You're Telling My Kids They Can't Read This Book?

This urgent examination of modern censorship pulls back the curtain on the systematic efforts to restrict access to books, weaving together fifty years of frontline experience as a bookseller and activist with recent, alarming events like the 2025 firing of the Librarian of Congress. The author presents a compelling case against book-banning by connecting personal stories from authors, librarians, and readers to the broader, troubling patterns in the history of literary challenges, making the abstract threat of censorship feel immediate and personal.

What sets this work apart is its conversational, story-driven approach that grounds the political issue in tangible human experience, from the bookstore floor to the library desk. Teen readers and young adults navigating their own increasingly regulated information landscape will find a powerful ally in this book, which not only validates their right to read but also arms them with the historical context to understand why that right is under siege. It’s a potent, necessary call to awareness that transforms the reader from a passive observer into an informed participant in the fight for intellectual freedom.