Alan Gratz, author of “Ban This Book,” said ... “Ban This Book,” published in 2017, is a novel about a Black fourth-grader who learns her school library has banned her favorite book ...

Alan Gratz is doing his small part ... who refuses to accept that the man who can save his life is black. Henry’s story, Gratz notes, is inspired by a real-life medic, Waverly “Woody ...

Alan Gratz's children's book "Ban This Book" was published in 2017. Seven years later, his novel for kids ages 8 and older is at the center of a debate over book banning after a Florida school ...

Twenty-year-old Chicago native Henry graduates from the U.S. Army’s Officer Candidate School, only to find that no positions as an officer are open to him because he is black. Instead he trains ...