Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
2018
After another North Carolina school district removed Jacob’s New Dress, some parents asked the Union County (NC) Public School District to remove another book that addresses identity from a classroom collection in the Rea View Elementary School. The North Carolina Values Coalition claimed Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl? and other books like it were an “attempt by the LGBT community” to “indoctrinate children” and “normalize (LGBT) type of behavior.” UCPS did not remove the book. A parent could choose not to allow their child to read any materials, said UCPS. However, policy states no parent has the right to determine the reading, viewing, or listening resources for children other than his/her own.
2007
Challenged in New Lennox (IL) elementary school because its young hero plays with girls and dreams of wearing a dress to baseball practice.
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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 23, 2018