Amy Reed
Amy Reed is an author of young adult novels in the United States.[1]
Her book Nowhere Girls has been challenged in some school districts. It is a fictionalized account of a group of girls facing sexual pressures from boys. It is a response to events drawn from media reports of a point scoring system a group of boys adopted for having penetrative sex and the ramifications of the competition.[2] It was removed from public school libraries in Martin County, Florida.[3] Also in Florida, the group Moms for Liberty included the book on a list of those it sought to have removed from public schools in Florida.[4] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "highly nuanced and self-reflective narrative that captures rape culture’s ubiquitous harm without swerving into didactic, one-size-fits-all solutions or relying on false notions of homogenous young womanhood."[5] Flagler County's public school system voted to keep the book on school bookshelves.[6] The book was also challenged in Escambia County, Florida.[7] The Escambia School Board voted to return it to shelves based on a recommendation from its Materials Review Committee in 2023 after it was challenged, along with three other books, by a Northview High School teacher who alleged LGBTQ indoctrination, race-baiting, and anti-whiteness among her reasons for objecting to the books.[8]
Books[edit]
- Our Stories, Our Voices (2018), editor[9]
- The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World (2019)[9]
- Nowhere Girls (2017)
- Tell Me My Name (2021)[10][9][11]
- Unforgivable (2016)
- Invincible (2015)[9]
- Damaged (2014)[12]
- Over You (2013)[12]
- Crazy (2012)
- Clean (2011)[9]
- Beautiful (2009)[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Amy Reed". Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "Challenged in Flagler Schools: Amy Reed's "The Nowhere Girls" a Review and Recommendation". March 10, 2023.
- ^ Tolin, Lisa (March 13, 2023). "These books are banned in Martin County, Florida".
- ^ Rahman, Khaleda (November 3, 2022). "Moms for Liberty banned book list—The novels they want taken out of schools". Newsweek.
- ^ "THE NOWHERE GIRLS | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ "District book review committee agrees to retain 'The Nowhere Girls'". Observer Local News. March 14, 2023.
- ^ "Four more challenged books could be removed from Escambia County schools". WUWF. March 17, 2023.
- ^ "Escambia School Board votes to keep 4 challenged books after 7+ hours of debate". Pensacola News Journal.
- ^ a b c d e f "Amy Reed". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Review: 'Tell Me My Name' is a haunting critique of wealth - The Arizona State Press". www.statepress.com.
- ^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (June 17, 2021). "Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 74 (7): 313. doi:10.1353/bcc.2021.0117. S2CID 241202694 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ a b "Books by Amy Reed and Complete Book Reviews". PublishersWeekly.com.
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