| Personal Name |
Dapier, Jarrett, author.
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| Title Statement |
Wake now in the fire : a story of censorship, action, love and hope / Jarrett Dapier & AJ Dungo.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
California : Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
463 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Publisher Annotation: 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. With illustrations by Alex Award-winner AJ Dungo that perfectly capture the everyday joys, heartbreak, and stresses of high school, this graphic novel is an inspiring portrayal of student activism taking on one of the most urgent issues of our time, and a passionate reminder of why protecting the books we love matters.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Censorship Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
High schools Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Graphic novels.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Protest movements Fiction.
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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 |
High schools Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Censorship Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prohibited books Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prohibited books Illinois Chicago Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Graphic novels. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Coming-of-age comics. lcgft.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Dungo, A. J., illustrator.
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