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  2. 'I did not write it to titillate a reader': Authors of books ...

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    He provided a statement in 2022 to The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida, after a conservative group there pushed for "The Kite Runner" and other books to be banned from schools: "High school students ...

  3. The Kite Runner - Wikipedia

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    The Kite Runner is the debut novel of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. [1] Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books , it tells the story of Amir, a young Afghan boy from Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul .

  4. US public schools banned over 10K books during 2023-2024 ...

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    The newspaper filed records requests with all 325 school districts in the state and found that nearly 3,400 books were removed because of the ban before a federal injunction halted enforcement in ...

  5. Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after ... - AOL

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    Stephen King has given a blunt three-word response to discovering that 23 of his books have been banned from school libraries in Florida, a law that is now being challenged by six major book ...

  6. Zucht v. King - Wikipedia

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    Zucht v. King, 260 U.S. 174 (1922), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously held that public schools could constitutionally exclude unvaccinated students from attending, even if there was not an ongoing outbreak. [2]

  7. 2019 Samoa measles outbreak - Wikipedia

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    Initially, schools remained open after the outbreak was declared. The Samoan government initially did not accept humanitarian support. [17] A state of emergency was declared on 17 November, ordering the closure of all schools, keeping children under 17 away from public events, and making vaccination mandatory. [36] UNICEF sent 110,500 vaccine ...

  8. Major publishers sue Florida over book ban law in schools

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    "There are no books banned in Florida. Sexually explicit material and instruction are not suitable for schools." Not named is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who championed the law.

  9. The Kite Runner (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir ( Ebrahimi ) a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan ( Mahmoodzada ).