Meet the Activist: Maira E.

Maira E. is a Canada-based student, dedicated to using technology, policy, and advocacy to serve her community.

Maira E. is a Canada-based student, dedicated to using technology, policy, and advocacy to serve her community. As part of Novelly’s SPEAK! Activist Network, Inaaya immersed herself in coursework on the freedom to read movement and made plans to diversify bookshelves in Florida.

Maira is planning an exciting in-person event designed to promote the goals of the SPEAK! Activist Network.

Thank you for fighting for our freedom to read, Maira! ✨

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Respond with Rationales

Learn how to defend those frequently challenged titles with Book Rationales from the NCTE. Rationales are important tools for educators and school librarians to use in selecting and defending books. NCTE members have access to a database of rationales.

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Join the freedom to read movement

→ Explore the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)’s Intellectual Freedom Center.

→ Read and share a piece from the Novelly library that would likely be banned or challenged.

→ If you are an 8th-12th grade English Language Arts teacher interested in amplifying diverse youth authors in your classroom, submit your interest here.

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Diverse Youth Voices. Amplified.

Novelly is on a mission to get e-books by underrepresented youth published and taught in the English classroom, so that every student can feel seen and inspired by what they read in school.

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