Evison, Pérez Speak Out Against Censorship
Authors deal with a rise of school book bans across the country
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Author: Sharyn Vane
The Cancellation of Plum Creek
Nebraska Literary Festival Implodes As Authors Battle Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
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Get Ready to Battle the ‘Beasts of Prey’
The thrilling and eagerly-awaited first installment of an Africa-set YA fantasy trilogy has arrived
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Classrooms Gone Wild
The push to control what your kids read and write is intensifying nationwide
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‘Turnout’ For What?
Megan Abbott’s new “Nutcracker noir”
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Parents, Don’t Opt Out
Why would you restrict what your children read in school?
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Leander ISD Pulls More Books From Curriculum
Onslaught against “challenging” literature continues in Central Texas
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The SCBWI Tries To Regroup
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators goes super-bureaucratic to battle charges of antisemitism and Islamophobia
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The Killer Nextdoor
A lakeside community turns ominous in Megan Miranda’s latest thriller
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Don’t ‘Forget the Alamo’
After conservative critics complain, history museum pulls out as host hours before book event
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YA Literary Supergroup Teams up for Gorgeous ‘Blackout’
Interconnected stories of teen love in NYC
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Watch Out for ‘The Other Black Girl’
Summer’s buzzed-about debut novel confronts the racial dynamics of publishing
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Two New Literary Thrillers Work the Shallow End
Diverting page-turners that fall short
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Battle Over School Reading Lists Continues in Suburban Austin
PEN America joins fight after Leander ISD “pauses” book recommendations
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The ALA’s Annual Banned Book List: A Sobering Snapshot of American Censorship
Parents and school boards still want to pull titles from shelves
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