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  2. The Kite Runner - Wikipedia

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    The Kite Runner was one of the most banned books in 2021-2022. [35] As of 2024, the book has been banned from libraries at schools in Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Wisconsin. [36]

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

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    The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini: Offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence 2003 11 50 — Lady Chatterley's Lover: D. H. Lawrence: Sexual content 1928 — — — Lawn Boy: Jonathan Evison: LGBT and sexual content [11] 2018 — — — Less than Zero: Bret Easton Ellis: Drug abuse, sexual content, language and a bisexual main ...

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

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    The Des Moines Register, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that Iowa's Republican-dominated Legislature passed a sweeping education law in 2023 that requires schools to remove books ...

  5. The 15 most banned books in America this school year

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    The story’s depiction of child abuse and sexual violence led to it being banned at a Southern California high school and elsewhere. (32 bans, 73 challenges) (32 bans, 73 challenges) 4.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Khaled Hosseini - Wikipedia

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    The success of The Kite Runner meant he was able to retire from medicine in order to write full-time. His three novels have all reached various levels of critical and commercial success. [6] The Kite Runner spent 101 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, including three weeks at number one. [7]

  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. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in the United ...

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    Schools in Wales would remain shut for in-person teaching in favour of online teaching; some schools had been due to resume in-person teaching on 6 January. [34] In Scotland a new lockdown included postponing the opening of schools for face-to-face teaching until 1 February, instead moving to online teaching.