NEW YORK, NY – A recent report by PEN America reveals that nearly 10,000 books were banned in U.S. public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, marking a threefold increase from the ...

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves NEW YORK -- Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise ...

A record number of books were banned in districts across the country during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a free speech organization. By Alexandra Alter Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen ...

Maryland was back in the PEN America rankings of states for the number of books banned in schools last year, but one critic challenges the numbers. Photo by Getty Images. Maryland schools banned ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of ...

Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes,” a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting ...