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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.
An image in the high school history textbook ‘The African American Experience,’ published by ABC-CLIO. The book appeared on Florida’s list of “not recommended” titles this year in ...
Trustees unanimously rejected a request to remove Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from the Kuna High School library. The book, published in 1970, is in a restricted section of the library ...
The newspaper filed records requests with all 325 school districts in the state and found that nearly 3,400 books were removed because of the ban before a federal injunction halted enforcement in ...
Books Unbanned, a United States library program that gives electronic access to the library in locations where books are being challenged [54] The Banned Book Club, an online resource allows readers to check out books banned by local libraries [55]
Books Unbanned is a United States library program that issues library cards nationwide from regional libraries in order to give electronic access to the library's digital and audio collections to teens and young adults living in U.S. locations where books are being challenged.
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 ...
Other targeted books deal with race. The American Library Assn. reports that in 2022 a record 1,269 demands were made to restrict or ban books and other materials in schools and libraries — up ...