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max_brown•11h ago

My librarian in 7th grade told me to read the books adults want gone and it backfired on her

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valc91•1d ago

Question about Slaughterhouse-Five after my principal pulled it from the Fairfax shelves in 2009

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river952•4d ago

My library's banned book display got dismantled 3 times in a month

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foster.jordan•7d ago

I voted against banning a book after hearing students talk about it

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grantt39•9d ago

My old copy of Slaughterhouse-Five got a note from a stranger after 15 years

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rileygarcia•10d ago

A librarian's comment about page count changed how I approach challenged books

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beth276•12d ago

the_wendy•20d ago

Pulled the 2005 reading list from my old high school, here's the trick I used

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cole_flores44•22d ago

Vent: My local library pulled a book after 3 parent complaints, now I can't find it anywhere

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karencampbell•27d ago

Found out my school board's ban list came from 4 emails

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christopherh79•28d ago

A school board meeting in Ohio flipped my stance on challenged books

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elliotm57•28d ago

Vent: School board pulled a book after one parent complained, no one read it

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jamief67•28d ago

Caught myself defending a book I hadn't actually finished reading

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Banned Book Breakdown

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My librarian in 7th grade told me to read the books adults want gone and it backfired on her

Question about Slaughterhouse-Five after my principal pulled it from the Fairfax shelves in 2009

My library's banned book display got dismantled 3 times in a month

I voted against banning a book after hearing students talk about it

My old copy of Slaughterhouse-Five got a note from a stranger after 15 years

A librarian's comment about page count changed how I approach challenged books

I used to think book bans were just noise, then my kid's class lost a title

The school board agenda I found in Duluth is a red flag

Had to pick between two banned memoirs for my daughter's book club

Pulled the 2005 reading list from my old high school, here's the trick I used

Vent: My local library pulled a book after 3 parent complaints, now I can't find it anywhere

Found out my school board's ban list came from 4 emails

A school board meeting in Ohio flipped my stance on challenged books

Vent: School board pulled a book after one parent complained, no one read it

Caught myself defending a book I hadn't actually finished reading