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Pulled my kid's school's copy of 'The Hate U Give' and found out why it was quietly removed
I volunteered to help inventory the 8th grade classroom library last Tuesday, and I noticed a whole section of books were just gone. The librarian said they "reorganized" but I found the box in the storage closet, and it had 12 copies of Angie Thomas's book with a sticky note saying "parent complaints." Nobody even told the students, they just slipped it out and hoped nobody would notice. Has anyone else found hidden banned books in their local schools?
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barnes.shane17d ago
Wait, so they just ghosted an entire book like it was a bad date? Ngl that's the most embarrassing thing I've seen a school do since my 8th grade principal tried to rap at the talent show. Honestly, hiding a bunch of copies in a storage closet like some kind of book crime scene just makes it more obvious you're scared of it. Tbh the sticky note is sending me - like "parent complaints" is their official reason for pretending a whole novel doesn't exist. That book is literally about speaking up and they proved its point by trying to silence it, which is kind of hilarious in a sad way.
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fisher.reese17d ago
lmao okay but is it really that deep? like yeah it's kinda funny and dumb but i feel like people are acting like they burned the book at a bonfire or something. schools do stupid stuff all the time, this is just another example of admin being scared of a little pushback. the sticky note is definitely hilarious though, like they had to label the box so nobody forgot why they were hiding it. honestly if parents complained about the book then i get why they'd just stash it instead of dealing with the drama. not saying it's right or anything, but let's not pretend this is some huge tragedy either.
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