Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
This Book Won't Burn

This Book Won't Burn

Ahmed, Samira

Paperback

Young Adult Fiction

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 0316548138
ISBN13: 9780316548137
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: Sep 23 2025
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
A timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe, from the New York Times bestselling author of Internment.

After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves.

Reeling from being uprooted and deserted, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation.

But things aren't so simple. At school, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labeled obscene or pornographic and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors.

Noor can't sit back and do nothing, because that goes against everything she believes in, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics--and small-town love--be her downfall?

? [Ahmed] employs high stakes, increasing tensions, romantic near-misses, and adult hypocrisy to powerful effect. --Publisher's Weekly, starred review

2 different editions

Also available

Also from

Ahmed, Samira

View All

Also in

Young Adult Fiction

View All