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 has written a very powerful book that should be read by all lovers of books!
Ahmed, Samira. (2024). This Book Won't Burn. New York: Little Brown & Co.
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