# Attack of the Black Rectangles - Hardcover

by **A. S. King** (Author)

Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's _The Devil's Arithmetic_ 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.

Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story.

But who?

Even 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.

So many adults want Mac to keep his words to himself.

Mac's about to see the power of letting them out.

In _Attack of the Black Rectangles_, acclaimed author Amy Sarig King shows all the ways truth can be hard... but still worth fighting for.

### Author Biography

Amy Sarig King is the author of the middle grade titles _Me and Marvin Gardens_, a _Washington Post_ Best Book of the Year, and _The Year We Fell From Space_, an ALSC Notable Children's Book. She has also published many critically acclaimed young adult novels under the name A. S. King, including _Please Ignore Vera Dietz_, which was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; _Ask the Passengers_, which won the _Los Angeles Times_ Book Prize; Michael L. Printz Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist _Dig_; and SW/TCH. After many years farming abroad, she now lives back in southeastern Pennsylvania with her family. Visit her website at www.as-king.com and follow her on Twitter at @AS\_King.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** September 06, 2022

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Attack of the Black Rectangles

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.4

**Point Value:** 7

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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