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Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
The organization wasn’t aware of an official Project 2025 banned book list. “Last summer, PEN America issued an analysis of the education component of Project 2025,” Pen American ...
Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with depictions of LGBTQ+ individuals, like Gender Queer: A ...
It's Banned Books Week, an annual effort by the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship.. Each year, the ALA creates a top 10 list of the most challenged books filed by ...
An American Library Association survey of voters and public school parents found that 71% oppose removing books from public libraries, including a majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents.
In 2017, the book was ranked number 8 on the American Library Association's top ten challenge and banned books list. The book was also banned by school officials in Katy, Texas. It was challenged for its "pervasive vulgarity and racially-insensitive language". The book was also challenged for depicting drug use, profanity, and offensive ...
American Library Association attributes the decline to community pushback. The ALA said it released preliminary data in preparation for Banned Books Week, noting that "library staff across the ...
The series has often been the center of controversy and has landed on the American Library Association's list of the top 100 banned and challenged books in the United States from 1990 to 1999 (27), [11] as well as 2000 to 2009 (62).