A collection of short stories accompanied by short essays on censorship by twelve authors whose works have been challenged in the past.

Introduction / Judy Blume -- Meeting the mugger / Norma Fox Mazer -- Spear / Julius Lester. -- Going sentimental / Rachel Vail -- Baseball camp / David Klass -- The red dragonfly / Katherine Paterson -- July Saturday / Jacqueline Woodson -- Love and centipedes / Paul Zindel -- Lie, no lie / Chris Lynch -- The rat children / Harry Mazer -- Ashes / Susan Beth Pfeffer -- The beast is in the labyrinth / Walter Dean Myers -- Something which is non-existent / Norma Klein.