Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a critically acclaimed poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. She continued by adding the following: Publisher’s Summaryīestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. When asked how censorship of her books harms people, she answered: The author of SHOUT, Laurie Halse Anderson, participated in a Twitter #BannedBooksWeek chat in 2021. Leander ISD in Texas banned SHOUT in late 2021. Banning this book is shortsighted and small minded. Do you think high school kids don’t know what it’s like to be grouped by a stranger? Do you think any high school kid doesn’t know someone else who might be in an abusive relationship? Keeping children in the dark doesn’t prepare them for the real world.
There’s certainly no benefit to removing this from the library. This book helps equip each and every reader with the tools they need to survive some of the most horrific abuse known to mankind. The book is about a heavy topic – sexual abuse. SHOUT is a non-fiction book, a memoir, about finding your voice when others try to silence it.
SHOUT made it on the list of books Texas political activists are calling “obscene” and “pornography” and demanding that they be taken off of school shelves.
Teen & Young Adult Nonficition on Sexual Abuse.
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