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American Library Association (ALA) Releases List of Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024; “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” by George M. Johnson Tops List

From the American Library Association (ALA) (Full Text):
The American Library Association (ALA) today released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List as part of the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report that highlights the ways libraries continue to meet the needs of their communities amid challenges to intellectual freedom.New data reported to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) shows that the majority of book censorship attempts are now origin
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