{"product_id":"the-year-they-burned-the-books","title":"The Year They Burned the Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the author of Annie on My Mind  When Wilson High Telegraph editor Jamie Crawford writes an opinion piece in support of the new sex-ed curriculum  which includes making condoms available to high school students  she has no idea that a huge controversy is brewing. Lisa Buel  a school board member  is trying to get rid of the health program  which she considers morally flawed  from its textbooks to its recommendations for outside reading. The newspaper staff find themselves in the center of the storm  and things are complicated by the fact that Jamie is in the process of coming to terms with being gay  and her best friend  Terry  also gay  has fallen in love with a boy whose parents are anti-homosexual. As Jamies and Terrys sexual orientation becomes more obvious to other studetns  it looks as if the paper theyre fighting to keep alive and honest is going to be taken away from them. Nancy Garden has depicted a contemporary battleground in a novel that probes deep into issues of censorship  prejudice  and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968245461045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374386676","price":28.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374386672.jpg?v=1770650113","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-year-they-burned-the-books","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}