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littlemissmartypants

(22,850 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:18 PM Dec 2023

Read it yourself: All 673 books removed from Orange classrooms

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By SENTINEL STAFF
PUBLISHED: December 20, 2023 at 9:01 a.m. | UPDATED: December 20, 2023 at 10:34 a.m.
Here is a list of the 673 books removed from teachers’ classroom shelves in Orange County for fear they might violate state law and rules on “sexual conduct:” Some might be returned to shelves after further review.
“In the Belly of the Beast,” Jack Henry Abbott
“The Pool Was Empty,” Gilles Abier
“The Poet X,” Elizabeth Acevedo
“With the Fire on High,” Elizabeth Acevedo
“Call Me By Your Name,” Andre Aciman
“Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight,” Peter Ackerman
“Half of a Yellow Sun,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Changes,” Ama Ata Aidoo
“River of Darkness,” Rennie Airth
“Say You’re One of Them,” Uwem Akpan
“Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda,” Becky Albertalli
“The Upside of Unrequited,” Becky Albertalli
“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” Sherman Alexie
“The House of the Spirits,” Isabel Allende
“In the Midst of Winter,” Isabel Allende
“The Blood of Flowers,” Anita Amirrezvani
“Wintergirls,” Laurie Halse Anderson
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” Jesse Andrews
“The Haters,” Jesse Andrews
“I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou
“Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas,” Maya Angelou
“Lucy in the Sky,” Anonymous
“And Eternity,” Piers Anthony
“On a Pale Horse,” Piers Anthony
“Four Plays,” Aristophanes
“From Blood and Ash,” Jennifer L. Armentrout
“Storm and Fury,” Jennifer L. Armentrout
“City of the Lost,” Kelley Armstrong
“Mosquitoland,” David Arnold
“Damsel,” Elana K. Arnold
“Infandous,” Elana K. Arnold
“Red Hood,” Elana K. Arnold
“What Girls Are Made Of,” Elana K. Arnold
“Oryx and Crake,” Margaret Atwood
“The Handmaid’s Tale,” Margaret Atwood
“The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel,” Margaret Atwood
“The Testaments,” Margaret Atwood
“Alias Grace,” Margaret Atwood
“Hag-Seed,” Margaret Atwood
“Madd Addam Trilogy,” Margaret Atwood
“The Blind Assassin,” Margaret Atwood
“The Clan of the Cave Bear,” Jean M. Auel
“The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters
(Earth’s Children, #1-3),” Jean M. Auel
“The Tale of John Barleycorn: From Barley to Beer,” Mary Azarian
“My Friend Dahmer,” John “Derf” Backderf
“Six of Crows,” Leigh Bardugo
“Dance Nation,” Clare Barron
“Wise Young Fool,” Sean Beaudoin
“Herzog,” Saul Bellow
“The Color Master,” Aimee Bender
“The Seven Rays,” Jessica Bendinger
“Glimpse,” Stacey Wallace Benefiel
“The History Boys,” Alan Bennett
“Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife,” Linda Berdoll
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viva la

(3,357 posts)
1. I wonder about the Advanced Placement English classes-
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:33 PM
Dec 2023

Where high school juniors and seniors read "real literature" and write essays about them. These are exactly the sorts of books they read in those classes, and will be tested on.

I wonder how parents are going to like it when their kids don't get the college credit that comes from doing well on the AP exams.

littlemissmartypants

(22,850 posts)
3. All really good questions! Somehow I doubt that the PTB have thought that far ahead.
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:37 PM
Dec 2023

Hopefully, someone will bring that up when mounting a challenge to this madness.

viva la

(3,357 posts)
5. I've always thought state universities could step forward --
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:52 PM
Dec 2023

and say, "We won't accept for credit high school bio classes that don't teach evolution... chemistry classes that ignore climate change, literature classes that ban literature."
Students have to have certain high school classes to get admitted to the state unis, and the first time a student's high school classes are denied, parents will be howling.

Of course, in Florida, the governor seems to be absolute dictator over the universities, so maybe it wouldn't work there.

RockRaven

(15,062 posts)
7. I read some of those books in high school, and so did my classmates, because
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:59 PM
Dec 2023

not only were many of those books on summer reading lists (in a "pick one of the following" fashion) but I spotted at least five which were assigned reading for the whole class in various English/lit classes.

And I turned out fine, though probably not how a fundie Xian Repug would want me to be.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
9. "The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #1-3)," Jean M. Auel
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 09:15 PM
Dec 2023

My fav. Disgusting that girls have no chance to be inspired by this amazing series of a child learning strength and independence.

sinkingfeeling

(51,490 posts)
11. Some of most popular authors, some of our best contemporary works, and some of
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 10:26 PM
Dec 2023

our classics across decades, are on that list.

Further the dumbing down of America.

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