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  2. Texas school district bans critically acclaimed young adult ...

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    'The Hate U Give,' a critically acclaimed novel written by Angie Thomas, has been banned by the Katy Independent School District in Texas, which includes 15 junior high schools and eight high ...

  3. Book censorship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A couple examples are The Hate U Give for common use of the f word and Eleanor & Park for vulgar language in the portrayal of the main characters’ difficult home and school environments. [ 77 ] [ 81 ] In reference to the use of the f-word in The Hate U Give , the author, Angie Thomas , defended the use by saying "There are 89 f-words in The ...

  4. The Hate U Give - Wikipedia

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    The Hate U Give Hardcover dustjacket (2017, 1st ed.) Author Angie Thomas Cover artist Debra Cartwright Publisher Balzer + Bray Publication date February 28, 2017 Publication place United States Pages 444 ISBN 978-0-06-249853-3 Preceded by Concrete Rose The Hate U Give is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in ...

  5. Book banning in the United States (2021–present) - Wikipedia

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    For example, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is about a black girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite, predominantly white private school and becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer kill her childhood friend. It has been among the most challenged books primarily because it contains profanity.

  6. The next chapter in record U.S. book bans? 'Soft censorship'

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    Living in the U.S., he said, has brought back the complicated memories of his youth. “It felt like I was back in Thatcher’s Britain in the 1980s. Not in all states, but in some states,” he said.

  7. Opinion - As US censorship industry collapses, the fight for ...

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    It was Hillary Clinton who, after Elon Musk purchased Twitter with the pledge to dismantle the censorship system, called upon the EU to force him and others to censor her fellow U.S. citizens.

  8. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

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    The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas: Profanity, violence, "thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda 2017 30 — — Heather Has Two Mommies: Lesléa Newman: Homosexuality 1989 87 — 9 His Dark Materials (series) Philip Pullman: Political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, violence 1995–2000 — 8 — The Holy ...

  9. The Hate U Give Becomes Available to Stream Free Amid ... - AOL

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