Banned Books Week
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Banned Books Week, the annual spotlight on book censorship and intellectual freedom, will be held October 1 - 7, 2023. #BannedBooksWeek
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BANNED Together
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A small group of high school students in a South Carolina coastal town fight back when 97 books are suddenly banned from their school libraries.
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