https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx Get caught reading! en-us 2020-09-24 12:26:44 UTC 2024-11-03 19:46:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f4da.png sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/775455148 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Banned in Huntington Beach, California  -  a school board trustee, called for Angelou’s book to be removed from the school curriculum.

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Banned for occult/Satanism, violence at a Catholic  school in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Banned from the George County, Mississippi schools because of profanity. 

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Banned for offensive language, sexual and religious matter.

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Challenged at the Montgomery County, Texas.  Memorial Library System along with fifteen other young adult books with gay-positive themes.

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Banned after complaints of "sexually explicit material" and "disturbing language".

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Challenged for being deemed "pornographic" by some members of the Marshall, Missouri library. 

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Banned from the Burlingame, California, Intermediate School for a scene depicting sexually explicit content.

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The New Rochelle, New York Board of Education had to replace fifty copies of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir after school officials tore pages from the book deemed “inappropriate” due to sexual content and strong language. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/775977034 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776055480 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Removed from the Bedford, New Hampshire School District’s required Personal Finance course after two parents complained about the “book’s profanity, offensive references to Christianity, and biased portrayal of capitalism.”

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Removed, via a district directive, from all Chicago, Illinois public schools due to “graphic illustrations and language” and concerns about “developmental preparedness” and “student readiness.”

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Removed from the Cape Henlopen school district’s summer reading list in Lewes, Delaware due to language deemed inappropriate for entering high school freshmen.

Article online]]> 2020-09-24 15:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776178880 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776417409  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Removed from summer reading list after complaints about the book's "content and language".

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Challenged in the Chatham, N.J., High School curricula because it’s a “biased account.” The book presents an alternative view of American history characterized by the influence of an elite minority over the rest of the population.

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Banned in North Carolina prisons in February 2017 because it was considered “likely to provoke confrontation between racial groups.”

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Challenged as required reading for a Page High School International Baccalaureate class and as optional reading for Advanced Placement reading courses at Grimsley High School in Guilford County, North Carolina because the book is “sexually explicit, violently graphic and morally corrupt.”

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Challenged by the South Carolina Police Union arguing that it would foment anti-police sentiment.

Article online]]> 2020-09-24 16:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776651901 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776706240  It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
Book was moved to a restricted area of the  Fort Bend, Texas School District's media centers because they contain "frontal nudity and discussion of homosexual relationships and abortion." ]]> 2020-09-24 17:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776706240 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776768299 The Catcher in the Rye
Removed from the Dorchester District 2 school board member in Summerville, SC who believed it to be "a filthy, filthy book." ]]> 2020-09-24 17:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776768299 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776809892 2020-09-24 17:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776809892 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776821939 2020-09-24 17:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776821939 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776861277 2020-09-24 17:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776861277 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776886378 2020-09-24 17:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776886378 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776891712 2020-09-24 17:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/776891712 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/1736953628 2021-09-13 17:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/1736953628 sweis https://padlet.com/sweis/leoissy6s7ebbqbx/wish/1736988322 Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community”.

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