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What Book Bans Taught Me About Being a Teacher

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By George Orwell, Sherman Alexie, Ashley Perez
| Member Voices
In its recent report, “Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Banning,” PEN America reported 6,870 book bans during the last school year. I’ve been tracking this alarming uptick in calls to remove so-called “dangerous” books from schools and libraries for years, and as I started reading more and more news stories about teachers and librarians being fired for protecting student access, I felt an urgent need to somehow address this growing threat to academic freedom with my students.
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First Texas schools banned my book. Now it's 'To Kill a Mockingbird."

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By Ashley Perez
| Houston Chronicle Verified
03/29/2000 - SLUG: ST/BOOK8 - DATE: 3/29/2000 PHOTOG: Nate Parsons/TWP - TWP studio NEG: digital image 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee for Linton Weeks series on the future of books. (Photo by Nate Parsons/The The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im In 2021, Leander Independent School District banned my novel, Out of Darkness, along with 18 other works of literature for adults.
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First Texas schools banned my book. Now it's 'To Kill a Mockingbird."

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By Ashley Perez
| Austin American-Statesman Verified
03/29/2000 - SLUG: ST/BOOK8 - DATE: 3/29/2000 PHOTOG: Nate Parsons/TWP - TWP studio NEG: digital image 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee for Linton Weeks series on the future of books. (Photo by Nate Parsons/The The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im I was born and educated in Texas.
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