Banning books is always bigger than just the ban or just the book. It’s a concerted effort to whitewash and sugarcoat history, to deny the truth of what happened and who we are as a nation, and to continue the dismantling of our public educational institutions. –Book Bans Affect Everybo...
such as “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe. The graphic novel is the author’s coming of age story, detailing everything from embarrassing crushes to how to come out to their friends and family. The book is intended for young adults and does have some sexual content,...
Abcarian: Want a good book? Try one your 9th grader isn’t allowed to read Jan. 31, 2024 In Florida,some versions of “The Diary of Anne Frank,”including a graphic-novel adaptation, were banned or challenged because they didn’t edit out passages in which Anne writes about experiments ...
Another book challenged for its depictions of LGBTQ experiences,Flameris a coming-of-age graphic novel by award-winning author and illustrator Mike Curato who, according to NPR, knows boys the way “Judy Blume knows a teenaged girl, and that’s quite a bit.” Despite its challenged status,...
If a person doesn’t like something in a book, than THEY don’t have to read it. But they have no right to restrict another person’s access to information and ideas. Banned Books Week (September 27−October 3, 2015) is an annual event celebrating open access to information and the ...
Maia Kobabe'sGender Queerwas the most challenged book in 2022, according to the American Library Association.Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images Maia Kobabe’s graphic novelGender Queer: A Memoirdocuments Kobabe’s coming out as nonbinary and asexual. ...
reading battlefield today, from the founders of the activist group Moms for Liberty, to library officials, a teacher removed from her classroom for giving her students access to banned books, and cartoonist Art Spiegelman, whose Holocaust-themed graphic novel "Maus" has been targeted by book ...
Bookstores around Chicago have also held events or offered discounts.Women & Children First Bookstore, at 5233 N. Clark St. in Andersonville, holds a Banned Books Group year-round on the second Monday of each month. According to the ALA, the top 10 most challenged books for last year, 20...
One author appeared twice in the rankings. Ellen Hopkins’ 2004 novelCrankhas been banned 12 times, while her 2009 bookTricksreceived 12 bans. The top books on the list were Maia Kobabe’s 2019 illustrated memoirGender Queer, and Mike Curato’s semi-autobiographical graphic novelFlamer, publis...
This graphic novel is causing an uproar because of its mature...More Event Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan 2013 They say not to judge a book by its cover... but parents and teachers are upset that the cover of Two Boys Kissing is of... two boys kissing. The book...More Event ...