Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
2024
In 2023, ALA documented 324 challenges to 17 of Maas’s titles across five bestselling series, the most attempts to censor the works of one author during a single year.
In January, pressure group We the People of Jackson County submitted more than 200 written requests targeting 57 titles in libraries of Lee’s Summit R-7 Schools (MO). The titles included A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Empire of Storms. The school board stated that while they must abide by their reconsideration policies, they were obligated to reject coordinated book banning efforts. The district formed 28 review committees, on which volunteers spent nearly 2,000 hours and district staff worked more than 400 hours. The process cost the district nearly $19,000. All challenged titles were retained without restriction.
2023
Banned and challenged for being sexually explicit.
A Court of Mist and Fury was removed from Virginia Beach City Public School (VA) libraries after a school board member challenged it. Following its removal from the school district, petitions seeking to bar the sale of A Court of Mist and Fury and Gender Queer on grounds they were obscene progressed to the Circuit Court for the City of Virginia Beach. The petitions were challenged by the ACLU of Virginia. The American Library Association and Freedom to Read Foundation were amici curiae. The Circuit Court rejected the petitions and vacated a lower court finding of probable cause for obscenity.
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A Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
A Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.
For additional information contact
Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575
Last updated
August 15, 2024