grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
Meeting of the velshi banned book club. let s get started. as we started this project, on bestseller a margin ever banned book club from ohio t florida. all boys are blue, from join johnson. this was the first - written as a number of essays, all boys aren t blue is poignant coming of age story that follows johnson fro childhood to young adults died as they grapple with their identity and agency, as a black, non-binary person. all boys aren t blue touches o a breath of critical issues, including institutionalized an racialized violence, sexua abuse, and gender identity exactly the themes that we v seen band again and again an again. one of the most interestin things about featuring all boy aren t blue was the reaction w got from you, a book clu members. many cisgendered and white velshi viewers wrote as with emotional response is that t finishing their copy, provin just how worthwhile this kin