![]() ![]() "If you are going to ban this book, then no kids under 12 should go to any Marvel movies," Patterson said in an interview. James Patterson's responds to book removal: Martin County, Florida school district officials removed Patterson's young adult series "Maximum Ride" from its elementary school library. Patterson tweeted about the incident, urging fans who found "mindless book banning troubling or confusing" to write to Florida governor DeSantis, who has been aggressively waging the culture war. ![]() "The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing." ![]() Version of 'Anne Frank' removed from Florida high school: An illustrated adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was removed from the Vero Beach High School library after a parent group complained the book minimalizes the Holocaust and shows the young girl's thoughts about other female bodies.īanned book attempts hit record high in 2022: The American Library Association (ALA) released its latest data on book banning attempts, which nearly doubled over last year's then-record highs. "I've never seen anything like this," says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, who directs the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. 'A chilling effect': What happens to our culture when books are banned Banned books in the news ![]()
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