"PEN America defines a school book ban as "any action taken against a book based on its content and as a result of parent or community challenges, administrative decisions, or in response to direct or threatened action by governmental officials, that leads to a book being either completely removed from availability to students, or where access to a book is restricted or diminished.""
"According to the new report, the most-banned book in the country in the 2023-24 school year was Anthony Burgess' 1962 dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange, followed by Patricia McCormick's 2006 young adult title Sold, a fictional account of a girl sold into sexual slavery in India that was named one of the American Library Association's best YA books. The third book on the list is Jennifer Niven's YA coming-of-age novel Breathless."
A list of most-banned books for the 2024-25 school year shows 6,870 bans, down from 10,046 in 2023-24 but substantially above the roughly 3,000 annual average from 2021-2023. A school book ban is defined as any action removing or restricting access to a book because of its content following parent or community challenges, administrative decisions, or governmental pressure. Top banned titles include A Clockwork Orange, Sold, and Breathless. Most-challenged authors include Stephen King, Ellen Hopkins, and Sarah J. Maas. Florida (2,304), Texas (1,781), and Tennessee (1,622) recorded the highest state totals.
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