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Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Nov. 01, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools. “Not only was it recommended for young adults to read,...

Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, under new law

Aug. 08, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

Thirteen popular books have been banned from all public schools in Utah in the first wave of bans expected under a new law that prohibits books when at least three of the state’s 41 school district boards claim they contain pornographic or indecent material. Allowing just a few...