The Florida Freedom to Read project has identified 581 books that have been challenged in Florida's school districts.
David Whalen talks about banning books and the reasons why they shouldn't be banned as his daughter Julia looks on while outside their Yorktown home March 11, 2022.The Florida Freedom to Read project has identified 581 books that have been challenged in Florida's school districts.
Of those challenges, the project identified 215 books that were returned to shelves in at least one district where the challenge occurred, 114 had labels put on the challenged books, 69 of them were restricted to certain age groups or students, and 65 were banned or removed entirely from libraries. Of the challenges, 19 were led by parents, 313 were led by conservative groups and 303 were led by school leadership, according to the project.
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