SC Committee Considers Statewide Bans Against More Books
The books include Mike Curator's award-winning graphic novel Flamer.
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I’m re-sharing a piece I wrote on Mike Curato’s award-winning graphic novel Flamer, because the book is being challenged by the South Carolina Instructional Materials Review Committee, where it has a good chance of being removed from every school in the state.
Similar to the committee’s approach last time, they have selected several books which were challenged by single parent, this time in Beaufort County— the same parent who made national news when she challenged 96 of the 97 books at once last year in the district.
According to CBS’ coverage at the time, “The list of books originated from a site called BookLooks, founded two years ago by a Florida nurse who is a former member…
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