Parents and politicians feel it is their duty to assert control over the information within school libraries. According to Joshua Spilka, a high school junior, book banning has affected no one more than students and school librarians. Students find that the people who are supposed to advocate for them, parents and guardians, are often working against them. In this article, he examines two issues that stand out: (1) student voice and representation--or, rather, the lack thereof; and (2) how book banning can affect students' lives, not only on an educational and informational level but on a deeper, more-personal level.