Book challenges nearly tripled in the 2023-2024 school year nationwide. Texas is among the states with the most restrictions ...

Katy ISD has banned 14 new books since the start of the school year in August. Several of the titles have been in circulation ...

The ALA revealed in a news release earlier this year that 17 states challenged more than 100 book ... the 4,231 unique book titles banned during the 2023-24 school year, PEN America analyzed ...

Battles over books in school libraries have become emblematic of the country’s larger culture wars over race, historical revisionism and gender identity. A new report by PEN America found book ...

Acclaimed classic “The Handmaid’s Tale” is one of the most-removed books in Florida schools ... was one of the places PEN America listed as having banned it, but its spokesperson said ...

Nearly half of school districts in Florida banned books last school year, according to PEN America. Escambia County saw the most, with nearly 1,600, according to the data. Its school district has ...

During the 2023-24 school year, there were 10,046 instances of book bans in school districts across the U.S. impacting 4,231 titles, reports PEN America in its new report, “Banned in the USA: Beyond ...

Books are increasingly being banned that depict topics young people confront in the real world: substance abuse, suicide, depression and mental health concerns and sexual violence,” PEN America ...