A new report found that a book ban was enacted in an American school district every 3 1/2 hours between July 2021 and July 2022.
If you’ve read a book in one sitting sometime in the last year, chances are another book was banned before you finished it.
This movement is also targeting public libraries, including efforts to close or defund them and to fire, harass or otherwise intimidate librarians. Unsurprisingly, politicians played a significant role in many book banning efforts. At least 40% of the bans found in the report were tied to legislation, either proposed or enacted, or lawmakers and state officials advocating for certain books and concepts to be restricted or removed from classrooms.
The three books most frequently targeted, according to PEN America, were Maia Kobabe's memoir"Gender Queer," banned in 41 districts; George M. Johnson's"All Boys Aren't Blue," banned in 29 districts; and Ashley Hope Pérez's"Out of Darkness," banned in 24 districts. The authors with the most books challenged were those by Ellen Hopkins, Kobabe and legendary novelist Toni Morrison.
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