Amy Reed

Amy Reed is an author of young adult novels in the United States.[1]

Her book Nowhere Girls has been challenged in some school districts. It is a fictionalized account of a group of girls facing sexual pressures from boys. It is a response to events drawn from media reports of a point scoring system a group of boys adopted for having penetrative sex and the ramifications of the competition.[2] It was removed from public school libraries in Martin County, Florida.[3] Also in Florida, the group Moms for Liberty included the book on a list of those it sought to have removed from public schools in Florida.[4] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "highly nuanced and self-reflective narrative that captures rape culture’s ubiquitous harm without swerving into didactic, one-size-fits-all solutions or relying on false notions of homogenous young womanhood."[5] Flagler County's public school system voted to keep the book on school bookshelves.[6] The book was also challenged in Escambia County, Florida.[7] The Escambia School Board voted to return it to shelves based on a recommendation from its Materials Review Committee in 2023 after it was challenged, along with three other books, by a Northview High School teacher who alleged LGBTQ indoctrination, race-baiting, and anti-whiteness among her reasons for objecting to the books.[8]

Books

• Our Stories, Our Voices (2018), editor[9]
• The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World (2019)[9]
• Nowhere Girls (2017)
• Tell Me My Name (2021)[10][9][11]
• Unforgivable (2016)
• Invincible (2015)[9]
• Damaged (2014)[12]
• Over You (2013)[12]
• Crazy (2012)
• Clean (2011)[9]
• Beautiful (2009)[9]

References

1. "Amy Reed". Simon & Schuster.
2. "Challenged in Flagler Schools: Amy Reed's "The Nowhere Girls" a Review and Recommendation". March 10, 2023.
3. Tolin, Lisa (March 13, 2023). "These books are banned in Martin County, Florida".
4. Rahman, Khaleda (November 3, 2022). "Moms for Liberty banned book list—The novels they want taken out of schools". Newsweek.
5. "THE NOWHERE GIRLS | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
6. "District book review committee agrees to retain 'The Nowhere Girls'". Observer Local News. March 14, 2023.
7. "Four more challenged books could be removed from Escambia County schools". WUWF. March 17, 2023.
8. "Escambia School Board votes to keep 4 challenged books after 7+ hours of debate". Pensacola News Journal.
9. "Amy Reed". Kirkus Reviews.
10. "Review: 'Tell Me My Name' is a haunting critique of wealth - The Arizona State Press". www.statepress.com.
11. Quealy-Gainer, Kate (June 17, 2021). "Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 74 (7): 313. doi:10.1353/bcc.2021.0117. S2CID 241202694 – via Project MUSE.
12. "Books by Amy Reed and Complete Book Reviews". PublishersWeekly.com.

External links

• Her website