Four new #bannedbooks from Davis School District in Utah today. Here are the details (paging @letutahread.bsky.social, @everylibrary.bsky.social, and @authorsabb.bsky.social so you're in the loop):
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1. THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY by Heidi W. Durrow. Removed because the Objective Review Committee determined that "the books contains sexual intercourse" in violation of Utah law. 4 out of 6 committee members voted to remove.
2. THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas. Removed because the Objective Review Committee determined that "the book contains fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals" in violation of Utah law. 4 out of 6 committee members voted to remove.
3. TWISTED by Laurie Halse Anderson. Removed because the Objective Review Committee determined that "the book contains descriptions of human genitals in a state of arousal" in violation of Utah law. 4 out of 6 committee members voted to remove.
Again, two committee members had feedback explaining that TWISTED does not actually contain "objective sensitive materials" (I included all of the comments with this one so you can see just how black and white the thinking is by the rest of the committee):
4. WE ARE THE ANTS by Shaun David Hutchinson. Removed because the Objective Review Committee determined that "the book contains descriptions of human genitals in a state of arousal" in violation of Utah law. 5 out of 6 committee members voted to remove.
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