Pennsylvania experienced more book-banning activity from the second half of last year through this spring than almost any other state, according to a group supporting free expression in literature.
Amid a wave of challenges nationally to books in school libraries, ranked Pennsylvania second only to Texas in book bans in schools — part of a national trend the group described as “a profound increase in both the number of books banned and the intense focus on books that relate to communities of color and LGBTQ+ subjects.”Pennsylvania had 456 bans between July 1 and March 31, according to PEN, behind Texas’s 716.
If anything, the number of restrictions on books may be understated, said Laura Ward, president of the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. Librarians don’t always report when action is taken against a book, making it difficult to track, she said.
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