Books were banned or restricted in U.S. schools more than 1,500 times in recent months, a PEN America report says. High school students in Lake Forest, Antioch, Lake Villa and Oneida were affected.
In November angry citizens accused Downers Grove school officials of allowing pornography on library shelves.
“The issue has just exploded in the last nine months,” said Friedman, director of PEN America’s Free Expression and Education program. The most banned book was “Gender Queer,” author Maia Kobabe’s own story of adolescent crushes, coming out, and forging an authentic gender identity. A 2020 American Library Association Alex Award winner, the book received a starred review from the School Library Journal, which described it as “a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand.
“I think it’s important that people understand that our schools are responsive to all kids,” McKay said, and that means providing books that reflect students’ identities and experiences. “Our school enrollment is becoming more and more diverse over time, and so should our library collection,” he said.
“The Hate U Give,” which was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, won a Coretta Scott King Book Award from the American Library Association.
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