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The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was the most challenged work from 2000 to 2009. Its topics relating to things such as witchcraft have generated controversy. The second oldest works featured on the list were written by Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is often challenged for its language and discussion of racism.
Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship , from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives.
A 2023 analysis by The Washington Post found that a majority of book challenges in over 100 school districts from the 2021–2022 school year were filed by just 11 people. [30] Based on a survey by PEN, about 10,000 books were banned from US schools by Republican-led censorship laws in the 2023/2024 academic year.
Here's what you need to know. 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 ...
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews. Awkward teenager Greg Gaines plans to make it through high school by keeping a low profile and making mediocre movies with his best friend Earl ...
Here are 15 books PEN America says were most frequently banned in the first part of the 2022-23 school year. 1. “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe. This bestselling 2019 autobiography in ...
Book burning. List of book-burning incidents. Nazi book burnings. Burning of books and burying of scholars. Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England. Index Librorum Prohibitorum. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States.
According to the American Library Association, the 10 most challenged books of 2023 were: "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe. "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson. "This Book is Gay ...