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Oct 6, 2023 · Despite these relatable themes and experiences, Andrews’s book has been challenged repeatedly, recently ranking as the seventh most-challenged book of 2021. According to the American Library Association, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl has been “banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women ...
Jul 18, 2023 · Andrews' novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is one of the most banned books in America, according to a conservative group. He argues that the book is not pornographic, but realistic and funny, and that banning it hurts reading comprehension and diversity.
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Banned and challenged for profanity and being sexually explicit. Me and Earl and the Dying Girlwas one of 32 titles that a Moms for Liberty member challenged at the Humble Independent School District (TX). Some of these titles were removed from middle school libraries without review. Some titles now require parental permission for a student to chec...
Banned and challenged because it was considered to be sexually explicit and degrading to women. In the Hudson City (OH) Schools, Moms for Liberty challenged titles for language and “sexually explicit” material. A decision on Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is pending. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison was retained on the school library shelves. Gender Que...
A Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc. A Challengedbook has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.
- In an op-ed for Deadline, you expressed surprise that your book has been challenged despite not being about more controversial topics like race or transgender issues.
- Can you explain what you mean by "literary crisis" a bit more?
- Almost a decade after your book was turned into a movie and became a New York Times bestseller, it earned the distinction as one of the most banned books in America.
2012. Publisher. Amulet Books. Pages. 295. ISBN. 9781419705328. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2012 debut novel written by Jesse Andrews. The novel was released in hardcover by Amulet Books on March 1, 2012, and in paperback on May 7, 2013.
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Apr 5, 2022 · Learn about the plot, reception, and challenges of Jesse Andrews' YA novel about a teenage boy and a girl with leukemia. The book was banned or removed from school libraries in several states for its language and content.
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Aug 22, 2023 · PEN America, a group promoting freedom of expression, counted 4,000 instances of books banned nationwide from July 2021 to December 2022. Cobb County, with 106,000 students, said Tuesday that 20 libraries had contained “Flamer” by Mike Curato or “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews, or both.
