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Toni Morrison’s debut 1970 novel “The Bluest Eye” was the most challenged book in the state. The ALA created the map below to show how many books were challenged, and the most-challenged titles.
A Utah school district has now received a complaint concerning the Book of Mormon — which comes a day after it banned the Bible in some schools.
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According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida.
Fans of the inventive English author Anthony Horowitz have reason to celebrate the arrival of “Marble Hall Murders,” the third entry in a terrific series started in 2016. This book, like the ...
The U.S. has seen a wave of book banning attempts in recent years, data shows. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance ...