, who are fighting back by filing defamation lawsuits against their attackers.
As the only school librarian on a school board in New Jersey and only one of a few in the United States, I have authored and gotten past some of the toughest anti-censorship policies, regulations and procedures. These policies were rewritten to help combat the rise in book challenges from such organizations as Mothers for Liberty and many local offshoots.
I had hoped that by speaking out that things might get better for school librarians across the nation but over this last year, book challenges are nearly doubled from last year and the highest, when the American Library Association began compiling data about censorship in libraries. This fight is not about saving a book. It’s about saving a child who needs that books to feel seen and heard. “Gender Queer: A Memoir by,” which was the No. 1 most challenged book in the U.S. with 151 challenges, according to the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom, is an incredible graphic novel memoir that is a great resource for teens or really anyone who identifies as nonbinary or asexual or those who know someone who identifies as such.
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