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Foster said “1984” and “Romeo & Juliet” were used as examples of books that have the potential to be banned under the new regulation. ... from high school libraries because it has sexual ...
The banned books are Elana K. Arnold’s “Damsel,” Colleen Hoover’s “Ugly Love,” Sally Rooney’s “Normal People” and four fantasy novels by Sarah J. Maas. South Carolina just banned ...
“Therefore, when these school districts are banning ‘1984,’ and when these school districts are banning Holocaust memoirs, that is 100% on them. Nothing in state law compelled them to do that."
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.
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.
Despite its high praise in the realm of Latino literature, The House on Mango Street has also received criticism for its sensitive subject matter and has been banned from several school curriculums. The American Library Association has listed the book as a "Frequently Challenged Book with Diverse Content". [71]
A Des Moines Register survey finds Iowa schools have removed over 40 classic and modern classic novels, from '1984' and 'Brave New World' to 'Roots.'
They may have been required reading in my high school days, but they still serve today as a warning of what’s ahead for today’s democracies threatened by autocrats who lie, cheat, and steal to ...