You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell Hardcover - September 16, 2021. You Can't Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell is a 2021 young adult non-fiction book edited by young adult author and literary critic Leonard S. Marcus.
You Can't Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell Edited by Leonard S. Marcus Contributions by Matt de la Peña, Robie H. Harris, Susan Kuklin, David Levithan, Meg Medina, Lesléa Newman, Peter Parnell, Katherine Paterson, Dav Pilkey, Justin Richardson, Sonya Sones, Angie Thomas and R.L. Stine. "'You Can't Say That' . . . offers an antidote to the censors, elevating the voices of 13 authors whose books for kids have been challenged. Marcus probes not just what made these works controversial, but also the life paths that led the writers to pursue their subjects, and how they reacted to campaigns to muzzle their work — all of.