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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
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Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this timeless classic with a special edition featuring a new introduction by the author and a message that is more relevant today than when it was first published. Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than five million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 -- originally published in 1953 -- remains his most acclaimed work. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature...
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Series
Language
English
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"Censorship of religious and philosophical writing is as old as history and as current as today's headlines, Many of the world's major religious texts, including the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, and others, have been suppressed, condemned, or proscribed at some time. Works of secular literature that touch upon religious beliefs or reflect dissenting views have also been suppressed. This work profiles the censorship of many of these works."--Publisher...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Todd sees his perfect suburban world start to unravel when his little sister has her mind poisoned by a member of a fundamentalist sect and he begins to notice signs of censorship in his community.
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Series
Colección Ave fénix volume 182
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
800L
Language
Español
Description
El libro más emblemático de Bradbury llega a Minotauro Esenciales. Un clásico de la literatura.
Fahrenheit 451: la temperatura a la que el papel se enciende y arde. Guy Montag es un bombero y el trabajo de un bombero es quemar libros, que están prohibidos porque son causa de discordia y sufrimiento. El Sabueso Mecánico del Departamento de Incendios, armado con una letal inyección hipodérmica, escoltado por helicópteros, está preparado para...
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Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Outlines the censorship history of 125 classic plays from ancient times to the present. Each entry presents the name(s) under which the play has appeared, the date and place of original production, a summary of the play, its censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. Additional features include playwrights' profiles, a list of the plays grouped by reasons for banning, and a list of 100 additional challenged, censored, or banned plays"--cover....
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS ... but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading"--
14) Censorship
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Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Discusses how censorship relates to the First Amendment and freedom of speech, historic fights for and against censorship in the United States, and Internet censorship.
Author
Series
Romische Inquisition und Indexkongregation volume Volume 19
Publisher
Verlag Ferdinand Schoningh GmbH & Co. KG
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Deutsch