Attack of the Black Rectangles

"Ms. Sett does not appreciate Mac’s questions about slavery, stolen lands or early explorers in her sixth-grade history class. When Mac opens his classroom copy of the Holocaust novel The Devil’s Arithmetic and finds that many of the words are blacked out, he and his friends discover Ms. Sett is behind the black rectangles. With no help from the principal or most adults in the town, Mac and his friends are determined to find out what the blacked-out words are and take on their teacher, many parents and the school board in a battle against injustice and censorship. It’s a novel about having the freedom to read and learn – and trusting kids with hard things. (For ages 9 to 12)"