{"product_id":"attack-of-the-black-rectangles-9781338680522","title":"Attack of the Black Rectangles","description":"Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write.\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Sarig King is the author of the middle grade titles \u003ci\u003eMe and Marvin Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year We Fell From Space\u003c\/i\u003e, an ALSC Notable Children's Book. She has also published many critically acclaimed young adult novels under the name A. S. King, including \u003ci\u003ePlease Ignore Vera Dietz\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; \u003ci\u003eAsk the Passengers\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize; Michael L. Printz Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eDig\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50579718209810,"sku":"9781338680522","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db8f9eb1-95b5-409d-8a07-4088d45d9a34.jpg?v=1737302028","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/attack-of-the-black-rectangles-9781338680522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}