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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 (less often) commercial motives.
978-1-433-82854-6. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice is a children's book by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard; illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin; and published March 1, 2018 by Magination Press. The book follows two families as they discuss a racialized police shooting in their community.
Crank. (novel) Crank is a novel by Ellen Hopkins published in 2004. It is based loosely on the real life addictions of the author's daughter to crystal meth. [1] The book is required reading in "many high schools, as well as many drug and drug court programs." [2]
1. Can you explain exactly why you think your book was banned? I think it is fear that looks like anger. I think it is a fear of adults generally. Adults are not great at not knowing what’s in ...
Alex Gino, left, wrote George (Melissa's Story) — No. 1 on the Top 10 Most Challenged Books list for three years running. (Author photo: Blake C. Aarens)
April 13, 2022 at 2:33 PM. "I Am Jazz," a book chronicling the experience of a trans child, co-written by Jazz Jennings and Jessica Herthel, continues to be banned by school districts. But its co ...
According to the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, Two Boys Kissing was the 18th-most banned and challenged book in the United States between 2010 and 2019. Additionally, it topped the organization's top ten list three times: 2015, 2016, and 2018 because of homosexual and sexually-explicit content, as well as ...
Regarding book bans, Oprah's Book Club author of "Caste," Isabel Wilkerson, explains how it felt when she discovered her own work had been removed from libraries.