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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has been banned by several European governments. [1] [2] [3] This is an index of lists of banned books, which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government.
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Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."
Jodi Picoult spoke out about Urbandale schools banning her New York Times No. 1 bestselling book "Nineteen Minutes" earlier this month.
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.