"Florida Banned A Book About Book Bans" — The Wildest Reasons Why Books Have Been Pulled From The Shelves

Books · Posted 2 minutes ago "Florida Banned A Book About Book Bans" — The Wildest Reasons Why Books Have Been Pulled From The Shelves "You have every right to allow your child not to read, but you don’t get to trample on the rights of parents like my mother and my aunts." by Elizabeth Cotton BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Book banning is nothing new, and the act of censorship within the literary realm will most likely never cease to exist. Nickelodeon Recently, a school board in the state of Florida banned a book about book bans .

Yup, you read that correctly. Ban this Book by Alan Gratz will no longer be available to read in the Indian River county school district. Tor Teen TR The book in question follows Amy Anne as she tries to check out her favourite book, but the librarian tells her she cannot as it has been banned after a parent deemed it inappropriate.

In turn, Amy creates a secret banned-book library, and defies the concept of censorship. We often say life imitates art, and well, that appears to be true. A parent requested this book to be banned as it "teaches rebellion of school-board authority".

The best part? A far-right group called "Moms for Liberty" were supportive of the ban. Does anyone else feel the sheer irony of it all? Merriam-Webster Alan Gratz responded to the news with, "They banned the book because it talks about the books that they have banned and because it talks about book banning," before adding, "It feels like they know .