Alan Gratz likes to create characters for his novels for young readers who are connected across miles and decades, he told hundreds of fifth- and seventh-graders on Friday in a packed Missouri Theatre ...

An author whose novel about book banning was removed from a Florida school district’s library shelves has asked the school board to reinstate his book, saying that its removal is “erasure of the ...

Alan Gratz’s “Ban This Book” tells the tale of a fourth-grader’s quest to bring her favorite book back to the school library after officials had it removed. Late last month, a Florida school district ...

Alan Gratz's children's book "Ban This Book" was published in 2017. Seven years later, his novel for kids ages 8 and older is at the center of a debate over book banning after a Florida school ...

A Florida school district has banned Alan Gratz’s novel “Ban This Book” despite a recommendation to keep it on library shelves. The decision was made late last month by the Indian River County school ...