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[quote=Anonymous]I think the key here is to make sure that your school is including the collection in its offerings.  If enough schools make it clear that they want the full array of available books — AND oppose the segregation of books into special collections, Scholastic will be able to plan better going forward.

While Scholastic may have made it easier for states banning books, there’s not much that I’m aware of that Scholastic could do to change or even challenge that.  I’m pro Scholastic and giving them the benefit of the doubt here because in my experience as a student and working in schools in under-resourced areas they have long offered students access to a range of books. I actually got some of my first books featuring girls as central characters and POC as central characters from Scholastic Book Fairs many decades ago — when the local Brentanos didn’t have much at all.  So I think Scholastic represents the good guys — trying to pivot as effectively as they can with a horrible situation.

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