In Krystal Reddick's 8th grade English class, students have been reading, discussing and writing about banned books. They were given three banned books to choose from to read independently: Maus, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Beyond Magenta. Eighth graders wrote a research paper about the appropriateness of their book for Middle School, offering their opinion on if it should or should not be banned.

The culminating project for the unit was a mock town hall. The students debated the appropriateness of a banned children's book, Prince & Knight, for the Middle School classroom. Each student embodied a different role of a community member (i.e. Middle School principal, librarian, parent/guardian, LGBTQIA+ ally, etc.) and presented the viewpoint of the character assigned to them.