Dear Martin by Nic Stone: The 24 in 2024 Banned Book Challenge

Stone, Nic. Dear Martin. NY: Random House Children's Books, 2017.

Sources:
--Riess, Rebekah, CNN. "North Carolina teacher's civil rights suit alleges he was fired over teaching a novel about racial profiling during Black History Month." June 14, 2023.
--Childress, Greg. "Black Charter schoolteacher allegedly fired for using 'Dear Martin" novel in classroom." NC Newsline, June 15, 2023.
--"Kids' Right to Read." National Coalition Against Censorship, Oct. 21, 2019.

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[zena-knittingbeans]

Pat I stop everything and am so taken aback by your videos which are so educational and interesting. What a battle 😮. I will definitely be reading this too. So grateful for your recommendations on banned books. I have just watched ‘If Beale Street could talk ‘😌. Look forward to our next chat with you Pat 🙏🏻📖

[BonnieNicoleWrites]

I love your review of the book and I so appreciate your insight into banned books, why books are being banned, and why it is still important to read these books.

[davidnovakreadspoetry]

Books banned due to individual lines taken out of context must be inevitable — those initiating the bans couldn’t possibly have the time to read everything. I’m glad so many people have taken part in MJ’s project, which spreads awareness of these books.

[corinnearmstrong]

💔 Thank you Pat, for so eloquently bring this book and the issue of book banning in American schools onto this platform. It is heart breaking. Dear Martin is now on my reading list.

[MarilynMayaMendoza]

Hi Pat, sounds like a wonderful novel and I can’t imagine how it can be banned.
Your video is very educational and important and I’m so happy you’re in our community. Aloha friend.

[RaynorReadsStuff]

Pat that was amazing. The book sounds incredible and I will certainly seek it out but I also loved the way you addressed comments about whether a book is really ‘banned’ and the level of detail you give about the banning of specific books is incredible. I am really enjoying your videos on these banned books. Thank you 😊

[readandre-read]

Your 24 in 24 series is so well selected and presented. Thank you for calling out the fallacy that a book purposely rendered very difficult to access isn't really "banned."

[helenclare]

This book sounds wonderful and I will seek it out. It speaks volumes that you need to address what book banning actually involves for the people leaving negative comments. We are certainly living during a crazy time. We have our problems here in the UK but I don't believe book banning and challenging is as much of an issue here. Another fabulous video. Thank you.

[ariannefowler]

Another great video! I read this a few years ago and was so moved by it.

[BookBuds]

I love listening to you talk. I don’t understand banning books. Very inappropriate. I get the age recommendations but banning ? No! This book sounds great. Thank you

[ttowntrekker]

Pat, This may be my favorite of your vids. I love the summary of book banning history. I'm stunned by the people who say they can go buy the book in bookstores. If that's not pure ignorance. The vast majority of kids in our public schools are on free or reduced lunch. If those families can't afford lunch how can they afford to buy books? (Rhetorical) Further, why do people think they have the right to decide what other parents children should read? (Again Rhetorical) It just boggles my mind. Many people learn about the struggles of other races by reading books. What kind of humans are these people raising without empathy and compassion learned about others thru reading? (Again Rhetorical) Love love love your channel Pat
I learn something in every vid.

[TheLibraryMouseGina]

Thank you for talking about this important topic. As a teacher, I thankfully was never challenged as far as the books that I read aloud or with my students, but I do remember a situation I was in when I myself was in high school. An English class in my high school was assigned the book Working by Studs Terkel and a group of parents protested the use of it, because of the bad language. As a highschooler, I thought that this was Ludacris, because the students that were protesting the bad language were students who were heard using that language in the hallway, every single solitary day. It got to the point where TV cameras from good morning America or the today show -I can’t remember which, came to our school and also Studs Terkel came to our school and did an assembly and parent meeting. I can’t remember what the outcome was. I believe that the students were allowed a different book to read instead of working. This was in the early 1980s and I just remember being really upset with these students and parents.

[Eldertalk]

I would like to read the book. The premise and format intrigue me, especially with Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. involved. He is a national hero and I think he touched everyone's heart in one way or another, and continues to do so all these years later. I have a lot of respect for what he did. As a writer I am particularly attracted to books with unusual and epistolary formats.

[GenreBooks]

Keep up this good work, if you are getting these numpties annoyed in comments, you must be doing the right thing.

[pazuzuhsp]

your review is awesome but regarding the author... From Israel she could see and be appalled by deep and cruel racial violence in the US but could not see/imagine the pain of palestinians? nothing?