Title: 13 Reasons Why And More Controversial Banned Books
Headings: You’ll Never Guess Why These Books Were Banned
You’ll Never Guess Why These Books Were Banned
Content: In 1960, a teacher was actually fired for assigned the novel to her 11th grade English class. ( She was later rehired.) Reasons cited in the dozens of reported banning attempts since include: " excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning moral issues, excessive violence;" " blasphemous and undermines morality;" " centered around negative activity." In short, as one particularly eloquent objector put it: " [ It] is a filthy, filthy book." Advertisement
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