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Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books

By Kirsten Miller
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Clever and astute … a cracking read The Belfast Telegraph One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways Hello Magazine From the author of The Change, comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up... Read More
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‘Clever and astute … a cracking read’ The Belfast Telegraph

‘One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways’ Hello Magazine

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A gripping and deeply moving novel of bravery, friendship and standing up against book banning new for 2025!

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Clever and astute … a cracking read The Belfast Telegraph

One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways Hello Magazine

From the author of The Change, comes a novel about book banning and those brave enough to stand up against this censorship.

IT’S TIME TO RISE UP

In Troy, Georgia, local woman Lula Dean has campaigned to cleanse the town’s reading habits. All the ‘disgusting’, ‘pornographic’ and downright ‘un-American’ books have been removed from public spaces. Now, the townspeople are only allowed to read ‘appropriate’ books from Lula’s personal lending library.

But a small group refuse to be told what they can and cannot read and, unbeknownst to Lula, her personal collection is slowly restocked with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, spell books, and more.

One by one, each person who borrows the books from Lula’s library finds their lives changed in unexpected ways. And as they begin to reveal their new selves, it’s clear that a showdown is fast approaching – one that will change the town of Troy forever …

Praise for Kirsten Miller:

Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too JAMES PATTERSON

A story that’s as furious as it is tender EMILY HENRY on The Change

A roar of rage … I loved it MARIAN KEYES

I couldn’t put it down ERIN KELLY

Bewitching and satisfying The Independent

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008654306

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HQ

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 320

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Dystopian Fiction Fiction General Fiction Humour Kirsten Miller Literary Fiction

About the Author

Kirsten Miller is a groundbreaking feminist author in YA literature, best known for her popular Kiki Strike series. In addition to writing novels, Kirsten spent twenty-five years as a strategist in the advertising industry. During that time, she worked for some of the largest agencies in the world, as well as boutique agencies and an eight-person start-up.

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