(MODS - I don't think this is PR, but if I am wrong, please move)
From The Guardian:
How to Beat a Book Ban: Students, Parents, and Librarians Fight Back
A story about three high school librarians battling book bans in the United States. My favorite bit:
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“I just have so much admiration for the kids who pick that book off the shelf, walk through a library full of other teenagers, and come up to the circulation desk, to me, this 62-year-old woman, who they probably don’t know very well, some might not know me at all,” Hickson said, noting that the book’s cover illustration is a pride flag.
“Every time a kid hands you a book that they’ve chosen to read, they’re handing you a little insight into themselves. I admire the backbone that it takes for a 14, 15, 16-year-old to hand you This Book is Gay.”
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