It’s Banned Book Week and librarians are fighting back. Last year over four-hundred-eighty books were banned, and a majority of the books had to do with the LGBTQ community. This year the books don’t even have to have an LGBTQ protagonist—just a single LGBTQ background character is reason enough for a book to be banned.
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The target demographic for this week of banned books is, of course, children and teens. The top books on the list are Young Adult novels and children’s books. The number one book on the list is written by author Alex Gino, George which has a transgender character. Even the best selling book, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas landed at number four due to readers being led to have negative views of the police.
This is why librarians are fighting back and encouraging readers to go on Twitter and be a part of Dear Banned Author Letter-Writing campaign. It gives a voice to young readers to advocate for their favorite banned books and fight against censorship.
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