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  2. South Carolina just banned seven books in public schools ...

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    Three of 11 works the committee reviewed won’t be banned. They are classics: George Orwell’s “1984,” Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” and William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and ...

  3. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    George Orwell: 1945 Political novella In 2002, the novel was banned in the schools of the United Arab Emirates, because it contained text or images that would go against Islamic values, most notably an anthropomorphic, talking pig as the leader of the farm. However, the ban is no longer enforced and has been recently lifted.

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

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    “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell. ... In 1987, "Animal Farm" was one of dozens of books banned in schools in Bay County, Fla. Then 44 parents, students and teachers filed a federal ...

  5. Iowa book ban's toll: 3,400 pulled books, including '1984 ...

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    George Orwell’s “1984” is one of the books Iowa Senate Education Committee Chair Ken Rozenboom, R-Oskaloosa, says was caught up in the overreach. The book was pulled by nine districts, the ...

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

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    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 Dane Bauer

  7. Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book.

  8. Bondurant-Farrar School Board reverses decision to ...

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    In the wake of a court ruling, the Bondurant-Farrar School Board returns dozens of banned books to circulation. ... "1984," by George Orwell "A Stolen Life," by Jaycee Dugard

  9. Book censorship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was challenged in Jackson County, Florida in 1981 because it was deemed "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter." [ 76 ] In 1980, Irwin Schiff published the Federal Mafia which was found to be fraudulent by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.