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FLORIDA (WKRC) - A book about banning books just proved life is as strange as fiction by getting banned itself. Bestselling author Alan Gratz published "Ban This Book" in 2017.The story follows a ...
Pride Month library exhibit features challenged LGBTQ+ books 04:34. Alan Gratz's children's book "Ban This Book" was published in 2017. Seven years later, his novel for kids ages 8 and older is at ...
"Book ban" is one of those headline-ready terms often used by the news media, including NPR, for stories about the surge in book challenges across the U.S. Kasey Meehan, program director of PEN ...
Gratz’s letter comes amid a rise in book bans in public schools and as conservative groups, including Moms for Liberty, spearhead book challenges in school districts across the US. “Ban This ...
The fear that book bans would worsen under Donald Trump’s presidency has become a reality. The Department of Education announced it is dismissing book ban complaints as a hoax and will withdraw ...
To kick off National Library week, the American Library Association listed its annual top 10 most challenged books. It said it faced an unprecedented number of attempts to ban to books this year.
Some members of the school board pushed back against the letters and the term “banned,” including Gene A. Posca, who said “we did not ban any single book” but took a children’s library ...
In order to assess PEN America’s claims by the common definition of “banned,” i.e., made unavailable, we reviewed the 2021-2022 index of banned books against online school library card catalogs.
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 ...
Book ban efforts spike across US, new data shows: By the numbers. The number of books targeted by critics surged 65% from 2022 to 2023.
Alan Gratz, author of “Ban This Book,” said in a letter read during the Indian River County school board meeting Monday night and obtained by CNN he was “disappointed” by the book’s removal.