#BannedBooksWeek

 

“Happy #BannedBooksWeek! I remember the time a Texas school district banned The Hate U Give, and I sold tens of thousands of copies in a week in that same district. Keeping banning my books. I have a second home to buy.”

 

—Angie Thomas, author of the 2020 banned book, The Hate U Give, in “During Banned Books Week, Readers Explore What It Means to Challenge Texts,” National Public Radio, Sept. 30, 2021.

 

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Sorry, you can't read my comments on banning books.

 

• Banned Books of 2020, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom.

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