Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been
banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and
helplessness. But her classmates support her, and together—with
their teacher’s help—they hatch a plan to hold a bake sale and
use the proceeds to buy diverse books to donate to libraries. The
event is a big success; the entire school participates, and the
local TV station covers it in the evening news. Prodded by her
classmates to read the poem she has written, Kanzi starts softly
but finds her voice. “You have banned important books, but you
can’t ban my words,” she reads. “Books are for everyone.”
The crowd chants, “No banned books! No banned books!” and the
next week, the ban is reversed. Aya Khalil appends a note about how
The Arabic Quilt was briefly banned from the York, Pennsylvania
school system, and the backmatter also includes a recipe for
baklawa, the Egyptian pastry that Kanzi prepares for the bake sale.
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