Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sarah Asch, Austin American-Statesman, "Leander removes 13 books from high school book club lists amid parent concerns," Sept. 14, 2021 American Library Association, "Banned & Challenged Classics"
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
An analysis by The Washington Post of records from school districts across the country found that just 11 adults were responsible for about 60% of all book challenges filed during the 2021-22 ...
The book was banned by the Portuguese government without any clear reason. According to the author, one possible reason was because he was from the "current of thought what claims that the discovery of Brazil happened 'by random'" or by the fact he "have registered the history of the 1600 years cut to the Arabian navy by Vasco da Gama".
There were reasons why my book wasn’t banned until 2016. And that’s because it didn’t exist until 2015. A book not existing is its own type of ban against information and against awareness.
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 ...
The book has drawn criticism for its explicitness and has drawn calls to ban it from school libraries. Hardy acknowledged that Morrison’s book has “cultural value” in its exploration of the ...
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 ...