{"product_id":"9781338680539","title":"Attack of the Black Rectangles (Scholastic Gold)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttack of the Black Rectangles\u003c\/i\u003e joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Arithmetic\u003c\/i\u003e and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he's outraged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else), Mac has been raised by his mom and grandad to call out things that are wrong. He and his friends head to the principal's office to protest the censorship... but her response doesn't take them seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo many adults want Mac to keep his words to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMac's about to see the power of letting them out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAttack of the Black Rectangles\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed author Amy Sarig King shows all the ways truth can be hard... but still worth fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A. S. King","offers":[{"title":"Scholastic Inc. |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-03","offer_id":46058008117503,"sku":"9781338680539","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_151bb977-d959-41a3-9be8-ef92dcbf5cd3.jpg?v=1723844217","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781338680539","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}