Title: Banned Books Week: What the List Says About Society's Fears | Time
Headings: What the List of Most Banned Books Says About Our Society's Fears
What the List of Most Banned Books Says About Our Society's Fears
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Most-challenged books of 2001:
Most-challenged books of 2015:
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Content: It doesn’t help that school librarians are frequently the victims of school layoffs, meaning there are fewer professionals “trained to use this language of intellectual freedom.” Still, one thing hasn’t changed since the dawn of censorship: having your book banned is very, very good for an author’s sales. “ If what you’re trying to do is stop this book from getting into the hands of a minor,” LaRue says, “the surest way to [fail] is to declare it forbidden.” Subscribe to TIME
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