Book List Inclusions Learn More The Banned Science Fiction and Fantasy Books list is compiled and maintained by Worlds Without End. It was inspired by a story out of Missouri about alocal school board banning Slaughterhouse-Five, which got us wondering how many other SF/F books wind up on so...
However, despite the praise,Gender Queeris also 2022’s most challenged book, according to theAmerican Library Association(ALA), the second consecutive year the novel has topped the organization’syearly listof the 10 titles that have received the most complaints around the nation. This we...
Each stated book on the BKLYN Books UnBanned List includes a number of locations where you can access it.Credit: Screenshot / BKLYN Public Library. The eCard is always free to teenagers in the state, who can applythrough the library's website. The fee for the card for those who live ou...
In apress release, PEN noted that the number of book bans increased 28 per cent in first half of the 2022-2023 school year when compared to the previous six-month period. The time period saw 1,477 bans affecting 874 individual books. Since the organization started tracking public school book...
PEN America has also identified at least 50 groups, many of which have local or regional chapters, that they say have played a role in at least 50% of the book bans enacted across the country during the 2021–2022 school year. Under legislation that targets content wit...
PEN America’s reportshowed that 10 percent of banned book titles between July 2021 to June 2022 have themes related to rights and activism and nine percent are either biography, autobiography, or memoir. AsSeattle educatorJesse Hagopiansays, “It makes a difference for young people to see thems...
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PEN America’s report showed that 10 percent of banned book titles between July 2021 to June 2022 have themes related to rights and activism and nine percent are either biography, autobiography, or memoir. As Seattle educator Jesse Hagopian says, “It makes a difference for young people to see...
One book on my list made absolutely no sense to me: “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles. It is a classic, beautiful story set during World War II about friendship and loss and patriotism.It has been challenged time and again. In 1980, the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill school district in New ...
Stephen King is no stranger to having his books challenged. However, there are some standout candidates, including one book, so infamous that King himself has pulled it from circulation and remains ou