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In a climate of fear, censorship and bookbanning, US school librarians have found themselves on the frontline of the fight for democracy and emerge as downright heroes of intellectual freedom in Kim A Snyder's timely and jaw-dropping exposé.
On the release of the ‘Krause List’ – which targets 850 books broadly focused on race and LGBTQ+ stories – sweeping book bans are enacted across the US, with library shelves left bare and threats of sacking and legal action against anyone standing firm on the importance of young people’s access to literature.
As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots from heated School Board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of White Christian Nationalism fuelling the censorship efforts.
In a dystopian saga akin to a real-life Fahrenheit 451, The Librarians traverses small-town America with riveting interviews and troves of archival material to reveal unlikely heroes risking everything to defend this most fundamental of human rights.