Amy Reed Explained

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 soughtto 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
• 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]

External links

• Her website

Notes and References

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