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NYPL Launches Teen Banned Book Club and Lamar Giles Talks About New Book RUIN ROAD

2024/9/25
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Erica speaks with Caitlyn Colman-McGaw, Associate Director for Young Adult Programs and Services at the New York Public Library, about the launch of their Freedom to Read Campaign, which includes their Teen Banned Book Club and a contest.

Then, Kelly joins Lamar Giles to discuss his new book Ruin Road), writing cross genre, and the growth of Black horror YA.

It's all very exciting, really.

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Winning *Teen Vogue *essay by Tara Lago, winner of the New York Public Library’s Freedom to Read Writing Contest)

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Books Discussed

Wandering Stars )by Tommy Orange

Go Tell It on the Mountain) by James Baldwin

Flamer) by Michael Curato

Run) by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Go With the Flow) by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

The Magic Fish) by Trung Le Nguyen

Home Is Not a Country) by Safia Elhillo

The Miseducation of Cameron Post) by Emily M. Danforth

Ruin Road) by Lamar Giles

Blood Brothers) by Stephen Barnes

Not So Pure and Simple) by Lamar Giles

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight) by Kalynn Bayron

Dread Nation) by Justina Ireland

The Weight of Blood) by Tiffany D. Jackson

The White Guy Dies First) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

She Is a Haunting) by Trang Thanh Tran

Beholder) by Ryan La Sala

Come Out, Come Out) by Natalie D. Parker

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