| International Standard Book Number |
9780593838044
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593838041
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
741.5/973
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| Personal Name |
Dapier, Jarrett, author.
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| Title Statement |
Wake now in the fire : a story of censorship, action, love, and hope./ by Jarrett Dapier & AJ Dungo.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Ten Speed Graphic, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
463 pages; chiefly color illustrations; 23 cm.
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| Associated Language |
Comic or graphic novel.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Based on true events, Chicago high school students organize walkouts and protests when "Persepolis" is banned from their schools, demonstrating the power of youth activism against censorship.
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| Summary, Etc. |
In this graphic novel based on a true story, a group of high schoolers in Chicago work to overturn the system-wide ban of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. It starts as an update at one Chicago high school: copies of a certain book are no longer allowed in the classrooms or the library. But it’s not just one high school—it’s all Chicago public schools. Not even the principals know why this is happening; they just know they must comply with the order. One thing is clear: The book, which tells a story of oppression, survival, and resistance against authoritarian power, is seen as a threat, dangerous enough to ban. One other thing is clear: Some of the students aren’t going to let this go without resistance of their own. As the extent of the ban becomes known, the students rise up. They organize a school-wide walkout and library sit-in. They publicize the banning in every forum they can: social media, the press, classes, clubs, the school paper. And most of all, they get everyone they know to read the book: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi. Told from multiple perspectives, based on extensive interviews with the real-life students and teachers who were affected, and written by the librarian who exposed key information about the Chicago Public Schools censorship decision, Wake Now in the Fire is a fictionalized account of a true event that galvanized a community.
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| Target Audience Note |
14 and up.
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| Target Audience Note |
9-12.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
High schools Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Teenagers Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Protest movements Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prohibited books Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Censorship Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Censorship Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Dungo, A. J., artist.
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