The district added that all the books currently under review are from the high schools. Flagler SchoolsĪ school district spokesperson sent over the status of multiple titles, including several that were removed. Those books have been pulled from circulation pending the outcome of a review. A list of books under formal book review is currently up on the Brevard Public Schools website. Brevard Public SchoolsĪccording to a school district spokesperson, no books have been banned. We will update the list with more responses as we receive them. You can find a list of books that have been banned or are currently under review within Central Florida school districts below. News 6 reached out to school districts in Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties to find out which books are being banned in the area. Of the books banned between July 2021 and June 2022, 41% had LGBTQ themes, protagonists or prominent secondary characters, 40% had characters of color as primary or prominent secondary characters, 21% dealt with race or racism, and 22% contained sexual content. Last year, PEN America, an international group that advocates for literacy freedom, released a report on the banned book movement, highlighting trends in what literature was being challenged. It’s a phenomenon that’s also impacting Central Florida’s school libraries. – The 2022-23 school year is coming to a close, but students and teachers are still seeing people pushing to pull certain books from the shelves within districts across the nation.
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