![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mac exhibits real growth in his understanding of Marci’s perspective and advocacy. Mac has support from aromantic and asexual friend Denis and feminist classmate Marci. Mac lives with and is close to his single mother and grandfather his disengaged father’s dishonesty and explosive anger damage his feelings of self-worth. However, Mac’s teacher defends censorship-as well as a bevy of school and town regulations and discriminatory attitudes surrounding LGBTQ+ pride, dress codes, curfews, and access to junk food. Mac Delaney wants to recognize the unvarnished truth, whether he’s wondering about how many Declaration of Independence signers owned slaves, embracing Indigenous land acknowledgments at the dinner table, or questioning blacked-out words in classroom copies of Jane Yolen’s award-winning Holocaust novel, The Devil’s Arithmetic. Sixth graders stand up against censorship and systemic bias. ![]()
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