I really can't believe this actually happened...
https://ncac.org/news/alaska-banned-books
Quote:
The books removed in Mat-Su are classic works with long histories in American classrooms: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.
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Someone actually thought they should ban these books in Alaska schools. The Things They Carried is my all time favorite. You can't read any other book correctly without reading that book. And I know Why the Caged Bird Sings? You've got to be kidding me. The Great Gatsby? Why? My goodness what is wrong with people?