In observance of Banned Books Week, which started Sunday and runs through Saturday, two new reports were released.
Yasmin said she began writing the book in 2019 after thinking about how abortion bans affect teenagers.
“So what we’re seeing is this censorship happening before the book is banned because of the draconian ecosystem that we’re living in,” she said.
Dr. Seema Yasmin signing copies of her new book, “Unbecoming,” a young-adult novel published by Simon & Schuster.
Its release during Banned Books Week was a coincidence, though Johnson acknowledges the book will likely be banned at some point.
Persons:
David Shelley, Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, ”, Shelley, Aidan Chambers ’, ” Shelley, Hachette Shelley, “, you’re, George M, Johnson, ” Dr, Seema Yasmin, Seema Yasmin's, ’, ” Yasmin, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Yasmin, Katie Rinderle, Rinderle, can’t, Toni Morrison, ” Johnson, Leah Johnson, Reece T, Williams Leah Johnson, John Green, Judy Blume’s “, they’re, Leah Johnson’s
Organizations:
Hachette, U.S, PEN America, American Library Association, PEN, ALA, Alamy, Workman Publishing, American Civil Liberties Union, Simon &, ACLU Teachers, Associated Press, NBC News, Harlem Renaissance, Escambia County School District, Loudmouth
Locations:
Margaret, London, New York City, U.S, Thatcher’s Britain, Florida and Iowa, Dallas County, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Utah, county’s, PEN America, Oklahoma, Indianapolis, Indiana