The report says more than 1,200 book challenges were recorded by the association last year, nearly double the then-record total from 2021.
FILE-The book"Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe, seen here at the Lincoln Belmont branch of the Chicago Public Library, was banned by seven St. Louis-area school districts. Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association being released Thursday.
Now, the requests are often for multiple removals, and organized by national groups such as the conservative Moms for Liberty, which has a mission of "unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government." "Every day professional librarians sit down with parents to thoughtfully determine what reading material is best suited for their child’s needs," ALA President Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada said in a statement.
They include Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer," Jonathan Evison's "Lawn Boy," Angie Thomas' "The Hate U Give" and a book-length edition of the "1619 Project," the Pulitzer Prize-winning report from The New York Times on the legacy of slavery in the U.S. More recently, Florida's Martin County school district removed dozens of books from its middle schools and high schools, including numerous works by novelist Jodi Picoult, Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Beloved" and James Patterson's "Maximum Ride" thrillers, a decision which the bestselling author has criticized on Twitter as "arbitrary and borderline absurd.
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