Where I grew up, lots of my required reading were books that are banned other places in the US: Lord of the Flies in grade 7, Of Mice and Men in grade 8, Animal Farm in grade 9… and those books were just for social studies! Scarlet Letter, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, Brave New World, The Stranger, and many more in high school.
My hope is these attempted bans inspire kids to rebel by reading these dangerous tomes, like they’re doing with Maus.
