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Public school book ban attempts spiked by 33 per cent within the last school year compared to the previous year, according to free speech advocacy group PEN America.
The number of books banned in public schools over the past year skyrocketed to more than 10,000, with two states—Iowa and Florida—responsible for most of them, according to preliminary ...
Over forty years later, book bans are once again on the rise. While the ALA's preliminary data for 2024 saw a decrease in the number of overall challenges, the figure still far exceeds pre-2020 ...
The promotional book tour for the novel had been cancelled due to widespread threats of boycott and alleged threats of physical violence towards the author. [21] In 2023, the ABFE published The ABA Right to Read Toolkit: How Booksellers and Readers Can Resist Book Bans. The document is freely available to read and download. [22]
This year, Bucks County library visitors can “browse our Banned Books display, learn about the history of Banned Books and how you can get involved” every day from Sept. 22 through Sept. 28.
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Shout: The True Story of a Survivor Who Refused to be Silenced is a poetic memoir by Laurie Halse Anderson, published March 12, 2019 by Viking Books. The book is a New York Times best seller . [ 1 ]
Book bans hurt students How would you feel if your children’s ability to learn and educate themselves was taken from them? Within the past month, 93 books have been put on a list to be taken out ...