A Graphic Novel Accused Of Being ‘Steeped In Islamophobia’ Is Pulled After Protests

The book, A Suicide Bomber Sits in the Library, was written by Newbery Award-winning author Jack Gantos and illustrated by artist Dave McKean, originally for a group of 2016 stories that Amnesty International put out “celebrating the power of books to transform lives.” But the publisher pulled the release after the Asian Author Alliance wrote a letter saying, among other things, “the simple fact is that today, the biggest terrorist threat in the US is white supremacy.”