Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free E-cards to Teens Nationwide
Brooklyn Public Library has launched a new campaign called Books UnBanned to help teens combat the effects of increased literary censorship in public schools and libraries. For a limited time, young adults ages 13 to 21 nationwide will be able to apply for a free one-year e-card from BPL, providing access to the library's entire collection of 350,000 ebooks.
BPL will also make a selection of frequently challenged books available with no holds or wait times for all BPL cardholders, available through the library's online catalog or Libby app. The titles include:
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
- Tomboy by Liz Prince
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison