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Nineteen Minutes (2007) is the fourteenth novel by the American author Jodi Picoult. It was Picoult's first book to debut at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list . [ 1 ] This novel follows the unfolding of a school shooting , including the events leading up to the incident and the aftermath of the incident.
During the first half of the 2022-23 school year there were 1,477 instances of individual books banned, ... same as for “Forever for a Year” and “Nineteen Minutes,” handing the decision of ...
In an Instagram Reel shared on Oct. 28, Picoult, 58, says that her 2008 novel, Nineteen Minutes was the most banned book during the 2023-2024 school year, in 98 school districts across the country ...
These books will be reviewed in open forum on Feb. 16 and were selected based on print availability, according to district spokesperson Candace Bruder. ... “Nineteen Minutes,” by Jodi Picoult ...
Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell: Pro- and anti-Communist views, sexual content, and violence 1949 79 — — Nineteen Minutes: Jodi Picoult: 2007 23 — — Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck: Offensive language, racism, violence 1937 28 5 6 Olive's Ocean: Kevin Henkes: Obscene language and sexual content 2003 — 59 — On My Honor: Marion ...
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.
Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship , from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives.
The nine most-banned books in Iowa schools as of Dec. 21 include: "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult — removed from 32 districts "Sold" by Patricia McCormick — removed from 25 districts