in the book was going to be. 7y
LibrarianRyan Yes. The more people find it problematic the more I want to read it to make up my own mind. 7y
Sha0102 For sure!😄 7y
SaraBeagle It definitely gets my attention. In some cases I'll end up reading it to see what the big deal is. 7y
Trina_L Short answer. Hell yes! 7y
dragondrool Sometimes. 7y
britt_brooke Absolutely! 7y
Peddler410 It sure spurs on middle school reluctant readers! 😊 I love talking about banned books week with my middle school students -- actually, I drag it out three weeks to reach all students. 7y
nabilareads Absolutely!! 7y
PirateJenny Most definitely. (The history Penguin has with getting banned books published is one of the many things that makes me proud to work there too. We have oodles of imprints and I work on two--one of which is actual Penguin.) 7y
GlassAsDiamonds Yes if I think it's a facetious ban (like China banning Alice in Wonderland) or for censorship but no if it's a legitimate court banning it for say naming the victim of a crime or similar... 7y
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